by Neil Sanderson | Sep 28, 2018 | Cat Roaming, Hostile Neighbours, Shooting Cats
We rarely post on this blog about cases of cruelty to cats – either the reports we see in the news or the stories told to us personally by people who have had their cat threatened, injured or killed. There are a lot of these cases in New Zealand, and we...
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 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 7, 2016 | Hostile Neighbours, Shooting Cats
It’s great to see that Zep, the cat shot with an arrow a few days ago, seems to be recovering (see video). But the North Taranaki SPCA says another cat was shot with a rifle in the same area about a week ago, and died. It is not known whether the two attacks on...
by Neil Sanderson | Sep 5, 2016 | Cat Roaming, Hostile Neighbours, Shooting Cats
I hate writing about stuff like this, but honest to goodness there are some maniacs living among us. And cat owners are going to have to deal with that sad fact. A cat belonging to a family in the Taranaki town of Inglewood struggled home with an arrow through the top...
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...
