Community cats and public health Many wild and domesticated animals can transmit diseases to humans. These are known as zoonotic diseases. While we should be concerned about these diseases, there are some common myths about the public …
How to find a common language with your cat Preview photo credit Lili Chin
BODY LANGUAGE "Cats" Cats tell us a lot through their bodies. While all cats will have subtle differences in how they communicate what they are feeling—whether confident, relaxed, fearful, defensive or ready to attack— ther…
05 Situations Only Cat Owners Could Get Into The lives of this UN agency have pets can’t be boring or monotonous. Our 4-legged friends wake the USA up at six AM, won’t allow us to eat o…
TURBOCHARGED EVOLUTION: HOW HAS LIVING WITH HUMANS CHANGED CATS? Approximately 96 per cent of cats still choose their own mates these days. This has made for a relatively unaltered…
THE ROAD TO LESS WILD: THE “DOMESTICATION” STORY It is difficult for scientists to form a really clear timeline of the recent domestication of cats , because genetically, physically, …
THE SMALL CATS Small cats can be further classified as either Old World (from Africa, Asia, or Europe) or New World from Central and South America). Old World cats include domestic cats, wild cats, fishing cats, lynx, bobcat, carac…
RAW CAT ROOTS Once upon a time —a really long time ago— the first inkling of catness happened when carnivores appeared on earth. Carnivores evolved from smaller mammals around 42 million years ago. Members of this order (which incl…
Who Is the Raw Cat? HERE IS ANOTHER cat living inside your cat. Strip away the “creature comforts” —the cat beds, the mouse-shaped toys, a life spent looking out the window, or lying peacefully on the couch. You might see …
Why Do Cats Purr? Murmuring is the most well-known sound cats make. However, we think less about it than howling, trilling, babbling, hissing, and snarling. Yes, cats murmur when they're content. When yours is nestled i…
