Feline Body Language Tips
You can tell a lot about a person from their body language. Well, the same applies to our four-legged friends. Here are some tips from my book 250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You to help...
View ArticlePaper, Plastic, or Dog: Our Disposable Society Takes On a New Life
These days, you can't turn on the TV or look at a magazine without being "greened." We're guided to the best green car, the most savory green restaurant, or the most efficient green energy system....
View ArticleKeeping Your Dogs and Cats Safe on Halloween
Halloween can be a fun time for children-and adults who like dressing up (I always think back to the "Thriller" video … I loved the Vincent Price rap!). Unfortunately, the frequent visitors in ghoulish...
View ArticleDo You Deserve All That Your Dog or Cat Does for You?
Comedian Bill Maher once said, "The reason I love my dog so much is because when I come home, he's the only one in the world who treats me like I'm the Beatles." To the dogs and cats we share our lives...
View ArticleSmart Santas Don’t Give Animals as Gifts
Nothing's more fun than surprising someone with just the right holiday gift. But when the gift is an animal, the story doesn't always have a happy ending. I've been a volunteer at my local animal...
View ArticleA Resolution for Cat People
I would like to propose a simple resolution that requires almost no effort and will prevent countless animals from suffering: Keep your cats indoors. Allowing cats to roam outside unsupervised puts...
View ArticleHow long do cats and dogs live?
I'm asked this question every week, usually by well-meaning guardians trying to make sound medical decisions in behalf of their older dog or cat. The good news is that our animal companions are living...
View ArticleQuirky Cats: It Must Be Something in Their Water
I wonder how many other PETA Primers share their homes with cats who are water crazy? If you do, you know exactly what I mean by "water crazy." Some water-crazy cats park themselves at one particular...
View ArticleMicrochips Keep Families Together
Last month, I saw a beautiful gray cat lying in my driveway. From a distance, she appeared to be well-fed and cared for, but she wasn't wearing a collar. Fortunately, since I live in Sarasota, it...
View ArticleAdopting Senior Cats
Most of the people I know already have a houseful of cats and are maxed out on the number of cats they can care for. I also know people who love cats, but they only have one cat because they are afraid...
View ArticleCats and Their Claws
We cat lovers all have the same issue. What to do with our sweet little ones when they go on clawing around! We all know that declawing is a no-no, so what to do? Here is an excerpt from my book...
View ArticleKeep Animals Safe From Fall Poison Dangers
About this time every year, there’s a tree on my mom’s street that sprouts a large, orangey mushroom at its base. This is a “chicken of the woods “ mushroom that, you guessed it, tastes just like...
View ArticleKeep Your Animals Safe and Happy This Halloween
Each October, Halloween ushers in its own brand of awesomeness in the form of pumpkins, candy , and costumes. Spider webs and creepy decorations set the stage for ghost stories and trick-or-treating....
View ArticleThe cold, hard truth about feral cats
They named her Frosty because she had been found nearly frozen to death in a Wisconsin barn, barely conscious, piteously mewing a “death cry,” as her rescuers described it. With emergency care, the...
View ArticleVictory! UW-Madison Closes Cruel Cat Lab
Victory! Following a PETA campaign to expose and end cruel and archaic sound-localization experiments on cats at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the embattled laboratory has closed its doors for...
View ArticleDeclawing Cats Is a Mutilation, Not a Solution for Scratched Sofas
New York state could one day be cats’ favorite place to live. That’s because New York Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal has penned a bill that would ban declawing statewide, except in those rare cases...
View ArticleFive Signs of a Stressed or Sick Cat
Here’s how to read the signs of stress or illness and act fast to help your meow mate. Your cat depends on you for everything that he or she needs—fresh water, food, a clean litterbox, veterinary...
View ArticleFrom the Mailbag: Stressed Cats
My neighbor took on a second job and says her cat has been urinating outside the litterbox while she’s at work. What should she do? —Concerned Kitty Confidant When cats feel stressed or sick, they may...
View ArticleKeep Your Cat Indoors on Halloween and All Year Round
When my mom was a little girl, she had a favorite black cat named Midnight. He was one of more than a dozen former strays who had wandered into the family’s life, drawn by the abundance of cat food...
View ArticleWhat to Do If Your Companion Gets Lost
I’ve run across some really sad cases of guardians who lost their feline companions and did not know what steps to take to recover them. Here are some basic guidelines that were originally published in...
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