The thing that I particularly don’t like about rabies in the USA in the domestic cat is that if a domestic cat for whatever reason bites a person including their owner, they might assume that the cat has caught rabies … continue reading…
It depends to a certain extent where you are. I will discuss the USA and UK. This is a tricky topic partly because the advice varies depending on where you live and because the internet is not great it providing … continue reading…
As the word at the beginning of the question is “can” I can discuss it theoretically. Theoretically a domestic cat could kill a human directly (physically) under very exceptional and infinitesimally rare circumstances but there are probably instances where domestic … continue reading…
Clearly, a decreased contact with other cats is a powerful way of reducing the exposure of a cat to pathogens. And if a cat is kept indoors full-time under careful caregiving and they are the only cat in that home … continue reading…
There is no need for refugees to abandon their companion animals when leaving Ukraine. We know that many Ukrainian women are fleeing with their companion animals and their children. They make their way to adjacent countries like Poland, Hungary, Romania … continue reading…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tell us that there has been no confirmed cases of rabies transmission from cats (domestic, stray or feral) in over 45 years. There have been two cases of rabies in humans acquired from … continue reading…
Grand Island, Nebraska, USA: a man, Dennis Stoltenberg, was attacked by a feral cat on his property last week. The circumstances of the attack have not been reported. We do know, however, that the cat clamped onto his hand with … continue reading…
Click Orlando.com report that an adopted stray cat tested positive for rabies on Merritt Island. This prompted a 60 day rabies alert in the area. As a consequence, Florida Department Of Health (FDOH) issued a list of precautions people should … continue reading…
It was all captured on body camera footage and a lot of viewers are weighing in on it including the media with titles such as “Police pepper spray suspected rabid cat”. In the footage you can hear the conversation that … continue reading…
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA as reported by WWAY3: Shyam Patil was scratched by a stray cat. You can see in the photograph that they were tiny scratches but he was advised by his doctor to get a rabies shot just … continue reading…
This is a discussion article on America’s rabid cats. Some facts are clear from the data presented online while other facts are not. However, I noticed, while surfing the Internet this morning, that in India dogs cause the highest number … continue reading…
An inquest into the death of Omar Zouhri, who died after being bitten by a rabid cat while on holiday in Morocco, came to the conclusion that despite the man’s best efforts he had not received proper and prompt exposure … continue reading…
There is a huge financial burden, at up to $1.3 billion, which goes with the presence of rabies in the US, either privately or through insurance for the jabs you get as a precaution after you have been bitten by … continue reading…
I don’t know the percentage and I suspect no one knows it but I’m sure that a good percentage of American cat owners do not report it to their doctor when they are bitten by their cat and it has … continue reading…
A program aimed to raise awareness of the importance of following state law of having your dog or cat up to date on a yearly license (dogs only) as well as being vaccinated against rabies (dogs and cats) between April … continue reading…
