Swiss animal protection groups have collected more than 115,000 signatures calling for the obligatory castration of cats that go outside.
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Showing posts with label Switzerland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Switzerland. Show all posts
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Owners must neuter free-roaming cats, say animal welfare groups - by SwissInfo.ch
Having whitnessed first hand in Malta how rapidly uncontrolled feral cat colonies can grow, we, the authors Islands of Cats are ardent defenders of TNR - Trap-Neuter-Release. The call for a neuter/spay obligation has become louder recently, with an an estimate of 300'000 feral cats roaming the country. On June 12, Swissinfo.ch wrote online:
Swiss animal protection groups have collected more than 115,000 signatures calling for the obligatory castration of cats that go outside.
The aim of the non-binding petition is to curb the number of stray cats and reduce unnecessary suffering.
The Network for Animal Protection (NetAP) and Tier im Recht (TIR) handed in the petition, backed by more than 150 organisations, to parliament on Tuesday.
They estimate that 100,000-300,000 stray cats live in Switzerland. One of the main causes of the stray-cat problem is that owners of free-roaming house cats don’t always neuter them, with the result that these cats mate with strays, producing offspring. ... read more.
Swiss animal protection groups have collected more than 115,000 signatures calling for the obligatory castration of cats that go outside.
Thursday, 13 April 2017
We are moving ...
But we'll not be cutting the ropes to the Maltese Islands and just sail away. Our books will still be in the shops in Malta and Gozo, and we will be visiting frequently family and friends. We will continue to blog about stray cats and donate part of the proceeds of each book sold in aid of neutering and spaying of stray cats in Malta and Gozo, contributing to Happy Paws Malta's free neutering program.
We would like to express our gratitude to all the wonderful men and women we met during our project research and to everybody who so generously contributed to the making of "Islands of Cats". We sincerely hope that the selfless work of the many stray cat carers in the Maltese Islands will gain more public awareness, respect and support. Saħħa !
Monday, 1 February 2016
The Cat that 'stalks' the Butcher's Shop
The cat named 'Zero' visits the butcher's shop Schori in Berne's Breitenrain every day - to the pleasure of customers and passersby. The cat is a popular photo scene.
20 Minuten 01 February 2016: «Rassigi Bure Bratwurst», «Rippli und Speck» or «Poulet Curry fix-fertig»: A visit to the butcher's shop Schori at Breitenrainplatz in the Swiss capital of Berne seems to be a favourite not only for two-legged meat lovers. The shop has a very special regular visitor. Cat Zero comes along every day. «The cat arrives between five and six o'clock in the morning and sits at the entrance door all day» shop owner Markus Schori says. It remains either left or right of the door frame, even when people enter or exit the shop. But Zero - the name the cat is called in the area - never dared to cross the threshold. «Only when a dog walks by, Zero humps its back» the butcher adds.
The shop's customers are not bothered by the cat's presence. According to Schori, some buy a bit of extra meat and feed the Zero. The butcher as well as his employees also feed the cat every now and then.
Zero the Photo Model
Meanwhile, Zero has become a popular photo scene in the Breitsch quarter. Numerous pedestrians pull out their smartphones and take a shot of the cat next to the advertising posters of the meat store. «This is probably the most photographed cat in Switzerland» says Schori about the unofficial mascot of the shop. But Zero is not the cuddly type of pussy cat. Biting and scratching, it keeps the photographers at distance. «Many have almost dropped their smartphones in shock» the butcher laughs.
The cats visits the butcher's shop for more than a year, since the beginning of this year even daily. Schori is not sure about the owner of the cat. «A woman once told me it might belong to somebody living at Stockerenweg. She has the sibling of the cat, that's how she knows». The cat is about six years old and is called Zero, that's all he knows about it.
Translation: Gabriele Ruttloff
Link to original article in German
Photos: 20 Minuten/kaf
The shop's customers are not bothered by the cat's presence. According to Schori, some buy a bit of extra meat and feed the Zero. The butcher as well as his employees also feed the cat every now and then.
Zero the Photo Model
The cats visits the butcher's shop for more than a year, since the beginning of this year even daily. Schori is not sure about the owner of the cat. «A woman once told me it might belong to somebody living at Stockerenweg. She has the sibling of the cat, that's how she knows». The cat is about six years old and is called Zero, that's all he knows about it.
Translation: Gabriele Ruttloff
Link to original article in German
Photos: 20 Minuten/kaf
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