What affects us affects cats
This is an “abandoned cats” story with a slight difference because the cats are what I call van type cats meaning cats with the classic Turkish Van coat pattern. They are lovely looking kittens. For all I know they could be purebred Turkish Van kittens. Perhaps a breeder abandoned them, although that seems unlikely. …
This is another example of misguided zealotry by an RSPCA inspector. It is quite shocking. The story concerns a Turkish Van cat living in Tring, Hertfordshire, England. In Europe and America the Turkish Van is a semi-long-haired purebred cat. This particular cat’s name was Claude. He was 16 years old and therefore with long …
By Ruth We had a tragedy in our street this weekend. A young cat was trapped in the small gap at the top of a tilting window, she must have been trying to get out of the house and it cost her her life. We first noticed an RSPCA Inspector knocking at the front …
The dark underbelly of British society leaks out from the primeval soup and presents itself as gratuitous violence against domestic cats and dogs – our nation’s innocent creatures – and while this thug kicks and beats these animals it seems a mate of his is filming it on a mobile phone. He saves the …
In the UK, a cat owner has a legal duty to provide a suitable environment for her cat. This is quite a tough aspect of British law based on what I describe below. It is the duty of a cat owner to ensure her cat’s welfare meets certain standards and a cat owner commits …
By Laura Potts As flood waters recede and cleanup efforts get under way, Britain’s pets and farm animals have not been forgotten. In the country’s worst-hit areas, particularly southwest England, charitable organisations and companies have teamed up to make sure vulnerable animals get the help they need, from temporary housing to emergency care and …
Were you born a cat lover or were you influenced to become one, by the people in your life? I think I was both. I can’t ever remember a time in my life not loving cats. First and foremost of course the cat lover who most influenced my lifetime of loving cats, was our …
A woman, Dilys Hadley, living on a very small monthly income, delayed taking her 16-year-old cat, Janet, to the vet for treatment for a bulging eye – an obvious illness requiring treatment. There was a tumour under the eye forcing it out. She was successfully prosecuted under section nine of the Animal Welfare Act …
