Those odd-looking creatures without fur are really cats and dogs. They have all the usual parts and characteristics of their species but are without hair. How did they get that way? Hairlessness in cats and dogs is actually a genetic defect. At some point in time, breeders took advantage of this defect and created hairless […]
The fungus, Sporothrix schenckii is found in soil, plants and spagnum moss. It is an infection as it is transferable from pets to humans. Sporotrichosis can infect the skin, respiratory system, bones and even the brain. Cats usually have skin lesions which make it easier to transmit the infection to other animals and humans. Symptoms […]
Pawtrack is a company based in the UK, which has designed the world’s first GPS tracker specifically designed for cats. Small and weighing just 50g, the collar will be launched in July 2011. The tracker takes positions every ten minutes, and then downloads these positions to a central server, or on demand. These positions can […]
