What affects us affects cats
Of course I’m joking. This tabby cat is not a criminal. But he has been filmed and in human parlance he is engaging in an act of theft: criminal behaviour. What is charming is that he takes the plush toy (a tiger?) to a quiet, secret spot where no one can see him and …
This is a surprising story because it concerns nuns who are trapping and relocating cats without permission. They have made the presumption that the cats are strays by which they seem to mean that they think that the cats do not have an owner. They make this judgement because the cats do not wear …
‘Snow’ is a white, male, unneutered flat-faced Persian cat and he was at a Harlem Animal Shelter. He was very popular and desirable. More than one person wanted to adopted him. Someone got there first and had effectively reserved him. He had to be neutered and processed before he could be taken from the …
I have warned of the dangers of cat flaps in the past in that they are a weakness to the security of a household. This particular vulnerability is actually quite special because very often people put their keys not too far from a door. If the keys are within sight of the cat flap …
Do courts take into account the emotional distress of the cat or dog owner when they have lost their companion animal to thieves? Or do courts assess sentencing (on the conviction of the criminal) on the value of the cat or dog? If that is the case then some courts cannot place the theft …
You need to be vigilant in London especially if you have a purebred cat companion. It’s rare but it does happen: cat abduction with menaces. The criminals know that a cat lover will pay up because they have a strong emotional attachment to their cat. Also, in England most cat owners let their cats …
This is a follow-up from the Ipswich cat thefts of which there were about 100. The position is much more severe than once thought. An investigation by cat owners who’ve lost cats reveals that about 200 cats have gone missing in one town and its environs over 8 months, and one of the cat …
The UK is experiencing an increase in dog thefts by a third over the past two years with the more fashionable breeds particularly at risk. There is also an increase in what is called “theft by finding”. This is when people who claim to have innocently found or acquired a dog or cat wait …
