What affects us affects cats
Gary Samuel and his assistant/lover Rochelle McEwan, together, allowed eight cats and 24 dogs to starve in a dark dungeon underneath their veterinary clinic. When the police entered the establishment Samuel was sitting on a bed with a laptop on his knees. He was wearing headphones. He pointed to the trap door under a …
New regulations for England prohibit the breeding of dogs with inherited health problems which exist because of the breeding process. However, there is no mention of extreme cat breeding in these regulations which is disappointing as the Persian has been selectively bred to extreme for years causing breathing problems. The regulations are very welcome …
Warning: unpleasant photo illustrates the page. There has been an omission in the laws of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for a long time. Under section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 motorists have to stop and report an accident with dogs (and horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and goats). But there is no …
The term “accidental cat thefts” refers to a neighbor feeding another neighbor’s cat because the cat visits. Informally a routine is set up. Is this cat theft? I don’t think it is. However, the police in the UK decided that it was. And, surprisingly, Cats Protection say that feeding a cat that wanders into …
The UK government’s Environment Agency has published a regulatory position statement on the Internet which tells you the rules about scattering pet ashes in the UK. Although you usually need a permit to spread or bury ashes in the UK, provided you comply with the conditions you don’t need to apply for a one. …
A petition, “Ban the sale of animal fur in the UK”, on the UK government’s website, gathered 109,549 signatures which qualifies the topic to be debated in the UK Parliament. Parliament will debate the petition on 4 June 2018. The government’s response to the petition is that they prefer to work at an international …
This must be a world record; fifteen police officers working to catch a man who kills and mutilates domestic cats and other small animals. The case has been covered extensively in online media so I won’t recite it except to say a man or men have killed and dissected almost 400 animals in three …
There is a social media storm over what was perceived as the rejection by the UK Parliament to incorporate a declaration in a EU treaty (The Lisbon Treaty – Article 13) that animals are sentient beings. The relevant section of the Lisbon Treaty is reproduced below: “In formulating and implementing the Union’s agriculture, fisheries, …
