{"id":1967,"date":"2026-03-30T21:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:49:38","slug":"cant-buy-me-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=1967","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t Buy Me Love\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another interesting post that came up on my feed was a landmark case about a man in Turkey being court ordered to pay maintenance to his ex wife towards the costs of care for their two cats. You can read more on the situation here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/divorce-cat-support-turkey-wife-husband-b2858236.html\">https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/divorce-cat-support-turkey-wife-husband-b2858236.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I\u2019m glad there are some countries that are recognising the practical side of cat care, I\u2019m interested to know if there are any in depth studies on the psychological aspect of how a feline family member is affected by a relationship break up. Ultimately, I think it\u2019s likely to be a little documented aspect of feline psychology, as it\u2019s only in recent years animal behaviourists have  really started focusing on the depth of connections that exist in this particular family dynamic. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3371.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3371.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3371.jpeg 588w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3371-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Interestingly, it\u2019s impossible to know which photographic representation is of the actual cats\u2026<\/em>(Image Source:Google.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another interesting post that came up on my feed was a landmark case about a man in Turkey being court ordered to pay maintenance to his ex wife towards the costs of care for their two cats. You can read&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1967"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1976,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions\/1976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}