by Neil Sanderson | Aug 4, 2016 | Cat Restrictions, Cat Roaming
After considerable acrimony, Wellington Council’s environment committee has voted to make cat microchipping compulsory. The amendments to the current animal bylaw are: all domestic cats over the age of 12 weeks must be microchipped and registered with NZCAR (New...
by Neil Sanderson | Aug 2, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Cat Safety, Dog Attacks
Two roaming dogs in Napier have killed sheep and are suspected of killing cats too. Richard Taylor told Hawke’s Bay Today his 14-year-old chocolate Burmese cat Boi Boi had been missing since the afternoon the dogs got loose. “I can’t prove my cat was...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 31, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Wildlife Protection
This new book looks interesting, and even opens with a New Zealand story. From the publisher’s website: Peter P Marra & Chris Santella Princeton University Press Hardcover | September 2016 In 1894, a lighthouse keeper named David Lyall arrived on Stephens...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 29, 2016 | Cat Restrictions, Cat Roaming
All day long I’ve been listening to Radio New Zealand repeating the same report about Wellington’s decision not to restrict cat ownership, asserting that the issue has “divided conservationists and cat fanciers”. Even John Campbell repeated the...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 29, 2016 | Cat Restrictions, Cat Safety, Hostile Neighbours, Leg-Hold Traps
I was reading a story online about a roaming cat that got its paw stuck in a leg-hold trap set by a neighbour. This case was in the Canadian city of Regina – although we’ve certainly had similar occurrences here in New Zealand recently. Something else that...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 27, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Cat Safety, Road Accidents, Wildlife Protection
Best-selling novelist and environmentalist Margaret Atwood, whose books include The Handmaid’s Tale, Surfacing and Alias Grace, has produced her first series of comic books, in collaboration with Nature Canada. Angel Catbird is the story of a superhero –...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 26, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Wildlife Protection
Yesterday’s announcement from the Prime Minister that New Zealand aims to be “predator-free” by 2050 has got everyone talking. The Government will spend $28 million over four years to supplement what local bodies and other organisations are doing in...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 24, 2016 | Cat Safety, Exercise, Non-Roaming Cats
Cats need exercise. If you decide not to let your cats roam (yay!) there are a couple of approaches you could take: Build a home gym for your cats (as in the video above – which is actually pretty funny) Let your cats roam in their own backyard – with an...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 20, 2016 | Cat Restrictions, Wildlife Protection
Cat owners are not allowed to buy a home in parts of the new Kotuku Parks subdivision on the Kapiti Coast. While local authorities in other places have limited cat ownership, imposed cat curfews or required that cats not be allowed to roam – chiefly to protect...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 15, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Cat Safety, Hostile Neighbours, Shooting Cats
Sometimes it seems the world has gone mad. In Australia, a group calling itself Cat Busters is warning that it will kill roaming cats – and they’ve posted several photos of dead cats just in case anyone thinks they’re joking. More than 100 people...
