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Examines the implications of our relationship with cats. Disuses domestication, rodent killing, cats as pets, breeding and showing and cat-based industries.
http://www.angelfire.com/sc2/petswelfare/ahbond.html#cat
Researcher Sarah Hartwell's view on a range of cat issues.
http://www.messybeast.com/catarchive.htm
Addresses the “bell the cat” campaign.
http://www.angelfire.com/sc2/petswelfare/cats/colbell.html#bells
A National Pet Alliance report compares 1000 feral cats with 1000 pet cats, over their life span, to examine population growth.
http://www.fanciers.com/other-faqs/owned-cats.html
Views on backyard breeders and kitten mills.
http://www.catsunited.com/html/kitten_mills.html
Article about cat hatred by Carl Van Vechten.
http://www.bartleby.com/234/3.html
Campaign by Alley Cat Allies demanding that the National Geographic Society halt distribution of its documentary, “The Secret Life of Cats”.
http://www.feralcat.com/action.html
Examines the consequences of the campaign against domestic cats by linking the decline in cat ownership with an increase in the incidence of dog attack. Includes supporting links and forum. (Content warning)
http://www.geocities.com/australiancats/
British members of parliament sign a motion to bring in cats to end the problem of mice settling into the Houses of Parliament.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2038393.stm
Article by BBC Science Reporter Helen Briggs about a claim that cats have evolved ways to exploit humans using their miaow.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2001913.stm
Cats are now more popular with Britons than dogs with 7.5 million cats kept as pets.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1965499.stm
A US company announced a plan to create a genetically modified cat without the protein that causes allergies in humans.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns9999941
Observations about our attitude towards cats.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alienor/catcult3.htm
Addresses concerns that cats smother babies.
http://www.icanimalcenter.org/li...ats/TruthAboutCatsAndBabies.html
How children can benefit from a pet cat.
http://www.catchow.com/catcarece...onal3.aspx?storyID=56&category=2
People tamed cats as pets at least 9500 years ago, say researchers who have unearthed the grave of a prehistoric tabby in Cyprus.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994867
Examines many myths about cats including cats and babies, diseases transmissible from cats and allergies.
http://www.fabcats.org/sorting_fact_from_fiction.html