Showing posts with label rescue shelter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rescue shelter. Show all posts
Friday, March 28, 2025

Watch my head turn - what am I feeling?

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Just a shelf and no way to escape staring humans - head turn   Staring between us cats can be challenging or even threatening. So one way to...
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Saturday, November 02, 2024

Phew, the danger is over... but another to come

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  This is the worst time of year for all cats, particularly black ones. Why? Because humans celebrate Halloween and then in the UK Guy Fawke...
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Saturday, February 03, 2024

Signs of stress in the shelter

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  Many of my feline friends have found their forever homes after a spell in a cat shelter. Otherwise they would have continued to live rough...
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Saturday, November 25, 2023

Winter's here and cats need more than food.

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  It's cold outside in the UK. Very cold. And there are homeless cats that may not survive the winter - unless humans help them. I get i...
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Saturday, November 04, 2023

Careers for cats - archeology.

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Want a career in archeology? Felines can apply in Italy. These are jobs for cats that earn their food by rat catching. Not just strays, but...
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Saturday, August 26, 2023

Techie help for lost cats

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  At last... we cats are getting the same techie help as dogs. A microchip for all of us. The law is changing in the UK and after June next ...
Saturday, May 13, 2023

Black cats matter too.

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There is something odd about humans and thier attitude towards colour. They don't seem to like the colour black - which is why beautiful...
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Saturday, October 01, 2022

An appeal ...adopt or foster. Don't buy.

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We cats need human help during this difficult winter.  As humans decide they cannot afford to feed us or neuter us, because of heating bills...
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Saturday, July 23, 2022

I'm a street cat: don't rescue me to be a house cat

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We, the street cats of the world, don't want to be tamed. We don't want to be put in a pen and forced to adapt to human society. We ...
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Sunday, July 17, 2022

So many are homeless

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  There are so many homeless cats. One estimate says that one in every two cats living in the world do not have a human home. Even in the UK...
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Saturday, June 04, 2022

Sensitive ears in the shelter

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  We cats can hear far more and far better than humans. We can hear the tiny ultrasonic squeak of a mouse behind the skirting boards. We can...
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Saturday, February 05, 2022

Give me a kitten before 7 weeks....

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Give me a kitten before the age of seven weeks, and I will show you the adult cat. This is adapted from the ancient Greek philosopher, Aris...
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Saturday, August 14, 2021

Disabled cats have special talents

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  Minty, National Cat of the Year 2021 c. Cats Protection At last!  Disabled cats are being recognised, not just for their disabilities, but...
Saturday, February 20, 2021

Adopt, don't buy. Older cats have more serenity.

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  Humans in lockdown have been paying silly prices for puppies and kittens. Just for the fun of caring for an exciteable cute companion. As ...
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Saturday, December 05, 2020

In-between cats - how to help

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  These are in-between cats... I know them from my neighbourhood. I enjoy living with humans. I let them sleep in my bed (they think it is t...
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Saturday, September 12, 2020

Stand up for rescue kittens - in the home.

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  These are rescue kittens in a rescue pen. Not an ideal start in life, if you want a cat that is confident around human beings. I am sad th...
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Saturday, September 05, 2020

Stand up for rescue cats - feigned sleep stress

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This cat is not asleep. Rescue cats that pretend to sleep like this one are highly stress ed. But humans often do not recognise this. They d...
Saturday, August 01, 2020

Stand up for rescue cats..... give affection

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It's horrible in a cat pen, yet we have to be there if we need homes. Humans feed and water us, but do they do enough? Do they give us a...
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Saturday, July 18, 2020

Stand up for rescue cats.... when to neuter

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Every kitten should be a wanted kitten. But there are too many cats without homes in this world. One way to reduce overpopulation is to redu...
Saturday, June 20, 2020

Stand up for cats in rescue.... hideaways

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Cats in a rescue shelter or a vet's surgery need a hideaway. They shouldn't be left without privacy, on a shelf being stared at by p...
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