Cats Protection unveils tear-jerking Christmas animation featuring Holly Willoughby and created by multi-award-winning Aardman Studios Cats Protection has joined forces with Academy Award®-winning animators Aardman Studios and TV presenter Holly Willoughby for its Christmas campaign “Casper’s Magical Journey”, inspired by the true story of a young boy and his missing cat. The beautiful three-minute animation […]
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How Much Does a Purebred Cat Really Cost And What Affects the Price [2026 Guide]
According to Desiree Bobby, Expo Producer for the Cat Fanciers’ Association International Cat Show and Expo, [...]
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The Purr-fect Outdoor Space for Your Feline Friend
Image Credit: Unsplash It’s tough when your indoor cat gazes longingly out the window, especially [...]
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Easter Pet Safety Tips: How to Protect Dogs, Cats, and Rabbits from Seasonal Hazards
Keep your pets safe this Easter with expert tips on avoiding toxic foods, dangerous plants, [...]
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Why Lilies Can Be Fatal for Felines: RSPCA’s Pet-Friendly Mother’s Day Warning
Buying lilies for Mother's Day? Think again. RSPCA expert warns of fatal consequences for feline [...]
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Do You Love Your Cat? Be The Best Owner You Can Be
Link – CC0 License Do you love your cat? If you do, then it’s important [...]
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PDSA’s latest PAW Report found that nearly a quarter (23%) of dog owners reported their dogs are scared of fireworks*. This equates to millions of dogs suffering every year when fireworks season begins. While Covid-19 means most large Bonfire Night events won’t be going ahead this year, there’s a chance more people will be setting […]
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Here we provide top tips on learning a little bit about how cats communicate using their eyes! Cats slowly blink their eyes in situations where they appear relaxed with our presence. We don’t know for sure what the blink means (although researchers are currently working on this) but common thoughts vary from it simply being the cat’s way of acknowledging us to their way of telling us they are […]
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Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! We have setup a Katzenworld Forum and would like to encourage everyone to make their entries for Tummy Rub Tuesday on our dedicated Tummy Rub Tuesday post. Simply leave a comment on the post and attach the image you’d like to use. If you’ve got […]
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Festivities are well underway as we all begin to decorate our homes with fairy lights and tinsel. But new research has revealed that your Christmas tree is capable of bringing some unwanted guests into your home including aphids, spiders, fleas and ticks. Key findings: Your Christmas tree is capable of carrying live pests like aphids, […]
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Ten thousand cats have been successfully homed during the Covid-19 crisis, thanks to an innovative door-step delivery solution specifically tailored to overcome lockdown restrictions. Cats Protection is celebrating the commitment of its care teams and volunteers who delivered in trying times to make such a landmark success of its new Hands-Free Homing process. When the […]
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Cambridgeshire-based Sure Petcare has helped to transform the lives of thousands of pets at Wood Green, The Animals Charity since 2015. Through the provision of award-winning technology, sponsoring and fitting a summerhouse and running a successful affiliate scheme, the smart pet product specialist is making an immeasurable difference to cats in need. Sure Petcare’s flagship […]
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PDSA vets offer advice on keeping pets happy and healthy this winter We all know that people can get SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) – sometimes known as ‘winter depression’ – at this time of year and it might seem like our pets are under the weather too, but how much do the seasons really affect pets? […]
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An increasing number of celebrities have been sharing snaps of their furry friends on social media, receiving a flurry of media attention and causing a spike in Google searches. But who has the most popular pet? Using Google search data, Matalan have looked at the four-legged friends of some of the biggest stars around, to […]
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Hi everyone, Please find below a guest story by Christine Mallaband-Brown: Woody the cat has decided to take charge of my hubby’s railway set that is in our shed. Luckily there is a pond painted in the centre so he can lie on it and not do too much damage. He’s got a heater in […]
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Hi everyone, Today’s entry to the Friday Art Cat comes from Alex Halliday: I am Alex Halliday, an artist living in Berkshire, and my speciality is portraits in graphite of loved ones, non-furry as well as furry. I am owned by a black and white semi-long-haired cat called Gwendoline Lilly. Gwennie encourages me to relax. […]
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The day came where we were delivered a box with goodies in it! I was so excited. I smelt the box straight away! Mum, got her special knife, opened the box and oh boy, it was like Christmas! I was surrounded by toys that smelt so good and treats! The box is amazing too, it […]
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My ever-present helper when I try to work from home, always guards my briefcase and rests beside my phone. . The moment I’m not looking, he’ll munch upon my snack, and push the phone onto the floor when I have turned my back. . He sleeps atop my papers, and my keyboard is his toy, […]
