Mrs. Norah Andrews - Kyina & Talisker Cats Breeders of Russian ...

lht ftt,I ,nt1,44.,ffieA ,rgrti newy Jeature\ljwith a selection oJ the bestitemsfrom home and oYerseasROM Ncw York comcs this lashionflash for cats, quoted by theEaening Standard reporter there :'' Simulated diamond collars for rvellbredcats. The collars arc studded withrhinestones and are guaranteed to makethe pet's neck glisten and sparkle 'likea rich rvoman at a ball.' The price isf,20."Camberr'vell Criuncil are to ban petsbcing ofI'ered as prizes,at fun fairs. Thisadmirablc ruling might u'ith advantagebe extended to co\rer the rest of thecounlr\'.\nrv that the lung 'lark nighrs arewith us again. reaclers. particuiarlv thoseliving in London and other big cities.should b- on their gLrard again*r rhcactivities oi'cat thieves. This l,arningshould be taken scriously. Obviouslv, thesensible precaution is to keep your petsindoors liom nightlall until the morning.Mrs, Cecil C. Baines, of Elham, nearCanterbury, one of our valued contributorsancl corresponclenls, has kindlysent me an interesting little stor_v culledlrorn an Italian periodical. Little\Ianuela Rossi, aged six. had to beopcratecL on lor ronsilitis. She insistedthat her pct cat Fufi should bc rvith herduring the opcration. \\''hen the twonurses started to administer the anaestheticFufi tried gallantly to defend hermistress. The nurscs lvere obliged, in theface of bites and scratches, to suspendoperations until the cat was removedand locked up in another room. Apicture of Manuela in the journal showsher proudly displaying Fufi. who is aTortie.I rvas very pleased to meet at theCoronation Show last month one ofSwitzcrland's best-known and most successfulfanciers, Madame M. A. Gay, ofLiebefeld. Berne. Mme Gay is a ladvof many accomplishments for not onlyhas she bred many fine cats of severalr.arieties and exported them to differentparts of the world from her Du Bosquetcatteryr but she takes a prominent partin Srviss club and shorv promotion. Shealso edits and produces the journal" Rer.ue Feline D'Elevage." Mme Gaywas particularly interested in theEnglish BIue Longhairs.Ior,l Stann has mor-ed the secondreading in the House of Lords of theBill to make anaesthetics compulsory inall operations on animals.Intradex, a blood plasma substitute, isnow being used successfully by Britishveterinary surgeons in the treatment ofcats, dogs, horses and cattle sufferingfrom shock. Hitherto when an animalneeded a blood transfusion rvhole bloodhad to be given and as established bloodbanks do not existJ this was often a timewastingand expensive procedure. Bloodplasma substitute is being used in avariety of conditions such as haemorrhage,burns, surgical operations, vomitingand enteritis. Intradex can keep ananimal alive while whole blood is beingobtained. It is being made at Glaxo'santibiotics plant at Barnard Castle.t.,