Issues

The Iowa City Animal Center: The Truth About Cats and Babies - Addresses concerns that cats smother babies.
http://www.icanimalcenter.org/library/cats/TruthAboutCatsAndBabies.html

BBC News: Cat Call at “Mouses of Parliament” - British members of parliament sign a motion to bring in cats to end the problem of mice settling into the Houses of Parliament. <small>(June 11, 2002)</small>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2038393.stm

BBC News: Britons Prefer Cats to Dogs - Cats are now more popular with Britons than dogs with 7.5 million cats kept as pets. <small>(May 3, 2002)</small>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1965499.stm

Australian Cat Bashing Campaign Backfires - Examines the consequences of the campaign against domestic cats by linking the decline in cat ownership with an increase in the incidence of dog attack. Includes supporting links and forum. (Content warning)
http://www.geocities.com/australiancats/

Messybeast Cat Resource Archive - Researcher Sarah Hartwell's view on a range of cat issues.
http://www.messybeast.com/catarchive.htm

New Scientist:.com: Ancient Remains Could be Oldest Pet Cat - People tamed cats as pets at least 9500 years ago, say researchers who have unearthed the grave of a prehistoric tabby in Cyprus. <small>(April 8, 2004)</small>
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4867

Cats United International: Kitten Mills - Views on backyard breeders and kitten mills.
http://www.catsunited.com/html/kitten_mills.html

The Cult of the Cat: Towards Tolerance - Observations about our attitude towards cats.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alienor/catcult3.htm

Purina Cat Chow: Proof Positive, Cats are Good For Kids - How children can benefit from a pet cat.
http://www.catchow.com/catcarecenter_emotional3.aspx?storyID=56&category=2

Please Help - Action Alert - Campaign by Alley Cat Allies demanding that the National Geographic Society halt distribution of its documentary, “The Secret Life of Cats”.
http://www.feralcat.com/action.html

Ailurophobes and Other Cat-Haters. - Article about cat hatred by Carl Van Vechten.
http://www.bartleby.com/234/3.html

BBC News: Evolution of Supercats - Article by BBC Science Reporter Helen Briggs about a claim that cats have evolved ways to exploit humans using their miaow. <small>(May 22, 2002)</small>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2001913.stm