What affects us affects cats
SPAIN-NEWS AND COMMENT: Spain’s legislature has decided that when one party of a couple in divorce proceedings has made threats against a companion animal to control the other party or has, indeed, abused the family pet or pets during marriage, they may lose their right for shared residence of the children after divorce. Or …
This guy seems to have made this rescue center a big family. We are told that it is a rescue centre but the animals behave as if it is his home. And perhaps, in effect it is. He treats them all as his pets and they respond accordingly. The video is at the base …
Concerned wild cat observers ask whether the Iberian lynx is endangered or even extinct. At one time, around 10 years ago, there was a real possibility that this rarest of wild cat species was indeed going extinct. The main cause of that dire predicament was overhunting of it by people. And of course the …
A young man has been evicted from his 1,000 square-foot apartment in the seaside town of Gandia, Valencia, Spain, together with his 96 cats! It is reported that he took in two cats and he ended up with 96 after three years. It is possible on my reckoning for that to happen although of …
SPAIN – NEWS/OPINION: It’s been reported that local authorities governing the Costa Del Sol and Costa Blanca areas have sprayed disinfectant solutions against the coronavirus whilst apparently being unaware that it is highly toxic to dogs, cats and other wildlife. Is it also dangerous to humans? It almost certainly is. It’s been reported that …
It is alleged that a significant number of community cats in the Los Montesinos and the Ayuntamiento area of Spain have been deliberately poisoned notwithstanding that some of them are cats who are part of an apparent TNR program and are therefore spayed or neutered. The area is as shown on the map below. …
This is a sweet and sad cat rescue story from Spain. I am very impressed with this rescue organisation. The non-profit cat rescue based in the south of Spain, Happy Pets Rescue, rescued this emaciated female cat from the streets on June 28th 2018. The video and photos are a bit distressing. Happy Pets …
The latest information on the ‘Iberian lynx population 2017’ is from a survey completed in 2012 by a scientist whose name is Simón (and his colleagues). They estimated that the population has increased to 156 mature individuals living in two subpopulations (there are 2 separate areas where this cat lives). In addition there has …
