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Latest 4 August 2025

BBC Uncovers Global Cat Torture Network With Links to China

BBC finds electrocuted, drowned and starved cats in online torture groups

Japan · 29 May 2022 Study in Japan shows cats can remember names of their friends and owners A new study carried out in Japan, showed that cats living in houses are actually able to recognise their first names and… Ukraine · 10 Apr 2022 Nuns in Odesa Monastery take care of abandoned cats following Russian invasion of Ukraine A nun cares for cats in the Odesa women's monastery in South Ukrainian city of Odesa, Ukraine. Monastery nuns pick up cats… The Netherlands · 1 Jul 2021 Covid transmission ‘common’ in pet cats and dogs Covid is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners have the disease, research suggests. Swabs were taken from 310 pets in… Italy · 19 Mar 2021 British coronavirus variant identified in cat in Italy A cat in Italy has been diagnosed with the a variant of coronavirus that originated in Britain, according to a report. The… World Health Organization (WHO) · 9 May 2020 WHO says Coronavirus can infect cats, ferrets A World Health Organization scientist said COVID-19 comes from bats and can spread among cats, amid an international debate about the virus's… China · 2 Apr 2020 China’s Shenzhen bans the eating of cats and dogs after coronavirus The Chinese city of Shenzhen has banned the eating of dogs and cats as part of a wider clampdown on the wildlife… China · 1 Apr 2020 Pet cat tests positive for coronavirus in Hong Kong A pet cat has tested positive for the coronavirus in Hong Kong after its owner was confirmed with having the virus, the… Coronavirus · 5 Mar 2020 Dogs, cats can’t pass on coronavirus, but can test positive Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the… 28 Apr 2019 Australia’s choice to kill street cats to save birds and reptiles explained The Australian government is airdropping poisonous sausages across thousands of hectares of land in an effort to kill millions of feral cats,…