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Cat Travels 2,000 Miles To Find Owners!
Months ago, we reported the story of Sampson the cat from Scotland, who was found 500 miles south of his home. At the time, this was one of the most incredible feats of cat-travel we’d ever heard of, but today we heard about something even more astonishing.
Pensioner Denied Cat On Grounds Of Postcode
After her husband died from a heart attack before Christmas, Margaret Baker wanted some company – so she applied to adopt Lilly, a Bengal cat in a Feline Care animal shelter. However, when the charity discovered that Mrs. Baker lived on Abbey Estate in Thetford, Norfolk, they denied her application, on the grounds that she lived in too rough an area! Mrs. Baker explained, “They phoned and said due to my postcode I couldn’t have Lilly…I put the phone down and just burst into tears”.
Twitter For Cats.
In my experience, cat owners are serial ‘Tweeters’ often don’t go together. It seems to me that people who consider their every mundane thought interesting enough to post on the internet just aren’t the kind of people who take to looking after and caring for a cat. Sony, however, think differently. Sony seem to believe that cats and Twitter got together so well that their Computer Science Laboratories have actually invented a life-logging tool designed for cats…
Feeding Cats a Vegetarian Diet
In today’s society of designer pets, chickpea-based diets and rights for inanimate objects, it should come as no surprise to readers when I write than many pet owners are moving their pets onto vegetarian diets. Instead of tackling the issue of rights and the subject of ‘what people should do’, it is my job to give you the facts so you can make your own informed choices.
Cat Killer Jailed For A Month
Another sad story today at the Cat Health Blog; we’re sorry to report that a man has pleaded guilty to charges of bludgeoning a cat to death in Canada. David Wayne Canaday was spending his Christmas holiday with a couple and their cat Groober in 2006. When the couple went out, Canaday attacked Groober with a broom, killed him and later claimed the cat had an accident.
23 Cats Found in “Disgraceful and Squalid Environment”
55-year old David Tilley from Ashill, near Watton, has been charged with 21 offenses under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, after 23 cats were found living in “disgraceful and squalid environment” in his bungalow. An inspector on the case said
it would have been “totally avoidable if Tilley had asked for help. As it was, the cats undeniably suffered significantly throughout in the almost indescribable squalor.”
Dorothy and Toto…Her Cat?
In recent news, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new talent show, Over the Rainbow, will be holding auditions for cast members for a West End musical version of the Wizard of Oz. Although we’re not normally very interested in shows like this at the Cat Blog, this one has caught our attention because Lord Llyod Webber has publically stated that he would prefer a cat to play the role of Toto, rather than a dog! Read the rest of this entry »
Inspiring Man Fends For Feral Cats!
A man in Canada spends three hours a night making rounds of the city, looking after feral cats – and has done so for the last five years! He covers a 25-block area of Edmonton, stopping to feed up to 75 cats! Not only does this take up a large part of his day, it costs over $600 every month to buy supplies, which he finds himself when he hasn’t enough donors! Read the rest of this entry »
One Pricey Pet!
The world’s most expensive cat, the Ashera has a price tag of £12,000. British businessman Simon Brodie breeds these cats from the wild African serval, the Asian leopard cat and a type of domestic cat. With striking leopard-like fur, these cats can grow up to 1 meter tall and weigh up to 30 pounds.
I wonder what the cat insurance would be on the Ashera??
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Year of the Tiger sees China rushing to save world's biggest cat
With the Year of the Tiger just around the corner, this week China announced that it will be launching a multi-million dollar effort to save the world’s biggest cat, the Amur Tiger.
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The Amur Tiger is also known as the Siberian Tiger, can be known to be up to 500 pounds in weight. With two of nine subspecies of tigers extinct in this world, this is definitely a welcome move. The Guardian reported that
Since the last tiger year, in 1998, the wild population of the animal worldwide has almost halved to about 3,200 due to habitat loss, economic development and poaching for hides and traditional medicine.
China will be working with various NGOs and the World Bank to ensure that not another tiger subspecies will be lost forever. We hope that the Amur Tiger will indeed survive several more generations and continue to enjoy the privilege of being the world’s largest cat.