You’re killing your cats with human food (via New York Post)

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New York Post 17 May 2016: "Want to extend your cat’s nine lives? Stop feeding her human food and get her moving.

 A recent study of 9,000 British pets by pet insurer Animal Friends discovered that the number of dogs and cats diagnosed with diabetes skyrocketed by 900 percent in the past five years. Cats were at a particular disadvantage, with a 1,161 percent gain.

Stijn Niessen, who runs a British clinic devoted to the study of feline diabetes, told the Daily Mail that more than half of the cats kept indoors are dangerously overweight, compared with a quarter of those that regularly go outdoors.

 'They get tasty, rich foods from us, which thousands of years were not available,' Dr. Niessen said. ‘But genetically cats are much the same as they were...'" ...read on.

Diabetes in cats and dogs up by 900% over the past five years (via MailOnline)

Diabetes in cats and dogs up by 900% over the past five years: Owners giving pampered pets human food partly fuelling huge rise in cases

• Animal Friends study said cats most at risk from exploding diabetes rates
• Weight gain was one of the main reasons diabetes in pets is on the rise
• Symptoms of the illness can include pets often being hungry or thirsty

Photo: Gabriele Ruttloff-Bauer

MailOnline 17 May 2016: "Britain's pampered pets are struggling with the effects of obesity, as figures show a massive increase in the number of dogs and cats being diagnosed with diabetes. In the last five years there has been a 900 per cent increase in diagnosed cases of the life-threatening condition. According to a study of 9,000 pets by pet insurer Animal Friends, cats are most at risk from exploding rates of diabetes – with a 1,161 per cent increase in feline claims since 2011. The data also shows cases in dogs have also seen an increase of 850 per cent in the same time span. An expert from UK veterinary charity PDSA, said weight gain was one of the main reasons diabetes in pets is on the rise and this is fuelled, in part, by owners feeding their..." read on.

Special Diet? Cats Living in Moscow Garden Eat Entire Crop of Bananas

Cats living in Moscow’s Apothecary Garden gobbled up the first crop of bananas which was meant for the park visitors, the press service of the botanical garden reported

Sputnik International 2 April 2016: “Recently, we gathered a harvest of velvet bananas and laid the flesh with seeds to dry on a saucer. When I walked into the greenhouse, a large portion had been eaten and near the crime scene a tortoiseshell cat sat licking herself. In the same spot a black cat was chewing on a piece of banana,” the curator of tropical plants Vitaly Alenkin said.

According to him, because of the naughty felines the autumn distribution of bananas for the garden visitors has come under...read on