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The roaming kitten and the fish hook
Thank you to the Kitten Inn, a charitable trust in Wellington, for rescuing a wee kitten who had a fish hook caught in its mouth last weekend. And to the Khandallah Vet Hospital for removing the hook and treating the little fellow. There are photos on the Kitten Inn...
How dangerous is it for a cat to roam?
Most cat owners are surprised to learn how far their free-range cat will actually travel, and the dangers they will encounter along the way. Fortunately, we have some insight into both of these questions, thanks to research conducted in 2014 by Mya Gaby of Victoria...
Appleby considers roaming cat rules
About a dozen cats have been tracked with GPS collars and cameras as part of a 3-month research project in the Appleby area of Tasman District. Researchers were looking into the impact of cats on wildlife around the Waimea Estuary. One of the researchers, Dr Heidy...
Kitten loses leg to suspected illegal trap
And here we go again: a roaming kitten loses its leg apparently because of a hostile neighbour's illegal leg-hold trap. From today's Taranaki Daily News: A kitten believed to have been caught in a gin trap crawled home and left a pool of blood outside its two-year-old...
Showing Oscillot cat fence in Hamilton
Here are a few photos from today's All Breeds Cat Show in Hamilton. There was a fantastic turnout of cats and visitors, plus a lot of interest in the Oscillot cat fence system. Thanks Hamilton Cat Club! 3 July 2016
Canadian city bans roaming cats
And the trend continues. The Canadian city of Peterborough in the province of Ontario has just passed a bylaw that will make it unlawful for cats to roam. The new bylaw will "mandate cat owners to license their felines and keep them on their own property or on...
Another cat trapped by vicious neighbour
Barely a month after hearing about a Palmerston North man convicted of catching his neighbour's cat in a leg-hold trap, we have this from today's Hawke's Bay Today: ...cats get a bad rap, despite the fact they don't bark incessantly and lay waste anywhere they like....
Roaming cat caught in neighbour’s leg-hold trap
Unfortunately, we cannot assume that all humans are decent and compassionate towards animals - including our pets. This is from today's New Zealand Herald: A man captured a neighbour's pet cat in a leg-hold trap to prevent it from hunting birds on his property. Paul...
Cat owners more concerned about pets than wildlife
Reported today by the ABC in Australia: Cat owners are more concerned about the welfare of their pet than the risk they pose to wildlife when roaming freely, an international study has found. Murdoch University researchers in Perth surveyed more than 1,700 cat owners...