REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA, USA — NEWS AND COMMENT: Olaf, a male tabby kitten barely a month-old, living in a cage at a shelter, Whis-Purr Rescue Inc., with his mother and sister was stolen by an unknown person sometime on May … Continue reading →
Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, has usefully written about pet theft in the UK for the Mail on Sunday. His article is published on the Mail Online website. Observers will have read the stories about the surge in pet … Continue reading →
It appears that compulsory microchipping of cats in the UK is to become a reality. All cats will be microchipped. There’s been a long discussion proposing the compulsory microchipping of domestic cats in the UK in order to catch up … Continue reading →
Be aware of scammers selling companion dogs and cats online. The Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker which you can see by clicking here, tell us that there has been a substantial increase in fraudulent behaviour by scammers in America selling … Continue reading →
It is a good question because both in the USA and the UK the thievery of pet cats and dogs is on the rise. In the UK, for example, thefts of cats has risen by forty percent in the past … Continue reading →
NEW AND VIEWS – WIGAN, UK: It is reported that 10 cats have vanished from a neighbourhood of Wigan over a four-week period and that some of them have turned up in good health roaming around a grade II listed … Continue reading →
A retired police detective inspector in the UK, Colin Butcher, who has dealt with many thefts believes that about 50% of cats have a second home they frequent regularly. He said that he’s heard of four people believing that they … Continue reading →
Heidi Dalbec has offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to the recovery her cat Dot who is very friendly and greatly missed: Dot is a VERY VERY friendly/outgoing feline. He is greatly missed. Brian Vieau stole her cat. Brian … Continue reading →
The decision as to whether you should let your cat go outside is entirely based in practicalities and the answer is NO unless they are leash trained and on a lead or inside a custom built enclosure or catio. The … Continue reading →
This young black panther (probably a black jaguar) is having a hard time living in the human environment. Firstly, and we don’t know how, she ended up as a pet in somebody’s home in northen France and then escaped onto … Continue reading →
