Your Cat — November 2017

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CATCH-UP

Office gossip

Microchip your cats

Co-op Insurance has revealed that

almost one-third of cats do not

have a microchip, but 61 percent of

pet owners want microchipping to

become the law.

Three-quarters believe that the

procedure will help more owners

be reunited with their furry friends

if they go missing, and over half

think that cats are just as important

as dogs.

Here comes the cat

New research conducted this

wedding season by Blue Cross has

revealed that as many as one in 10

Brits have given pets a central role

in their wedding ceremonies!

Over one-quarter said they did

so because it helped them remain

calm and overcome anxiety on the

big day, while 12 per cent said they

had to come along simply because

they are so cute!

Tiger’s birthday fun!

How does a tiger has celebrate

his birthday? With a purrfect

birthday cake, of course! Jambi,

the male Sumatran tiger at RZSS

Edinburgh Zoo, celebrated his 15th

birthday recently and his keepers

treated him to a special cardboard

birthday cake, filled with some of

his favourite meat.

Holiday guilt

According to a new study by

Co-op Insurance, almost half (

per cent) of UK pet owners say

they feel guilty for leaving their

pets to go on holiday.

The research revealed that 31

per cent of pet owners spend their

travels thinking about their pets,

while one-sixth refuse to go on

holiday without them!

Gossip

Mittens the cat has definitely used

up one of her nine lives, after getting

stuck up an electricity pole!

Engineers from UK Power

Networks were called to Straight

Road in Manea, Cambridgeshire, after

reports that the cat had been up the

pole much of the day.

After switching off the power

supply, the team was able to

safely rescue Mittens from

a transformer box and return her

to her delighted owner.

Cat

rescued

from

electricity

pole!

Image: Martin Harvey/WWF.

‘Help! I’m stuck!’

Plans are in place to

bring back wild tigers

to the Republic of

Kazakhstan in Central

Asia, 70 years after

the species became

extinct there. The

programme, run jointly

by the Kazakhstan

Government and WWF,

will see the big cats

reintroduced to the

Ili-Balkhash region.

The project will involve

the designation of

a new nature reserve

for the tigers’ habitat. If

successful, Kazakhstan

will be the first country

to bring wild tigers back

to Central Asia.

Igor Chestin, director

of WWF-Russia, says:

“We have now identified

the best possible

territory in Ili-Balkhash

for the restoration

of a thriving wild

tiger population. Our

continued co-operation

will be key in the

successful creation

of a new reserve, the

restoration of rare native

species and, in a few

years’ time, achieving

an unprecedented

transboundary relocation

of wild tigers to

Central Asia.”

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Jambi enjoying

his cake.

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/WWF

POWER WARNING

Members of the public should never

attempt to rescue a pet or possession

from electricity equipment. Call UK Power

Networks on 0800 316 3105 to report

a trapped animal or possession.

Plans to reintroduce

wild tigers

A stunning tiger saved

from extinction.

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