“Serial, ritualistic killers” of cats are coyotes not humans
On both sides of the Atlantic, in the UK and in America, there have been stories on more than one occasion of deceased outdoor domestic cats being killed, on the face of it, by a cat killing person who...
View ArticleThe story of a kitten who died of fading kitten syndrome
Let’s call the kitten Mia. Her mother was a stray cat. She was often hungry. She suffered from parasites, poor diet and an inadequate supply of food and nutrients. Mia was born underweight....
View ArticleVeterinary clinic turns away woman who brings in a dead cat
ANDOVER, UK – NEWS AND OPINION: an employee at the counter at a well-regarded veterinary clinic in Andover, Anton Vets, made a serious mistake when she turned away a woman who had come into the surgery...
View Article5000 cats, dogs and other animals die in shipping boxes
There will be no pictures (there are pictures but I won’t publish them) and before I started writing this I counted to ten, quietly screamed to myself, punched an imaginary punchbag and swore at the...
View ArticleMiddletown family’s domestic cat mistakenly euthanized
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): the story comes from Middletown, USA and is told in the video just below this paragraph by Steve Mago. He tells it movingly. He and his family loved this gray cat who they...
View ArticleWhat do I do if my cat dies at home?
The question in the title presupposes that your cat has, in fact, died but you should check if you are unsure as, for instance, you were out when she died. I think the best way to check is to find …...
View ArticleHuge effort by Loudoun County, USA to catch cat shooters
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT) LEESBURG, VIRGINIA USA: the story caught my eye because of the effort by the authorities to catch either a single shooter or shooters who have been taking pot shots at outside...
View ArticleFox hunting hounds kill a domestic cat
UK – NEWS AND COMMENT: Fox hunting hounds from the High Peak Hunt, out exercising with two supervisors in Bakewell, Derbyshire, spotted a cat on top of a garden wall having got ahead of their two...
View ArticleHow to tell if your cat has died
Although this is a difficult subject there may come a time when you have to check whether your cat has died. It would be unusual if you had to deal with this situation because normally you would be at...
View ArticleCats do not go away to die. They find a safe place when sick or injured.
People ask whether it is true that cats go away to die. It’s a misconception. Domestic cat do not ‘go away’ to die. They are simply finding a safe place where they hope that they will recover from the...
View ArticleTesla cars present a danger to domestic cats?
NEWS AND COMMENT: It appears that electric vehicles such as Tesla cars can present a danger to domestic cats and I’ll explain what I think this is about. The thought comes from Jamie Lynn, Britney...
View ArticleCat revived from near death when pulled from home fire in Russia
Volgograd, Russia – NEWS AND VIEWS: Well, this is not hot-off-the-press news as it’s about two years old but it is the first time that I’ve seen it and it’s a very tense video. It’s actually quite near...
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