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<![CDATA[PoC]]> Follow PoC, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/poc3Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:30:03 +0200 <![CDATA[PLEASE UPDATE THE RSS FEED]]> https://follow.it/The RSS feed URL you're currently using https://follow.it/poc3 will stop working shortly. Please add /rss at the and of the URL, so that the URL will be https://follow.it/poc3/rss]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0200 https://follow.it/ <![CDATA[Internet hackers use Bengal cats to steal your financial details]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZSlOFVi6qNTqPl-AGDhMag AVOID websites answering the question “Are Bengal cats legal in Australia?” If you search for “Are Bengal cats legal in Australia?” you may find yourself clicking on Google search result which takes you to a website which has been created by malware hackers. The site that you visit may download malware (poisonous software) to ...
]]> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:58:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZSlOFVi6qNTqPl-AGDhMag <![CDATA[Six facts about cat hearing. Infographic.]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkYnZsDIfZkqNJp-cVEvAVVq “Human composers must envy the cat its ears. But it is sad for the ordinary cat owner to realise that there is a whole range of sounds that simply cannot be shared with a much-loved pet. It is one of the humbling lessons we learn from living with companion animals, namely that we are ...
]]> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:16:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkYnZsDIfZkqNJp-cVEvAVVq <![CDATA[Don’t anthropomorphize domestic cat sleep patterns. Infographic.]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkbOnNEzYv5zSYYqqaq6Cv8m The infographic below explains what I mean in the title. I see a lot of online news media writers in particular getting this entirely wrong. They impliedly criticise the domestic cat for sleeping 18 hours a day which indicates slothfulness and indolence. You’ll also see it on social media and the big forum websites ...
]]> Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:58:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkbOnNEzYv5zSYYqqaq6Cv8m <![CDATA[The ‘cat tap’ as a form of cat-to-human communication]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkY7vRCAywAps72NAkc2lMb5 The ‘cat tap’ is a form of cat-to-human communication which impresses me and my cat employs it. What I like about it is that the cat devised this all on their own. They were not taught this effective method of catching the attention of their caregiver and what’s doubly impressive is that the cat ...
]]> Sun, 10 Nov 2024 09:42:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkY7vRCAywAps72NAkc2lMb5 <![CDATA[Jekyll & Hyde cat reaction when petted. Infographic.]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkaaFYcvxaH00MxtJOF8qlMF Although people describe a cat’s negative reaction to being petted as if they are Jekyll and Hyde characters, it is naturally logical and normal from the cat’s perspective. Cats react and interact instinctively. And by default, cats are cautiously defensive. Through socialisation, they have adapted to living in what is an unnatural environment inside ...
]]> Sat, 09 Nov 2024 10:20:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkaaFYcvxaH00MxtJOF8qlMF <![CDATA[A dog’s breed is generally a poor predictor of their behaviour. Infographic.]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZvL1LLQtRLq9zduguKaRuc This is Nathan Winograd’s pet campaign and it is a good one. I think he hates the lack of science behind the banning of a dog breed because they are aggressive and dangerous. The title to this post sums up the issue. The recent banning of XL Bully dogs in the UK is a ...
]]> Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:01:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZvL1LLQtRLq9zduguKaRuc <![CDATA[How short-term renting with a full-time indoor cat is likely to fail]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZ7prKMfHe1fpe517TJbm2Z The story in the newspapers about a playwright and her cat being sued by a landlord because her cat peed on the carpet highlights how short-term renting with a full-time indoor cat is likely to fail. The story concerns Polly Stenham MBE, 38, who was sued by her landlord Elio Cassandro, a media lawyer ...
]]> Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:07:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZ7prKMfHe1fpe517TJbm2Z <![CDATA[Donald Trump’s sketchy track record on animal welfare bodes ill for the future]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkYDGx1XK8uW69RQ3JrDoan7 Donald Trump is the new President. I am interested in animal welfare. What was Trump’s track record during his last presidency in bringing new initiatives to the table on animal welfare in America and across the globe? Answer below the image. Donald Trump’s presidency had a mix of actions that impacted animal welfare, both ...
]]> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:06:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkYDGx1XK8uW69RQ3JrDoan7 <![CDATA[Risks of cat and dog collars. Infographic.]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkYDGx1XK8uW6yB4\_QSvAyxX I was prompted to research this and create the infographic below by a tragic story in The Independent newspaper online today (6th November 2024). The infographic refers to it. The dog’s owner was watching Charlie play-fight with another dog. She spotted something was wrong and raced out to save him but she found it ...
]]> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:26:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkYDGx1XK8uW6yB4\_QSvAyxX <![CDATA[Dog switched on toaster and almost killed the family cat]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkYc0nLphESXwZA77tKuim5g The Times headline is, “Cat was almost toast when dog started kitchen blaze”. A nice headline but obviously a serious connotation because the story describes a pet dog almost killing the family cat after starting a house fire by accidentally turning on the family’s toaster. Herbie is the name of the dog. They think ...
