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Bermuda is home base for 14 of the world’s top 50 reinsurers, a new list published yesterday by global rating agency AM Best reveals. The list which reflects the latest available 2020 compilation, confirms the continued concentration of reinsurance e...

A cat-astrophe was avoided yesterday after a pet cat got stuck at the top of a utility pole. A full-scale rescue operation that involved the SPCA and a cherry-picker from power firm Belco was launched after a sharp-eyed schoolgirl spotted the strande...

A panel of Caribbean insurance executives exposed defects in catastrophe models, speculated on the need for a revamp of building codes and revealed problems for countries and their insurers in the region, including reduced access to US dollars. They ...

I’ve been working as a mobile vet now for three years. Every day presents a new adventure, but sometimes not in the way you bargain for. The daily life of a vet is an extremely varied job and you never know exactly what you’re going to encounter nex...

Workshops aimed at bettering the lot of Bermuda’s feral cats will start today, courtesy of an international charity dedicated to feline care. The island’s cat population outnumbers available homes, according to the Society for the Prevention of Cruel...

The Bermuda Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is extending its Desperate Housecats adoption drive. With the shelter still overcrowded as a result of owners surrendering adult cats they no longer want or can care for, the charity is ur...

An animal charity is urging cat owners to take advantage of their CatSnip programme to help to tackle the island’s rising feline population. Deborah Titterton Narraway, the SPCA’s interim executive director, told The Royal Gazette that the scheme was...

The Bermuda SPCA will be waiving adoption fees for adult cats at a special event this weekend. According to Jodi Corbett, the shelter is at “cat-pacity”, with cats of all shapes, ages, colours and sizes looking for their forever home. “We have some ...

Dear Sir, The article by the Audubon Society [Feral Cats in Bermuda: a problem that can be solved, February 13] portrays an inaccurate picture of Bermuda’s cat population and uses fear-mongering and non-scientific claims to achieve their narrow obj...

Every cat deserves a home. The domestic cat is called that for a reason: the species is the result of thousands of years of breeding by humans, and its natural habitat is the human home. A feral (meaning “wild”) cat is a domestic cat that is forced...

Animal lovers have come out in force for a “devastated” family unable to cover bills after their treasured cat was badly mauled by a dog — and now an online campaign has begun for others to help. In a first fundraising drive by the newly formed Bermu...

Microchip solves mystery of the runaway cat By Jessie Moniz Hardy Starving, diseased, unloved was the life Michele and Ed Lawrence imagined for their cat, Dorian Gray, when he went on the lam two years ago. Imagine their surprise when they discovere...