Britain’s ‘First Lady’ will help drive better animal welfare

Carrie Symonds on Twitter

Girlfriend Carrie Symonds, 31, could play a VERY active role during five years in No10 – after he dropped ‘engagement hint’ – Daily Mail Britain is uniquely positioned to be a driver for animal welfare and conservation over the coming years because we have a ‘First Lady’ to be proud of; Carrie Symonds. She’s …

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UK law on keeping wild cats and wildcat hybrids like the Savannah cat

UK law on keeping wildcat hybrid and wild cat species

THIS IS THE UK LAW ON KEEPING WILD CAT HYBRIDS AND WILD CATS. FOR MOST CAT OWNERS YOU ONLY HAVE TO KNOW THAT YOU DON’T NEED A LICENCE FOR F2 AND LOWER (i.e. F3) SAVANNAH AND BENGAL CATS. UPDATE 27-MAY-2020: There is a news story of a supposed large Savannah cat escaping from a …

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Wildcat to be reintroduced to England’s Derwent valley at Cattiside?

Scottish wildcat kittens playing

There is talk about the reintroduction of the beautiful wildcat, which was once native to England, to the Derwent valley at a particular place, appropriately called Cattiside. This is said to be the last-known Derbyshire location of native wildcats centuries ago. As I recall, the last wildcat in England was shot for sport by …

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Dogs mentioned seven times more than cats on British TV

Word usage frequency on Brit TV

The word “dog” was mentioned seven times more than the word “cat” on British television. Surprisingly both cats and dogs were mentioned far more often than climate change on British television programmes according to a study. Deloitte analysed the subtitles of 128,719 programs. The excluded news but covered 40 channels based on data supplied …

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UK government dithers over a ban on imports of hunting trophies

Gove dithering

This feeble, uncommitted UK government, bogged down and paralysed as it is by Brexit, is dithering hopelessly over a decision to ban the importation of hunting trophies despite a huge rise of such imports into the UK by British big-game hunters. It is staggering, today, to realise that the UK allows callous big-game hunters …

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Lock cats in the home in the UK says parks expert

Let me out! Confined cat

Tony Duckett, the conservation officer for Royal Parks in London, who is in charge of Regent Park’s rare birds, says that pet cats in the UK should not be allowed to roam freely because they kill 500,000 birds weekly. In Britain we say that the UK follows the USA on cultural trends so perhaps …

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Exotic Shorthair looking like Bagpuss might be up for adoption after being discarded

Bagpuss cat Exotic SH up for adoption

This is a 12-year-old tabby Exotic Shorthair (shorthaired version of the Persian) who might be up for adoption at RSPCA Putney, UK. She has a nice personality. Her name is Matilda. It appears that she was dumped in a bin in Croydon. Another thrown away cat. It is almost endemic. She was found by …

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