All domestic cats have webbed feet but it is difficult to see the webbing for the obvious reason that their toes are covered in quite dense fur. Incidentally, the domestic cat with the most dense fur on their paws is … Continue reading →
Allegedly, elderly people living in retirement flats are being ripped off by a company controlled by Vincent Tchenguiz. The lease of these flats allows pets to be kept provided they do not cause a nuisance. This is a standard term … Continue reading →
NEWS AND VIEWS: Family pets have been blessed with holy water in Quezon City, Philippines at a drive-through ceremony to mark the feast of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and to mark World Animal Day. The … Continue reading →
I love all cat lovers. Well, not quite, not the ones who hoard cats but perhaps they’re not true cat lovers anyway. The phrase “cat lover” always refers to domestic, stray and feral cats. It is quite narrow in its … Continue reading →
The Association of Dogs and Cats Homes’s statistics tell us that cats are twice as likely to be abandoned than dogs during the coronavirus lockdown in the UK. The lockdown is continuing in a sporadic way across Britain. So this … Continue reading →
Discarded Diet Coke cans can become a serious wildlife and companion animal hazard. They are transformed into razor-sharp objects when cut and destroyed by lawnmowers. I’m referring to a story on the website Kent Online which reports shredded Diet Coke … Continue reading →
Although, in the UK, the chemical metaldehyde has been banned from slug pellets from the Spring of 2020, because it is just too toxic to animals, there will be old stocks of pellets in garden sheds which contain the chemical … Continue reading →
The infographic is by Ruth aka Kattaddorra. She is a cat lover who lives in the North of England. She created the infographic many years ago. Every day I pick up my cat several times. He asks me to do … Continue reading →
About 6 years ago I wrote about the Bangladeshi and Indian people working in the sprawling 10,000 square kilometre Delta of mangrove swamps called the Sundarbans and how they protected themselves from tiger attacks by wearing masks. The masks are … Continue reading →
The Industrial Revolution in the UK started about 1760 and ended some time between 1820 and 1840. It was an era of the rapid development of industry due to the introduction of machinery. The machines were powered by steam. Factories … Continue reading →
No doubt you will find that different people produce a different answer to this question. My research indicates that the idiom “raining cats and dogs” probably comes from a poem by Jonathan Swift entitled A Description of a City Shower. … Continue reading →
There is an argument that purebred, pedigree dogs are cared for to a higher standard than mongrels a.k.a. random bred dogs. I suppose the argument is that if a couple purchase a purebred dog they are more likely to care … Continue reading →
Covid-19 is said by CDC (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention) in America to infect cats and dogs and a few other types of animal. Twelve days ago an online newspaper reported that a dog in Tarrant County had been … Continue reading →
I have listed 7 dog breeds that “hate cats”. Fortunately, I have bumped into a website1 where the author did her homework judging by the references she used which are listed on her webpage. I trust what she has written. … Continue reading →
Currently, under the Road Traffic Act 1988, a driver must give their details if they run over and injure a goat, pig, sheep, mule, ass, cattle, horse or dog but this does not apply to cats, surprisingly. It is clearly … Continue reading →
After the Hampstead Garden Suburb story of an escaped F1 Savannah or serval from the home of one of Britains mega-rich the Savannah cat is in the news. It has come to the attention of the media that the super-rich … Continue reading →
NEWS/VIEWS – SAPPORO CITY, NORTHERN JAPAN: The story is typical in one way: a cat hoarding couple in their fifties failed to ensure that their cats were spayed and neutered which inevitably resulted in a totally unmanageable number of cats … Continue reading →
The British public are turning against ad hoc fireworks displays. They want properly organised public displays on a one-off basis instead. Also, firework sellers have to pay increased costs to satisfy safety requirements. There is pressure on the fireworks business … Continue reading →
Larry the Cat as you might well know lives at the residence and office of the Prime Minister of the UK. He is the resident mouser and he’s quite famous. You may also know that the president has recently visited … Continue reading →
In the UK in hot weather cat guardians need to be alert to the dangers of their cat getting sunburned ear flaps. Sun cream is advised.
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