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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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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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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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The problem with boys
So, looking after street cats in Italy can be a little difficult, bureaucratically speaking. Technically, the health board (ASL) of each comune is responsible for the welfare of the area’s cats, but how much they actually do for the cats… Continue reading
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A HUGE THANK YOU!
I would just like to take a moment to thank all of the people who have financially supported me so far. Rescuing cats is my passion and I can’t turn a blind eye to their plight, but it is definitely… Continue reading
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#ioNONtiABBANDONO
As a Brit, it’s quite shocking for me to see a nationwide campaign fighting against the abandonment of pets on a country’s roads and yet it seems so necessary here. Obviously, despite being a nation known to be animal lovers,… Continue reading
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