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  • Thailand NewsCat goes missing in Hat Yai, turns up 1000km away in Bangkok, Thailand

    Cat goes missing in Hat Yai, turns up 1000km away in Bangkok, Thailand

    ‘Moota’ the stripy cat turned up in Bangkok after going missing more than one month ago, almost 1000 kilometres away near the border of Malaysia in Hat Yai, Songkhla province, southern Thailand. On Wednesday, the Facebook page ‘Traffic on the Si Rat – Outer Ring Road Expressway of Bangkok‘ posted pictures of a beautiful striped cat with a red collar…

  • Covid-19 NewsA Cat Gave Me Covid: Vet in Thailand “first in the world” to catch Covid-19 from a cat

    A Cat Gave Me Covid: Vet in Thailand “first in the world” to catch Covid-19 from a cat

    A cat sneezed in a veterinarian’s face and gave her Covid-19, according to a recent study conducted by Songkhla University in southern Thailand. Worldwide, no other cat-to-human cases have been reported. The case study reports that a father and son from Bangkok tested positive for Covid-19 back in August last year, but because there were no hospital beds available in…

  • Bangkok NewsLost cat with a 300,000 baht reward FOUND near home in Nonthaburi

    Lost cat with a 300,000 baht reward FOUND near home in Nonthaburi

    Who let the cat out? A chubby kitty who ran away has wandered back home all on her own (as some cats do). Manee, a Scottish Fold, had been missing since Sunday, until 1am yesterday, when a security guard at a residential compound in Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok, spotted her and she dashed into a neighbour’s home. She was…

  • Thailand NewsCat sits on sports car, owner demands 100,000 baht to pay for scratches

    Cat sits on sports car, owner demands 100,000 baht to pay for scratches

    The owner of a luxury sports car has reportedly filed a lawsuit against their neighbour claiming 100,000 baht in damages after a cat climbed and sat on top of their black and yellow Lotus sports car, causing some scratches. The story was widely shared in Thailand and the latest reports say the owner has since apologised, adding that he doesn’t…

  • Bangkok NewsAn exotic animal café in Bangkok – Foxes, racoons, kangaroos and more! | VIDEO

    An exotic animal café in Bangkok – Foxes, racoons, kangaroos and more! | VIDEO

    Here is an animal café in Bangkok that animal lovers, dogs and cats and a whole lot more, don’t want to miss. There are all the usual naughty and playful animals, our fluffy loyal domestic dog and cat companions, but there’s also raccoons, a Fennec fox, Arctic fox, meerkats, an Australian wallaby, squirrels, dogs, cats, and more. The Little Zoo…

  • Covid-19 NewsSick pet cats and dogs to be tested for Covid-19 in Seoul, South Korea

    Sick pet cats and dogs to be tested for Covid-19 in Seoul, South Korea

    Cat and dog owners in Seoul, South Korea are now asked to keep their pets 2 metres away from both people and other pets while sick cats and dogs with flu-like symptoms will be tested for Covid-19. The new health measures for pets comes after the country reported its first feline coronavirus case in January when a kitten in the…

  • Central Thailand News4 metre python caught after eating school’s pets

    4 metre python caught after eating school’s pets

    Cats and chickens have been going missing at a central Thailand school for the past month or so. Turns out they ended up in the stomach of a 4 metre, 70 kilogram python. The Pranchanukul Rescue Team in Ratchaburi eventually caught the python yesterday and released into the wild, away from villages. Ratchaburi is on the Burmese border, west of…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid Cat Craze Challenge aka. Flying Pussy Competition

    Covid Cat Craze Challenge aka. Flying Pussy Competition

    What do we get when we add panic buying of toilet rolls, worldwide sports on hiatus, and lots of free time during the Covid-19 global pandemic quarantine measures? Cat videos of course! Not just cats, but cats v Toilet rolls. Cats jumping increasingly stacked toilet paper has gone viral, and no, not the kind that will make you ill for…

  • Technology NewsCopycat – Chinese company announces first cloned kitten

    Copycat – Chinese company announces first cloned kitten

    Cats usually have nine lives. This one had ten. ‘Garlic’ the British short-hair died late last year. Garlic’s friend Huang Yu was devastated. So he ordered a new Garlic, a clone, an exact copy of his beloved dead cat. Born on July 21, the new fluffy and purring Garlic was created by Chinese firm Sinogene, China’s first successfully copied cat.…

  • Thailand NewsPoll shows most agree 450 baht pet registration fee too high

    Poll shows most agree 450 baht pet registration fee too high

    A NIDA poll shows a split reaction to the new pet registration law proposals. Just over half of the people surveyed in the NIDA Poll were opposed to the government’s proposal that pet owners be charged a fee to register their cats and dogs. But most respondents objected to the hefty suggested fee of 450 baht. The poll shows that…

  • Bangkok NewsTwo million stray cats and dogs by 2027 – warning from Livestock Department

    Two million stray cats and dogs by 2027 – warning from Livestock Department

    by Kornrawee Panyasuppakun In the wake of the criticism on social media following the proposal of the new pet and livestock registration laws, the Livestock Development Department has hit back warning that we’ll face a crisis soon if we don’t take action now. “Stray dogs and cats must be registered and sterilised, otherwise their population will reach 2 million in 10…