New research by the nation’s leading cat welfare charity shows a worrying rise in people acquiring pedigree cats. Pedigrees – such as Sphynxes or Bengals – often have highly specific care needs and can come with huge added costs or health concerns. Cats Protection says that 38% of cats acquired in 2022 (or 600,000 cats) […]
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What to do if you find a stray animal: PDSA tips for helping lost pets
Learn the best steps to take if you encounter a stray animal from PDSA Vet [...]
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Transform Playtime with These Safe and Fun DIY Cat Toys
Upgrade playtime: Try these safe DIY cat toys now! [...]
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Adopt These Kid Friendly Cat Breeds for a Happy Family
Choose These Cat Breeds for a Joyful, Kid-Friendly Home [...]
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Unleash Your Inner Cat Lover with These Top Japan Travel Tips
Discover Japan’s Cat Paradises—Travel Like a True Cat Lover [...]
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RSPCA Appeals for Information After Injured Elderly Cat Found Abandoned in Stevenage
The RSPCA is appealing for information after a severely injured, blind cat was found abandoned [...]
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Award-winning pet-care provider, Petpals, recently expanded to Milton Keynes, welcoming a brand-new pet-care business to support the growing demand for pet services in the area. Local pet enthusiasts Nilay and Priyanka Sanghrajka are the latest to enter the rapidly growing pet-care industry and offer top-notch pet services to the Milton Keynes community. After their search […]
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Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! The easiest way to enter is by sending them in via info@katzenworld.co.uk. Or just leave a comment with a link to the post / photo you’d like us to use on this blog post. This cutie joins us from The Daily Bloggist! 🙂 Now if […]
Charity, Mews
Cat’s Out the Bag: Stowaway Feline Reunited With Owners After Surreptitiously Crawling Into Battersea Donation Bag
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2 May 2023 A beloved one-year-old pet cat who was found in a pile of donated blankets at Battersea’s Old Windsor centre has now returned home, after it was discovered the stowaway feline had secretly crawled into her owners’ donation bag without them knowing. Staff at the animal welfare charity’s Berkshire centre were shocked to […]
Applications are invited for the 2023 Michael J. Day Scholarship launched by the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) in memory of Emeritus Professor Michael J. Day. Open to veterinary students around the world, the Scholarship provides financial assistance for research into an aspect of small companion animal infectious disease, clinical vaccinology or immunology. The selected Scholar […]
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Boulder, CO, May 2023 ― Since 2001, Isla Animals Rescue has been working tirelessly to rescue and sterilize street dogs and cats on the island of Isla Mujeres, Mexico, offering vital free and reduced cost services to a community that desperately needs them. To date, hundreds of thousands of animals have been helped, and this year alone, […]
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Free Webinar Helps Nonprofits Utilize AI to Support Their Rescue Work Community Cats Podcast is pleased to announce a brand-new webinar aimed at helping animal shelters, grassroots organizations, and individuals use ChatGPT and AI technologies to power their mission. The webinar will go live on Tuesday, May 16 beginning at 2 p.m. ET. With over […]
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Hi everyone, Have you or your feline friend ever wanted to appear in the news? Now is your chance! We are looking for content for our 2021 editorial line-up. No story is too small or too big. And remember we cover everything cat-related from events and poetry to a day in the life of your […]
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Involving your feline friends in celebrations like these can be tricky, especially as they have certain dietary needs and limitations to consider. However, with a little know-how, it can be really easy and fun to put together a special, cat-friendly afternoon tea: Bake some treats Getting busy in the kitchen and baking some treats for […]
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OHi everyone, Today we’ve teamed up with Dezi & Roo to talk a bit about the purpose of cat toys! Their below post originally appeared on their own blog here. Toys are meant to be played with. Cat toys are no exception, especially the Dezi & Roo brand. Their toys are all made with your […]
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Sidney was rehomed after being abandoned; now he’s saved another cat. A stray cat from Norbury, that was rehomed by the RSPCA, has completed the ultimate act of ‘paying it forward’ by rescuing a poorly stray kitten and bringing him in to share his new home. Ten-year-old tabby cat, Sidney, was rescued by the RSPCA […]
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What is your favourite restaurant? Sometimes I feel that cats see us as no more than glorified restaurants. Except that, if we humans treated restaurant staff the way cats treat us, we would be booted out and told never to come back. Cats don’t tell us what it is that they want to eat. Or, […]
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Hi everyone, Welcome to our regular feature of cat puzzles! You can print the below Picture and this week it’s a special COLOURING in fun with a cat-themed picture. 🙂 I hope you’ll have loads of fun with this one.
