by Neil Sanderson | Jun 15, 2019 | Cat Safety
Thanks to NZCF and the Patches and Pointed Cat Club for today’s National Cat Show in Tauranga. We also enjoy seeing the beautiful cats, and we were pleased to talk with so many people interested in ways of keeping their cats safely at home. 15 June...
by Neil Sanderson | May 27, 2019 | Cat Roaming, Disappearance
We’re delighted to hear that Wilbur the roaming cat was found – 25km from his home in Cambridge – after he showed up at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton. But it seems that Wilbur’s safe return to his owner, after 16 days away from home, owes an...
by Neil Sanderson | May 13, 2019 | Cat Safety
Thanks to all the organisers and exhibitors of yesterday’s Nine Lives Cat Club show at Hamilton Gardens. We enjoyed attending the show and talking with cat owners about how to keep their pets safe and happy at home. On 15 June we’ll be at the NZCF National...
by Neil Sanderson | Sep 28, 2018 | Cat Roaming, Hostile Neighbours, Shooting Cats
We rarely post on this blog about cases of cruelty to cats – either the reports we see in the news or the stories told to us personally by people who have had their cat threatened, injured or killed. There are a lot of these cases in New Zealand, and we...
by Neil Sanderson | Sep 10, 2018 | Cat Safety
Lynette McLeod is a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Psychology and Behavioural Science at the University of New England in New South Wales. She studies why so many people are reluctant to keep their cats from roaming – despite the countless benefits for the...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 25, 2018 | Cat Roaming, Cat Safety
A Unitec master’s student has tracked 37 Auckland cats using GPS while recording their activities on video. The 180 hours of footage reveals cats getting into 326 risky situations, ranging from cat fights (11) to wandering on roads (a third of the cats did so)....