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Cookie and Baby Kitty By Joe Longo We got Cookie and Marlowe when they were five weeks old. They were brothers and their mother had died giving birth to their litter, and they were fostered by a group called Cats in the Studio. The group was started by a woman who worked for Warner Brothers. […]
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Christmas has come early with LondonCats Worldwide! Seems we have been treated with another lockdown (sigh!) but do not fear cat lovers as Christmas has come early with big announcements from LondonCats Worldwide! We can confirm that after the success of their first socially distanced live show that took place in October, LondonCats Worldwide will […]
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TV Personality and Veterinarian, Dr Scott Miller, shares his dos and don’ts when it comes to human wellbeing trends with our cats and dogs From avoiding certain house plants, CBD and essential oils To trying music meditations and pet diffusers during stressful seasonal situations Amid an unprecedented year where the nation is actively encouraged to stay home, now more […]
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by Joe Longo How did a nun from the Early Middle Ages become the patron saint of cats, though the Catholic Church has never made that official? But that is how she is known today. Saint Gertrude lived between 628 and 659 in Nivelles, Belgium. She was born on the 17 of March (the same […]
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Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! We have setup a Katzenworld Forum and would like to encourage everyone to make their entries for Tummy Rub Tuesday on our dedicated Tummy Rub Tuesday post. Simply leave a comment on the post and attach the image you’d like to use. If you’ve got […]
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Hi everyone, Today’s guest story comes from Lynn about her rescue cat Finley: When I first decided to give a home to a rescue cat I knew I would like a black and white boy and wanted to call him Finley. When I spotted him on the Cats Protection web site he was about 4 […]
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Hi everyone, It’s me Renegade here today. With the purrfect wish for Christmas… a warm place! 😀 As our regular readers probably know I absolutely love the SleepyPod mobile pet carrier of our sponsor Sleepypod. While it’s already super cozey as it is, it becomes even more magical with the sleepypod warmer kit. This magical […]
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As winter approaches, life on the streets is about to get even harder for the stray cat population. Many already struggle to find food, with a few brave felines resorting to desperate measures. One-year-old tabby Prosecco got so hungry recently that she stole through a random homeowners catflap, breaking into their kitchen and begging for […]
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Hidden Dangers of Festive Foods: How to Avoid Them and Expensive vet bills at Christmas
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Our pets are part of our family and so it can be tempting to include them in the celebrations by spoiling them with titbits and festive treats. But good intentions could put our pets in danger if we are unaware of the risks that certain foods pose. Some foods are toxic to our pets and […]
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‘Tis the season, as they say. And, the astute cat likes to take advantage of a good sale. Here, in the U.S., the official shopping madness for the holidays begins on the Friday after Thanksgiving Day where retailers offer extreme markdowns and specials for one day only. Lucy, a resourceful ginger, prefers to shop the […]
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Hi everyone, Please find below a guest story by Elizabeth Wickham: Yesterday evening, when it was dark outside, my husband said he needed some nutrition bars to take to work. I got in the car to go to the store. I heard a faint scratching noise in the back seat. I wasn’t sure what it […]
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“I catagorically defend the Mews, Who, with the wisdom of the changeful moon, Regards all hoomans, every goofy goon, To be a subject we can all purruse. Consider which of us can well refuse Their charming playful gestures, each a boon That keeps our whiskers twitching, afternoon Through midnight, even when we swirl and snooze. […]
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Cat lovers across the UK have a lot to celebrate this Black Cat Day (27 October) as Cats Protection announces that black and black-and-white cats are no longer as overlooked as they once were. A decade after the awareness day was started by the charity as a response to the discovery that black cats took […]
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You may have grown up thinking that cats and dogs were natural rivals, but it might come as a surprise to know that these two species maintain a very antagonistic relationship. You wouldn’t want to put a cat and dog in the same place, since havoc is bound to follow. While a majority of households […]
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DR BECKMANN ISSUES TOP LOCKDOWN TIPS FOR HAPPY PET HOMES HOW TO KEEP YOUR HOUSE CLEAN AND KEEP YOUR PET STRESS-FREE WHILE Brits flocked to stores to stock up on paper and pasta during the first lockdown, they are now being urged to ensure they look after the third ‘p’ – their pets – during […]
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The UK’s biggest cat charity has urged the public to beware of the risks in buying a ‘lockdown kitten’ online. Cats Protection says the COVID-19 pandemic has created the ideal conditions for unscrupulous vendors to sell kittens which may be sick, poorly socialised or too young to be safely parted from their mothers. With the […]
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Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! If you’d like your cat to appear in our weekly column via not send them in via info@katzenworld.co.uk. Or just leave a comment with the link to the post/photo you’d like us to use. Please find below the photos for this week: My name is Gingersnap, […]