Your Cat April 2023

THE STORY BEHIND THE PIC This cool cat figure was spotted in someone’s garden! Many cat lovers enjoy showing their affection for felines in how they adorn their homes and gardens. It got us thinking here at the Your Cat office about all the interesting and quirky cat decorations we’ve seen when out and about. From a pair of cat statues at a driveway entrance and funny signs about feline behaviour, to cat-related street names and garden ornaments, there was such a diverse range of things spotted. What cat related décor and figures have you enjoyed seeing on your travels?…

Is your phone full of pictures of your cat? Do you ever take those pictures, print them out, and put them on display in your home? This month’s lead feature was a reminder to me just how important it is to capture memories and moments of the people who are special in our lives — including our cats! Award-winning photographer Kirsty Bevan gives some great advice to help us take brilliant pics of our feline friends. It made me think about what we do with all of those photos. I will often just leave them on my phone, only viewing them from time to time. And I hardly ever take a great picture on my phone and then print it out to put up in the house. I need to rectify…

CHARITY ProtectaPet reveals first winner in ‘Superfosterer’ giveaway International cat fencing specialist ProtectaPet has donated a cat enclosure to Staffordshire-based cat rescue Iris’s Cats in Need — the first of four projects in its £10k Superfosterer Giveaway. The cat enclosure, which retails at £2,384, was installed by ProtectaPet-trained installation engineers to cat proof ‘Superfosterer’ Claire Jones’ garden. The enclosure will provide multiple cats and kittens with the opportunity to explore the outdoors in safety while they are temporarily cared for by Claire, awaiting placement in their fur-ever home. Claire, who has volunteered at Iris’s Cats in Need for over 15 years, has a range of responsibilities at the rescue, from hand-rearing kittens through to caring for poorly cats who might not otherwise be able to lead fulfilled lives. She says:…

‘NO PLACE TO HIDE’ ● Author: Ruth Searle ● Publication date: 28 March ● Price: £9.99 ● About: In Ruth Searle’s thriller ‘No Place To Hide’, in which the main protagonist’s pets, a Maine Coon, Great Dane, and Dobermann feature heavily, the reader is taken on an intense, emotional glimpse into the dark side of the mind… Surgeon Daniel is struggling with the murder of his daughter and then has to deal with the disappearance of his wife, a forensic psychiatrist, following death threats and blood spatters at her clinic. When Daniel is wrongly suspected of her disappearance, and with a serial killer on the run near their hometown, he is forced to begin his own investigation and is drawn into the world of her patients — criminals, murderers and psychopaths.…

Here’s a question: how many pictures of your cat do you have on your phone? In fact, is a photo of your cat the background on your phone? Ailurophiles love taking snaps of their cats! Capturing a special moment or one of the quirks of our pet’s personality in a photo is something to treasure. A good picture is something for us to enjoy, whether it is on our phone or the wall, and it is a memory recorded forever of someone special in our lives. However, being independent with penchant for not doing what we’d always like, cats don’t make getting that perfect picture easy! So, we decided it was time to ask for help from an expert. Your Cat sat down with Kirsty Bevan of Furreal Photography, who…

Your Cat Good Causes has donated a brand-new incubator, from The Incubator Shop, to Hector’s House Cat Rescue to help them look after the increasing amounts of vulnerable, stray kittens taken into their care. Hector’s House Cat Rescue is a local cat rescue based in Devon, working predominantly with stray cats who, through no fault of their own, cannot easily be housed. Because of this, most other charities cannot give these cats the help that they so desperately need. Hector’s House is formed of volunteers who have previous experience working with cat rescues, but have a passion for strays. In Devon especially, there are some great local charities who do amazing work to help all animals who need it. Unfortunately, because of the huge demand for these charities, strays can…