New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with her cat Paddles, who died on 8 Nov 2917 after being hit by a car

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 month.

We are so sad for Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford. But most of all we are sad for Paddles.

We will continue doing all we can to protect cats. If you have a cat, please think about how to keep your cat safe. We are happy to advise.

[8 Nov 2017]

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This is a very clever cat. Unfortunately, most cats don’t wait at a road crossing until the traffic stops. To keep you cat safe, you need an Oscillot cat fence system.

8 September 2016

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Angel Catbird is the story of a superhero – part cat, part bird – and the books highlight the dangers of free-roaming cats, both to native wildlife and to the cats themselves.

“Birds are in crisis right now, they really are,” says Atwood.

“There are a number of factors having to do with that. One of them is habitat loss, one of them is poisoning, one of them is window collisions, but a big factor is cats. So how do you influence that without demonising cats? The only way that you can really do that is through a character who combines cats and birds. And, therefore, it’s not that he’s a split character, with a good side and a bad side, he has a cat side and a bird side. And neither one is worse than the other.”

The first edition of Angel Catbird will be released in September, with two editions to follow.

27 July 2016

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