Please Take Me Home The Story of the Rescue Cat

In Please Take Me Home , Clare Campbell takes us on a journey with the nation's rescue cats, from being treated as pests throughout history to being the pet of choice today. For a long time, stray cats in Britain were seen as a nuisance and hunted down as vermin. Having invited this wild, independent creature into our homes, humans did not extend their welcome for long. Over time, thousands of cats were subsequently abandoned and left to live on the margins of survival. There were, however, the kind few who sought to help. But these good spirited people were often scorned, even derided as 'mad'. A Princess of Wales was even told to stop helping lost cats in order to avoid a royal scandal; the story was kept a secret of state for years. It would take over a century for strays to become the beloved rescue cats of today, with some now gaining celebrity status, such as Downing Street's Larry or Street Cat Bob. Please Take Me Home is a fascinating and insightful history through the ages of the struggle for cats to exist in domesticity alongside mankind.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Clare Campbell, Christy Campbell, Campbell Christy, Campbell Clare
• Editore: Corsair
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.08.2017
• Categoria: Guide e manuali > Natura; Guide e manuali > Natura > Allevamento amatoriale; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali
• EAN: 9781472115706
• ISBN: 978-1-4721-1570-6
• Numero di pagine: 464
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 20.1 x 16.4 x 3.2 cm
• Categorie: SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PETS / Cats / General, Cats as pets, Animals and society, Animal History, a street cat named bob, Joanna Lumley, Alfie the Doorstep Cat, cats rescue cats strays, larry the downing street cat, rspca battersea dogs and cats home