Plush toy Siamese cat used at the King of Thailand’s housewarming ritual
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.
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Disney’s remake of Lady and the Tramp will ditch Siamese cat racist stereotypes
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 →
Veterinarian’s cat café shutdown over allegations of cat cruelty
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 →
Audio recording: Thailand Temple Cat Sanctuaries and Siamese Cats
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 →
Picture of Teddy Bear Cat
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 →
What is the Siamese word for cat?
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 →
Convicted on animal welfare issues this former cat café owner reopens in another country
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 →
Are there Siamese cats in Thailand?
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 →
Two cats dragged to their deaths behind a Mitsubishi truck in Bangkok, Thailand
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 →
An unusual photograph of sterilized cats from Lumpini Park, Bangkok, Thailand
I was browsing the Internet and this photograph caught my eye. My initial thought was that the cats had been killed. This is what it looked like at first glance but then I noticed the tincture of iodine antiseptic on … Continue reading →