How the pet toys' industry thrives has always been a mystery to me - it's been my experience that pets always will prefer the cardboard part of the toilet paper roll or a cork or a piece of string or whatever they find to anything plastic and supposedly "made for pets".
The food is a huge issue as you point out... I am a vegetarian and feeding our dog is a major problem for me.
I think the issue of the environmental pawprint (I like that expression, had not seem it before) of our pets is a real one not many people seem aware of. I didn't want anymore pets after my cat of almost 20 years died 3 years ago, but ended up giving in to the rest of the family...
And then what do you do when stray kittens find you and you can't find a good home for them? It's not easy...
Thanks for commenting, Sara! I also wonder how the pet toy industry thrives!
As you say, it's very difficult to know what to do about a stray cat who finds you. At least here in Edinburgh (and as far as I know across the UK) cat rescue centres never kill healthy animals, while I know that isn't always the case in some countries.
I think in Portugal (and maybe in other countries too) it's not difficult to find an animal rescue centre that will take in stray animals in the larger urban areas. But in the countryside (where my grandfather's farm is) they either don't exist or are overwhelmed.
I suppose we never imagined it would come to this when we started domesticating animals...
Very interesting, thank you!
How the pet toys' industry thrives has always been a mystery to me - it's been my experience that pets always will prefer the cardboard part of the toilet paper roll or a cork or a piece of string or whatever they find to anything plastic and supposedly "made for pets".
The food is a huge issue as you point out... I am a vegetarian and feeding our dog is a major problem for me.
I think the issue of the environmental pawprint (I like that expression, had not seem it before) of our pets is a real one not many people seem aware of. I didn't want anymore pets after my cat of almost 20 years died 3 years ago, but ended up giving in to the rest of the family...
And then what do you do when stray kittens find you and you can't find a good home for them? It's not easy...
Thanks for commenting, Sara! I also wonder how the pet toy industry thrives!
As you say, it's very difficult to know what to do about a stray cat who finds you. At least here in Edinburgh (and as far as I know across the UK) cat rescue centres never kill healthy animals, while I know that isn't always the case in some countries.
I think in Portugal (and maybe in other countries too) it's not difficult to find an animal rescue centre that will take in stray animals in the larger urban areas. But in the countryside (where my grandfather's farm is) they either don't exist or are overwhelmed.
I suppose we never imagined it would come to this when we started domesticating animals...