Feline Focus – Five Welfare Needs
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Feline Focus – five welfare needs 1 Cats and boxes Feline fact file 1 – place to live To learn all about cats and boxes from Why do cats love boxes? Simon’s Cat you can _________________________________________________________ scan the QR code or click here: Why do _________________________________________________________ cats love boxes?! - _________________________________________________________ Simon's Cat _________________________________________________________ Draw your favourite Simon’s Cat box _________________________________________________________ from the video. How would you make box enrichment for a cat? 1. 2. 3. 4. What are the features of a perfect sleeping spot? ________________________________________________________ List some examples of perfect ________________________________________________________ sleeping places. ________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ How many hours do Design a perfect cat sleeping _____ ___________________________________ cats sleep each day? spot. ___________________________________ _______________________ ___________________________________ _______________________ Do cats sleep in just _______________________ ___________________________________ one spot? ______ ___________________________________ _______________________ ____ _______________________ Cats and sleeping Do cats dream? How do _____________________________________places _______________________ we know? ___________________________________To learn all about cats __ _______________________ _____________________________________and their sleeping places ______________ _________ _________________________________from Simon’s Cat you ______ _______________________ _____________________________________can scan the QR code or _____________________________________click here: Why do cats _______________________ _____________________________________sleep in unusual places?! _______________________ _____________________________________- Simon's Cat _____________________________________ _______________________ _____________________________________2 Clever cats – Purrfect Landlords Our Advocacy team speaks up for cats and campaigns for change across the UK. The team work with and influence politicians and decision makers to create a better world for cats. All advocacy campaigns are driven by issues of cat welfare. Find out more about Cats Protection's campaign work here or by scanning the QR code. Many people in the UK do not own their own home and instead live in rented accommodation. This means that a landlord owns the property and tenants pay money as rent to live there. One of Cats Protection’s current campaigns is our Purrfect Landlords campaign. It’s common for tenants to have to sign blanket ‘no pets’ policies which prevent them from having a cat but with more and more people now renting, this means landlords are missing out on a large number of responsible cat owning tenants who would treat properties as a valued home. You can find out more about this here or by scanning the QR code. Imagine you are part of Cats Protection’s Advocacy team and you have the opportunity to present to Parliament on the benefits of cat ownership and why people should be able to keep pets in rented properties. Put together a presentation containing the facts you have found to convince Parliament to make changes to these rules. When planning your presentation remember to think about the following: think about your audience and what they might need to know to convince them to change to a more pet-friendly rental policy what are the benefits of cat ownership for tenants? what are the benefits of allowing cats for landlords? what reasons or concerns might landlords have which cause them to ban cats? How could these be overcome? think about what you have learned about cats and their place to live – what is required to care for a cat? How can an owner prevent them scratching furniture etc? Don’t forget to share your videos and presentations with the hashtag #FelineFocus. 3 The cat’s meow Feline fact file 2 – behaviour To learn all about meowing from Simon’s Why do cats meow and do What are the three ways cats Cat you can scan the they only have one? communicate? QR code or click here: Learn to speak cat - __________________________ 1.__________________________ Simon's Cat __________________________ 2.__________________________ Draw a scared cat __________________________ 3.__________________________ (consider body language). __________________________ _ Describe reasons for these noises. __________________________ 1. Growl___________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________ 2. Hiss____________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________ 3. Purr____________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________ _________________________ Define ‘crepuscular’. Cat body language ________________________________________________________ To learn all about cat body language from _ Simon’s Cat you can What is the first thing to Design a perfect cat toy. scan the QR code or ________________________________________________________do if a cat is displaying click here: Is your cat unwanted behaviour? talking to you? - _________________________________ _________ Simon's Cat _______________________ Describe features of a perfect _______________________ scratch post. _______________________ _________________________________ _______________________ Cat scratching _________________________________ _______________________To learn all about cats and scratching you can _________________________________ _______________________ scan the QR codes or _________________________________ click this link: Scratching Write some playtime top tips. _________________________________ _________________________________ Cat play time __________________________ List the three ways to read your To learn all about cats __________________________ __ cat’s behaviour. and play from Simon’s Cat you ca n scan the QR __________________________ 1._________________________________________________________________ code or click this link: _________________________________ __________________________ 2.________________________________ How t o keep cats _________________________________ entertained! - Simon's Cat __________________________ 3._________________________________________________________________ __________________________ _____________ Extra research task: Research the work of the Association of Pet Behaviour_________________________________ Counsellors and Animal Behaviour and Training Council. Why is__________________________ it important to consult a registered_________________________________ qualified behaviourist? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 __________________________ Clever cats – reading cat body language Look at the photos below and describe how you think the cat is feeling. Then think about if you have ever felt like this and describe an example of what made you feel that way. How do you think the cat feels in this picture? ____________________________________ ____________________________________ How can you tell? ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Why do you think they might feel this way? ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ How do you think the cat feels in this picture? ____________________________________ ____________________________________ How can you tell? ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Why do you think they might feel this way? ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ How do you think the cat feels in this picture? ____________________________________ ____________________________________ How can you tell? ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Why do you think they might feel this way? ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ 5 ____________________________________ Documentary challenge – filming a purrfect feline habitat Wildlife documentaries are becoming increasingly popular. They can help to create global change by raising awareness and understanding of animals and their habitats. Can you think of any Have you seen programmes that documentaries that encouraged your encouraged change in interest in animals? human behaviour and the environment? We would like you to film and narrate your own moggy documentary! The topic of the film will be “A purrfect feline habitat”. (Don’t worry if you haven’t got a pet cat – everyone can take part in this activity and cats are not needed!).