]]> Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:15:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkYc0nLphESXwZA77tKuim5g <![CDATA[Dogs and cats can be the most difficult family ‘asset’ to divide in divorce]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZ5Q60mKdQLse-PSKLsMD7N Under the law in the UK, and in most other countries, cats and dogs are regarded as inanimate objects; in old-fashioned English they are “chattels”. To a couple who are divorcing they are far more than chattels. They are family members and there is often, nearly always, a close emotional bond between animal and ...
]]> Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:40:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZ5Q60mKdQLse-PSKLsMD7N <![CDATA[The British pay lip service to wildlife conservation. It is worse in the UK than in Africa.]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkalaDvpt0wdPOoS0YcuoUPp In The Sunday Times today there is a brilliant article by Rod Liddle; the journalist who comments on the news in an unfiltered and very personal way. And what he says about British wildlife conservation very much chimes with my thoughts except for his view on cats 😊, which I mention at the end ...
]]> Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:25:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkalaDvpt0wdPOoS0YcuoUPp <![CDATA[Infographic explains why some cats become wool suckers]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkY-5FoiBMoSxSzPzn74nEjT This is a much-discussed topic in the feline world. Actually, by now every aspect of domestic cat behaviour has been analysed and explained many times over. That’s the nature of the internet but things have changed dramatically with the introduction of AI which has stolen all the articles and claimed them as their own. ...
]]> Sat, 02 Nov 2024 10:05:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkY-5FoiBMoSxSzPzn74nEjT <![CDATA[Crows can hold grudges for 17 years and what about other animals?]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZ1PLJUIIFfOsi3VDybq\_GJ A recent study – and one which I would argue is pretty important – discovered that crows can hold grudges for 17 years. They hold grudges against people who have maligned them; who have been harmful to them and who they don’t trust because of experiences and interactions that they have had with these ...
]]> Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:37:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZ1PLJUIIFfOsi3VDybq\_GJ <![CDATA[Time to end superstition as it is very damaging to animal welfare worldwide]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZ1PLJUIIFfOr0AcgOF4eBb It truly is time for humankind to “grow up” and conquer their superstitions. Superstitions originate in ancient times. Times when humankind was far more ignorant and lacked scientific knowledge. We appear to have carried superstition from those ancient times to the present when we are more enlightened thanks to science and well able to ...
]]> Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:09:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZ1PLJUIIFfOr0AcgOF4eBb <![CDATA[Consider not giving your cat tinned tuna to prevent poisoning and to support conservation]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZZ-Wbu8O9B8j46oU3y27m3 The latest news is: “Mercury found in tins of tuna described as ‘colossal risk to public health’ ” (Foodwatch France which was behind the investigation). Why do tuna have such high levels of mercury in them? And are there good reasons other than ingesting poison for no longer buying tuna in supermarkets? The following ...
]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:50:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZZ-Wbu8O9B8j46oU3y27m3 <![CDATA[Giant detection rats as good as dogs sniff out wildlife body parts in East Africa]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZZ-Wbu8O9B8jzczSehkjNC The world hates rats. Unfair. Speciesism in action. Although, some people love them and this story may change the public profile of this much maligned ‘pest’ so mercilessly persecuted by humans. They are smart and eminently trainable with memories as good as the best sniffer dogs. Being a lot smaller they can rummage around ...
]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:08:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkZZ-Wbu8O9B8jzczSehkjNC <![CDATA[Humans created the mess making cat culling necessary]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkb4lOsL4-G-72-QV7RMz2i- The BBC is asking whether cats should be culled to stop extinctions. Of course, the author is discussing the culling of feral cats primarily in places where there are native species preyed upon by these cats. There have been rare instances of species being made extinct by predation from feral cats; hence the question. ...
]]> Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10🔞53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkb4lOsL4-G-72-QV7RMz2i- <![CDATA[Infographic explains how fast domestic cats can breed]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkaOoisuyqA-EvuP9FjDlTjT It is why we have spaying and neutering of domestic cats and many feral cats through TNR programmes. Even without sterilization the theoretical becomes very unattainable through accident, predation and disease. You’ll see the ravages of disease on kittens among the feral cat population. For example, cat flu often leads to secondary bacterial eye ...
]]> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:35:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkaOoisuyqA-EvuP9FjDlTjT <![CDATA[Using gene therapy to achieve long-term reproductive control in female cats]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkaOoisuyqA-EtORlbs475ok This is a report on a study looking at a durable contraceptive for female feral cats to try and control numbers in the US. We constantly read about feral cats decimating wildlife although, if we are honest, we don’t know accurately the impact feral cats have on the population numbers of the feral cats’ ...
]]> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:19:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/W8Cs5rPtZkaOoisuyqA-EtORlbs475ok