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 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...
by Neil Sanderson | Jun 28, 2016 | Cat Restrictions, Cat Roaming
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...
by Neil Sanderson | May 18, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Cat Safety, Wildlife Protection
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...
by Neil Sanderson | Jan 15, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Diseases
Yolanda van Heezik, a senior lecturer in zoology at Otago University, has been studying the impact of cats on wildlife. She’s found that there are about 220 pet cats per square kilometre in Dunedin (the number of stray/feral cats is unknown) and that cats kill...
