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...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 14, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Hostile Neighbours
This is horrible and depraved, and I do hesitate to share it – but we have to be honest and admit there are some sick people out there – and roaming cats are easy victims for them. In Hamilton, a roaming cat was shot between the eyes with a nail gun but...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 13, 2016 | Cat Safety, Disappearance
UPDATE: Here’s video from the Checkpoint programme on National Radio, 12 July 2016: Ashleigh Hicks’ cat Moses has been missing since the end of January. After posting his disappearance on Facebook, Ms Hicks found that up to 50 cats have disappeared in...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 12, 2016 | Cat Safety, Injuries
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...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 9, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Cat Safety
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...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 8, 2016 | Cat Restrictions, Cat Roaming, Wildlife Protection
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...
