by Neil Sanderson | Nov 16, 2017 | Cat Restrictions, Cat Roaming, Wildlife Protection
Cats without microchips found roaming in sensitive environments would be killed under Auckland Council’s proposed pest eradication programme. All 21 local boards support the proposal. Keep your cat safe with a microchip and an Oscillot cat fence system. Read the...
by Neil Sanderson | Nov 8, 2017 | Cat Roaming, Cat Safety, Road Accidents
Paddles, the famous “First Cat of New Zealand,” was killed by a car yesterday in Auckland. Paddles was a polydactyl from the SPCA, and she become a worldwide sensation on Twitter when her mum, Jacinda Ardern, became the country’s Prime Minister last...
by Neil Sanderson | Oct 9, 2017 | Cat Safety, Hostile Neighbours, Leg-Hold Traps
We hate having to repost stories like this, but cat owners need to know that there are some very vicious people out there. This story is not as unusual as we might like to think. People use illegal gin traps to maim or kill roaming kittens, even in an upmarket suburb...
by Neil Sanderson | Sep 26, 2017 | Oscillot, Oscillot Installations
A few days ago we did an interesting Oscillot installation in Millwater, north of Auckland. This brand new row house had a fence built of aluminium posts with thin synthetic horizontal slats. We attached the Oscillot dual knuckle posts to the fence posts for...
by Neil Sanderson | Sep 17, 2017 | Cat Roaming, Shooting Cats
Horrible, but this is what can happen to a roaming cat. Please consider keeping your cat safely contained on your own property. Two cats shot in northwest Auckland An Auckland woman is “terrified” to let her cats outside after one was shot in the leg –...
by Neil Sanderson | Sep 5, 2017 | Wildlife Protection
If you really love your cat, don’t set it free as they can and do hunt for fun, says Abigail Tucker, wildlife writer for The Smithsonian magazine. “If you let your cat outside in an unsupervised way – even if it’s well fed on Fancy Feast or whatever brand of cat...
by Neil Sanderson | Aug 24, 2017 | Oscillot, Oscillot Installations
We received the following email today from Fleur who had an Oscillot system installed at her home on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, north of Auckland. The photos were taken yesterday. Just wanted to tell you the Oscilot looks like a winner for my Burmese. It’s...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 26, 2017 | Cat Restrictions
Great news! A proposal that could lead to compulsory microchipping and some form of registration for cats has become official policy for Local Government New Zealand. The proposal gained 51% approval yesterday at an annual meeting of LGNZ, which represents local...
by Neil Sanderson | Jun 4, 2017 | Cat Safety
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by Neil Sanderson | Jun 1, 2017 | Oscillot
HELLO CHRISTCHURCH! We’ll be offering free measures and quotes for the Oscillot cat containment systems next Monday (Queen’s Birthday) and Tuesday in Christchurch. Contact us now to book! We’ll also be showing Oscillot on Sunday at the National Cat...
