How to create an evacuation plan that includes your cats

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties:
I recently had to evacuate my apartment temporarily, with my two cats, as a result of a fire in the building next door. It occurred to me later that even though I got the cats out OK and I have an idea of how you’re supposed to prepare for evacuating [...]

We’re moving from Africa to Ireland. What should we do to help our cats adjust?

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties:
My name’s Aggie – together with my fiancée we live in Botswana. We have three cats. The oldest one already lived in the house to which we moved. She’s  a very nervous cat. We adopted two younger cats–Roscal (age 1-1/2) and Tyson (age 1).
We will be moving back to Europe [...]

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