A Michael Broad Blog
Donald Trump is the new President. I am interested in animal welfare. What was Trump’s track record during his last presidency in bringing new initiatives to the table on animal welfare in America and across the globe? Answer below the image. Donald Trump’s presidency had a mix of actions that impacted animal welfare, both …
I was prompted to research this and create the infographic below by a tragic story in The Independent newspaper online today (6th November 2024). The infographic refers to it. The dog’s owner was watching Charlie play-fight with another dog. She spotted something was wrong and raced out to save him but she found it …
The Times headline is, “Cat was almost toast when dog started kitchen blaze”. A nice headline but obviously a serious connotation because the story describes a pet dog almost killing the family cat after starting a house fire by accidentally turning on the family’s toaster. Herbie is the name of the dog. They think …
Under the law in the UK, and in most other countries, cats and dogs are regarded as inanimate objects; in old-fashioned English they are “chattels”. To a couple who are divorcing they are far more than chattels. They are family members and there is often, nearly always, a close emotional bond between animal and …
In The Sunday Times today there is a brilliant article by Rod Liddle; the journalist who comments on the news in an unfiltered and very personal way. And what he says about British wildlife conservation very much chimes with my thoughts except for his view on cats 😊, which I mention at the end …
This is a much-discussed topic in the feline world. Actually, by now every aspect of domestic cat behaviour has been analysed and explained many times over. That’s the nature of the internet but things have changed dramatically with the introduction of AI which has stolen all the articles and claimed them as their own. …
A recent study – and one which I would argue is pretty important – discovered that crows can hold grudges for 17 years. They hold grudges against people who have maligned them; who have been harmful to them and who they don’t trust because of experiences and interactions that they have had with these …
It truly is time for humankind to “grow up” and conquer their superstitions. Superstitions originate in ancient times. Times when humankind was far more ignorant and lacked scientific knowledge. We appear to have carried superstition from those ancient times to the present when we are more enlightened thanks to science and well able to …
