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How a nursing home cat had the unusual ability of predicting death within the next hours

PoC avatarPosted on March 31, 2020 by Michael BroadMarch 31, 2020

You may remember Oscar. He is quite famous (actually very famous). He’s a fluffy, grey-and-white brindled cat who was adopted by a nursing home in Providence, Rhode Island, USA in 2005 as a kitten. He resided in the dementia unit … Continue reading →

Posted in working cats | Tagged cat celebrity, cat nose, cat senses, cat's nose, celebrity cat, celebrity cats, scent, working cats | Leave a reply

Picture of my cat joining me in self-isolation Pilates

PoC avatarPosted on March 22, 2020 by Michael BroadMarch 22, 2020

Amongst the dire circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) and the sad deaths there are some good things. In the UK all the gyms have shut under government orders. I usually go to the gym every day, first thing. It … Continue reading →

Posted in animal welfare and nature | Tagged benefits to cat owners, coronavirus (2019-nCoV), working cats

Use feral cats to mitigate the damage done by a plague of mice in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany

PoC avatarPosted on March 11, 2020 by Michael BroadMarch 11, 2020

The Times newspaper informs me that more than 300,000 acres of German farmland have been stripped of their grass and the landscape reduced to a lunar vision by a plague of mice. It is believed that the cause of the … Continue reading →

Posted in barn cats | Tagged barn cats, cat catching mice, Cat News, farm feral cats, feral cats, Germany, working cats | Leave a reply

Should California learn the lesson of the London plague of 1665?

PoC avatarPosted on February 18, 2020 by Michael BroadFebruary 18, 2020

Dr Christina Lin, writes of a massive homeless crisis and infectious disease threat in California in The Times of Israel blog. She refers to that terrifying disease known as the bubonic plague which is also referred as the black death. … Continue reading →

Posted in working cats | Tagged bacterial infection, feral cats, working cats, zoonotic diseases | Leave a reply

Please let Pumpkin the Tesco cat visit his Norwich supermarket despite the ban

PoC avatarPosted on February 6, 2020 by Michael BroadFebruary 6, 2020

NEAR NORWICH, UK – OPINION/NEWS STORY: Pumpkin is not a grocery at the Drayton branch (near Norwich) of the Tesco supermarket. He is a ginger tabby-and-white, six-year-old domestic cat and he loves to visit the store. He’s been a regular … Continue reading →

Posted in store cat | Tagged bodega cat, book shop cat, working cats | Leave a reply

In Indonesia domestic cats are snake catchers

PoC avatarPosted on January 4, 2020 by Michael BroadJanuary 4, 2020

Harking back to the very beginnings of the domestic cat around 9,500 years ago when wild cats were domesticated because they caught snakes and killed rodents, in Indonesia domestic cats still protect families from poisonous snakes as is evidenced by … Continue reading →

Posted in working cats | Tagged cat prey items, Indonesia, snakes, working cats | Leave a reply

Amazingly stoic and friendly female cat badly burned in fire will become vet clinic cat

PoC avatarPosted on December 29, 2019 by Michael BroadDecember 29, 2019

She has been amazing throughout all of her treatments, I mean she has got to hurt…She just seemed like she didn’t deserve this, so I was in a position to help. – Dr Wixsom Imaginatively, Dr M.J. Wixsom and the … Continue reading →

Posted in burns | Tagged burns, cat burned, cat burns, working cats | 2 Replies

Library cat looking for retirement home at 13

PoC avatarPosted on December 13, 2019 by Michael BroadDecember 13, 2019

Honestly, it was not an easy decision to make to consider re-homing Porter, but he has been of great service to this library. He’s always brought smiles and cuddles to patrons who needed him, and we think it’s time we … Continue reading →

Posted in working cats | Tagged library cat, working cats | 1 Reply

Brazilian journalist wants to adopt police station cat who interrupted his TV presentation

PoC avatarPosted on November 9, 2019 by Michael BroadNovember 9, 2019

Brazilian journalist Artur Lira is genuinely fond of cats judging by what happened when he was about to present a report on television outside a police station. As you can see in the Facebook video, the black-and-white cat interrupted his … Continue reading →

Posted in ailurophile | Tagged ailurophile, community cat, police cat, stray cat, television cats, working cats | Leave a reply

Remembering Pfc Hammer, a tabby cat who improved the lives of soldiers in the Iraq war

PoC avatarPosted on October 28, 2019 by Michael BroadOctober 28, 2019

Pfc (Private first class) Hammer was a tabby kitten born at the US military’s base for the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He had two siblings but they ran away never to be seen again while Hammer … Continue reading →

Posted in working cats | Tagged air travel, aircraft travel, Alley Cat Allies, war, working cats

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