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Yup, the truth does hurt - your cat doesn't really need you and she doesn't care when you're away, says a new study conducted at England’s University of Lincoln and published in the PLOS One journal. The study said that cats have far less attachment to their owners than dogs, and do not need their human companions to feel safe and protected. Here's what the scientists in England said: The procedure comprised of two conditions: modified (A) and reversed modified (B) version of the Ainsworth SST both consisting of nine 3 minute episodes in which the cat is either alone or with the owner and/or a stranger in order to assess how it responds to a series of procedures designed to alter the level and form of social support available to it, or trigger seeking out of an attachment figure (see Table 1 for details of the procedures and “Data collection and analysis plan” below for details of the specific predictions made in different circumstances if a cat is secur...

It's back to normal once again for all Quezon City pet lovers. The QC government has repealed the ordinance that limits the number of pets a household can have, Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte said. This came after groups of very angry pet lovers and animal welfare groups trooped to the QC Hall to voice out their disgust on the new ordinance. According to the Gulf Times , Belmonte explained that the Quezon City Veterinary Code, which was passed on March 26, 2015, repealed Ordinance 2386, which limits to four the number of pets households can keep. She said the code updated and integrated all applicable laws and ordinances concerning animals. Ordinance 2386, signed on March 13, 2015, requires those who want to keep more than four pets to pay P500 for a special permit. The controversial ordinance was authored by councillors Raquel Malangen and Jessica Castelo-Daza. “The Veterinary Code, as the more recent ordinance, has modified the Comprehensive Animal Regulation and Control ...