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Leading animal welfare charity Battersea has welcomed the publication of new Regulations to ban the use of remote-controlled electric shock collars on dogs in England. Earlier today, Ministers laid regulations in Parliament which, if passed, will outlaw the use of hand-held aversive training devices on dogs as of 1 February 2024. It comes after DEFRA first launched […]
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The law around microchipping cats is changing meaning if your feline family member isn’t microchipped by summer 2024, you could face a fine of up to £500. PDSA Vet Nurse Nina Downing explains: “The new microchipping rules mean all cats must be implanted with a microchip before they reach the age of 20 weeks. “The […]
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Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! The easiest way to enter is by sending them in via info@katzenworld.co.uk. Or just leave a comment with a link to the post / photo you’d like us to use on this blog post. Another stunning entry from Rose (RoseyToesMeows), this time of Taivas. 🙂 Meet […]
Events
Online Workshop Helps Public, Animal Control Ease the Burden on Shelters Overwhelmed by Kittens
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Online Workshop Helps Public, Animal Control Ease the Burden on Shelters Overwhelmed by Kittens Community Cats Podcast, in partnership with Neighborhood Cats, will hold it’s popular Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Certification Workshop on Saturday, May 6 from 2 – 4:30 p.m. EDT. The TNR Certification Workshop has been endorsed by the National Animal Care and Control Association […]
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Thrive Pet Healthcare Partners with Pet Poison Helpline, Providing Direct 24/7 Access to Expert Treatment Advisors
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Springtime in San Antonio brings toxic plan dangers for pets April 2023 (SAN ANTONIO, Texas) – Thrive Pet Healthcare, a leading veterinary service network that uniquely delivers a continuum of care to pet families, announced Tuesday that it is partnering with Pet Poison Helpline headed into spring, as toxic plant dangers for pets become more prevalent. […]
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What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why? There’s only one place: the vet surgery. But, regretfully, it’s somewhere that Louis Catorze has to visit most months, whether he likes it or not. It wasn’t always this way. Catorze used to happily guzzle Pill Pockets containing his steroid tablets, twice a […]
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Cost of Loving: Almost a Fifth of Pet Owners are Cutting Back on Weekly Food Shop to Afford Their Pet’s Care
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Figures from leading vet charity PDSA, which is providing vital care for pets during the cost of living crisis, have revealed that four million pet owners (almost 18%) are making savings on their weekly food shop to ensure they can continue to provide for their pets[1]. A similar proportion of people (16%, or 3.7 million pet owners) are reducing their […]
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April is National Pet Month in the UK and SCAS is celebrating our special bond with cats and the benefits they bring to us. At the Society for Companion Animal Studies (SCAS) we love companion animals! Those of us fortunate enough to share our lives with a cat are the lucky ones. They enrich our lives, […]
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New Urgent Care Veterinary Clinic in Downtown Denver Bridging Gap Between Primary Care and Emergency Hospitals
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Thrive Pet Healthcare Tuesday announced the opening of an urgent care clinic at 757 E. 20th Ave. in downtown Denver. Thrive Pet Healthcare’s new urgent care clinic is addressing the need for timely veterinary care for injuries or illnesses that are not severe enough to require emergency treatment but cause enough pain or discomfort that can’t wait to see […]
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TIPPAWS LAUNCHES TO PURR & PLEASE CATS AND THEIR PET PARENTS Healthy & Nutritious Cat Food & Eco Clumping Cat Litter Whether it’s a healthy and nutritious diet, the highest-quality litter, insights on how a cat can live its best life or a desire to pay forward to those less fortunate feline friends, new cat […]
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Ella Welsby, a senior associate at law firm DMH Stallard and specialist divorce lawyer, said: “April is National Pet Month and is intended to raise awareness of the joys of responsible pet ownership. “We are a nation of animal lovers, but consideration of how pet ownership would be dealt with in the event of a […]
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Feature Image: Unsplash Cats are the perfect office companions. They don’t interrupt workers from their daily tasks but are always there when someone needs a cuddle or a quick distraction. Unsplash Cats are also great for marketing and recruitment purposes. Famous office cats frequently feature on the front page of Reddit and are shared all […]
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Hi everyone, Welcome to our regular feature of cat puzzles! You can print the below Picture and see if you are able to find all words that featured in the recent Katzenworld articles. I hope you’ll have loads of fun with this one. Are you looking for the answers? Never fear you can find them […]
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As we edge our way into Spring, felines who love to roam will most certainly start to get more adventurous – spending more time outdoors and venturing further from home. Our friends at British luxury cat collar and lifestyle brand Cheshire & Wain excel at helping kitties look stylish on their ‘catwalks’ but they also […]
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Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Obviously I hope that Cat Daddy will be around for a lot longer than just ten years but, when we talk about growing older, he always says, “When I’m long gone, you’ll probably live alone with twenty-five cats, scaring the local children away with a big stick.” […]
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Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! The easiest way to enter is by sending them in via info@katzenworld.co.uk. Or just leave a comment with a link to the post / photo you’d like us to use on this blog post. Meet Merlin the Cat Wizard who joins us from Once Upon […]
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My work buddy, a 20-pound coon cat, rests from a morning of fun after ruining my manuscripts or destroying work documents. He finds it so exhausting to wait until just the right time, then his foot goes crazy on my keyboard. Yesterday, I had to run to the bathroom. I arrived back to find this… […]