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Website Development
Over the last three years, there has been a significant amount of work on the prime purpose of this project; creating a sanctuary for the street cats of Abruzzo. This has entailed purchasing land and developing it to safely home… Continue reading
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Welcome to October – Black Cat Awareness Month
While there are many superstitions and traditions surrounding cats in general, most of them positive in connotation, no other colours seem to have collected the negative image that the black cat has been given over time. Around the world, superstitions… Continue reading
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September – Happy Cat Month
Make sure you read that correctly – I’m not wishing you happiness for cat month, instead it’s a month to celebrate Happy Cats and how we can help our furry friends live happy lives. One of the biggest issues that… Continue reading
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An open letter to Frida’s biological (cat) mum
First and foremost, I want you to know that I’ve got her. I’ve got your baby, she’s safe and she’ll never know anything but love and good things. Her future is full of nothing but hope now. I wonder what… Continue reading
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Don’t Be Impulsive
Since moving to Italy in October 2014, I have already dealt personally with numerous kitten adoptions, mostly privately but a couple with the help of an association, in addition to other animal-related situations. While most people realise that cats are… Continue reading
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“Don’t set your dog up to fail.”
The best bit of pet advice I have ever read. When I adopted Asia back in February 2016, she was a lively 7-month old pup who had never lived inside. Asia had been found as a 3-month old puppy in… Continue reading
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Cats and lilies – beautiful but deadly
There are many popular house plants, and even common garden plants, that are considered toxic to our furry, fluffy or feathery friends – be they cats, dogs, hamsters, ferrets, rabbits, horses, birds… But very few have the devastating effect that… Continue reading
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Back to School!
“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.” Hippolyte Taine I have a secret to share – I’ve gone back to school. On Wednesday night, I enrolled on a Level 3 Diploma in… Continue reading
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It’s been a while…
As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind. Cleveland Amory I’m actually pretty disappointed in myself that I haven’t written in… Continue reading
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Bush and Leoncina
The August bottle babies grew up! After 3 months in foster, where I bottle-fed them from one week of age, Bush and Leoncina were adopted together by a new owner in Milan. It’s always bitter-sweet when the cats get adopted:… Continue reading
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