Currently, there is tendency, because of the plethora of information and news online about the coronavirus pandemic, to blur the boundaries between a long standing feline disease called Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) and Covid-19 which infects people but which came … Continue reading →
NEWS/OPINION: I’m afraid that the Internet has rapidly become awash with a story about a four-year-old female tiger named Nadia at the Bronx Zoo in New York City who has tested positive for Covid-19. It is believed that the only … Continue reading →
The Brits are well known for letting their domestic cat companions wander around outside as they see fit. Almost everyone allows it in the UK in stark comparison to the USA and in defiance of the ornithologists who fear for … Continue reading →
NEWS AND OPINION: The Times newspaper reports (March 27) that Edward Holmes of the University of Sydney has said that there are animal viruses in nature i.e. in wild animal species, which are well adapted to infect humans (zoonotic pathogens). … Continue reading →
An interesting debate has opened up about whether the cure for the Covid-19 outbreak is worse than the problem itself. The question asked is whether the cure, which is essentially the economic shutdown of a country and for citizens to … Continue reading →
If you believe in a God or like me you believe that nature is God then God favours cats and dogs during this coronavirus pandemic. It is as if nature is teaching the human race a lesson. The lesson is … Continue reading →
‘Social distancing’ is a new buzz phrase. We are all told to do it. In round terms it means limiting social contact to help prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. It means keeping 2 metres away from people and, … Continue reading →
This is a pure science question. The best information that I have seen on this is on the Science website. And to be honest their answer at the date of this post is that we don’t know for sure if … Continue reading →
Italy appears to have overtaken China in terms of the rapidity of spread of the virus within a country. A lot of people have written about the potential for a Covid-19 infection from a package delivered from China. I will … Continue reading →
NEWS/OPINION: Not a word of apology has come out of China for causing the damage done to the planet by the Covid-19 virus. I was waiting for an apology from President Xi Jinping. The virus is costing the planet trillions … Continue reading →
