The closing date for the Feline Oscars is fast approaching so make sure your glamour puss doesn’t miss out!
With under a week to go until the deadline for entries its time to get your entries in to the Purina PetCare sponsored Cats Protection’s Rescue Cat Awards 2008.
The RSPCA say the number of pets being dumped in the UK has increased by nearly 25 percent in the past year. Are pets becoming victim to our throwaway society? Extremely alarming for us cat lovers is the fact that 50 per cent of the 7,347 animals taken in to animal rescue’s were our feline […]
Looking through the papers this Bank Holiday weekend I couldn’t help but shudder at the amount of attacks on cats that had been reported. Following on from the recent RSPCA report questioning whether we really are a nation of animal lovers, these stories will make you want to put your moggie under house arrest and […]
They have survived stray bullets and car bombs. One successfully made it over the border from Iraq to Kuwait after narrowly being killed by an improvised explosive device, and others have escaped by flying straight out of Baghdad.
This is not an excerpt from James Bond and these are not war refugees bravely fleeing a battle-zone, […]
I was appalled to hear the RSPCA figures on the radio today. Are we really a nation that calls itself an animal-loving country?
According to figures from the RSPCA released recently, over 27,000 animals were forced to fend for themselves last year. The percentage of animals that needed help has not decreased, and unfortunately this includes […]
Well cat lovers and game players alike let’s talk about Purr Pals the latest ’soon to be released’ game from Nintendo DS !!
This is a great game for kids especially kids who would love their own pet cat …. and for whatever reason cannot have the real deal.
Starting off with a limited about of funds […]
Dr Christian Koch, 55, from Germany says he’s found a way to make diesel fuel cheaply out of dead cats.
The inventor, from Kleinhartmannsdorf, says he can produce diesel through the use of tyres, weeds and cat cadavers by heating them up to 300C and using a catalytic converter. Apparently the diesel that can be produced […]
OUR FELINE FRIENDS IN THE MEDIA
Since I can remember cats and kittens have been used to advertise and promote products and services throught the media above and beyond directly relevant feline products..their obvious appeal is cuddly, sweet, humourous, innocence.
I haven’t quite seen anything like this though - very funny and worth a quick viewing….it will […]
WAR TIME HERO - SIMON THE CAT TRIBUTE CEREMONY
1949 Chinese Civil War Hero Simon the cat (also awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery in 1943) was tributed again this week for his acts of bravery.
During his time on the HMS Amethyst he protected food stores from rat infestation for the Royal Navy.
HMS Amythest’s ex Captin Stuart Hett lead […]
The recovery efforts after the World Trade Centre tragedy have brought deep sadness across the world although there have also been many stories of extreme bravery and survival. One of the uplifting stories following this harrowing episode comes in the form of an extremely resourceful mother cat and her kittens.
Underneath the disaster area where the […]