There are two reasons why Siamese cats are called Siamese. Originally, Siamese cats come from Thailand. That is the country of their origin and before 1932 Thailand was called Siam. The second reason is that the suffix ‘-ese’ means “belonging … Continue reading →
You can tell from the photograph that the Siamese cat is a stuffed plush toy albeit a very good one. We don’t know whether the rooster is also a plush toy.
Continue reading →Well, this is a blow for cat lovers. Disney are going to remake the well-known animated film, Lady and the Tramp but they plan to scrap the twin Siamese cat characters. They’ve commissioned a songwriter, Janelle Monae to write a … Continue reading →
A cat café in Bangkok was run by a veterinarian who appears to have been an amateur cat breeder as well. He was trying to breed a cat called the “tiny Sphynx”. Perhaps he was trying to breed a dwarf … Continue reading →
This is about (a) temple cat sanctuaries in Thailand and (b) Siamese cats in Thailand. I am talking to two people who know Thailand very well. Kammy is a Thai lady and she is married to Barry. Kammy obviously knows … Continue reading →
He is called Bone Bone and he lives in Thailand but the picture of this cat makes him look like a teddy bear or koala bear. He is very stocky and one of the modern band of celebrity cats with … Continue reading →
Curious web surfers are interested to know the Siamese word for cat. Well, the Siamese language is today the Thai language. The English spelling of the Siamese word for cat is: Mæw. This looks very like ‘meow’ or ‘miaow’, the … Continue reading →
His name is Jonathan Tan Wei-De (aka Jonathan Tan). He opened a cat café in Singapore called ‘Cuddles Cat Café’. He broke several animal welfare laws and regulations in Singapore during the short tenure of ownership of his business and … Continue reading →
If there are Siamese cats in Thailand you don’t see them in 2017. I have that from two Thai ladies who live both in Thailand and in the UK. I asked them whether you see Siamese cats on the streets … Continue reading →
This is an example of horrendous cat cruelty and torture. It happens to come from Bangkok, the capital of Thailand formally Siam. The photograph on this page shows one cat, clearly deceased, tied to a Mitsubishi vehicle by the neck … Continue reading →
