What affects us affects cats
All over the Internet, at the moment, there is the result of a study on the predation of rats by feral cats which took place in New York City, USA. Misconception The conclusion of the study is that feral cats have little interest in attacking and killing rats. Therefore, the public has a misconception …
There was a Burmese cat rat catcher at Epsom Hospital! Allegedly an NHS porter brought a Burmese cat, Monty, into Epsom Hospital Surrey, England routinely and allowed Monty to roam around including in Accident and Emergency. A routine inspection found Monty in a linen cupboard. A porter who has worked at the hospital for …
I love this one. We know that in London there are domestic cats who have been specifically employed by the government to keep down the rodent population. We know about Larry at number 10 Downing Street and there’s a cat at the Treasury but I’ve forgotten his name temporarily. They sometimes meet and fight! …
Six years ago New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene banned cats from a famous pub, McSorley’s Old Ale House, and guess what? The pub got shut down very recently because there were signs of rat activity in the basement. McSorley’s dates back to 1854. It is one East Village’s ancient, famous eating …
I recently visited the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) from where the UK’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson works. You have probably heard that there is a resident house cat who is named after a former Prime Minister: Palmerston. Palmerston’s role is to keep down the mice and rats. I was told that he has …
