At first it seems as if there are scores of feral cats wandering the lanes of Nikiana, lurking around the industrial-sized rubbish bins near restaurants and blocks of flats, shading themselves under parked cars, sitting on empty plots of land with thousand-yard stares in their eyes, drifting in and out of a half-built villa. TheyContinue reading “Tell me, Muse, of the cats of Lefkada, the crafty ferals who banished snakes to the crags…”
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A tasty visit to the newest branch of the German vegan cat cafe chain Katzentempel
Plant-based brunch in the company of a clowder of rescue cats? There was no way I was going to miss the opportunity when, on a recent European sojourn, I passed a new branch of the German vegan cat cafe chain Katzentempel. The branch in Cologne, which opened in August 2023, is the 15th Katzentempel toContinue reading “A tasty visit to the newest branch of the German vegan cat cafe chain Katzentempel”
An awkward compromise for vegan cat owners: the pet meat industry
I’m a vegan with four cats. Every morning, one of the first tasks of my day is a gruesome one, as I rip open pouches of meat and squeeze them into bowls; every morning I go against everything I believe in, every principle by which I live the rest of my life, and I doContinue reading “An awkward compromise for vegan cat owners: the pet meat industry”
Bardo Burner 