I was recently asked to attend a conference on Outdoor Cats, and to say something about ethics and policy with respect to their management. Cats can be managed? Seriously, the issue is important because of disputes over the impact that … Continue reading
Shimsi is a cat from Istanbul, Turkey. Like many other street cats, he was born wild to a family of felines that were cared for as “community cats” — no one “owns” them, per se, but individuals in the neighbourhood … Continue reading
Delilah was what my landlords called a ‘wildcat’: a feral cat, Felis catus, not a Bobcat or Mountain Lion. She was also a well-known terror on the mountain ridge where I lived while a professor at Green Mountain College in … Continue reading
Several people have asked for a photo (and the story) of the feral cat I mentioned in my post on animal art. Here she is! Her name is Delilah. I’ll post our story later this week.
If you’ve visited my website, you already know the pleasure I find in the visual arts. I don’t pretend to be very knowledgable about them. I did grow up in a family where beauty and the arts were valued. And … Continue reading