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...
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 –...
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...
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...
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...
