A Michael Broad Blog
By Elisa Black-Taylor Homer, the blind cat who inspired the book Homer’s Odyssey, has died after a year of failing health. The message is that every cat is equal and has equal “value”. Homer turned 16 last month, and the decision to euthanize him for ongoing health reasons was carried out on August 21 …
Cat companions provide real benefits for the elderly. This article is based on a study carried out in the Netherlands in 19941 with some of my thoughts thrown in for good measure. The participants were mainly women and the ages were in the range 70-81. They were mainly living alone and independently. Most of …
What do you do to keep your cat if you fall on very hard times? I was asked to write an article about this1. I don’t think it is possible to do it but it is possible to explore the subject. I’ll state right away: I have failed! The reason why I state that …
Some Kuwaiti families seem to have adopted a fad that was started in America many years ago, the desire to keep a large wild cat species as a pet. They are regarded as status symbols in Kuwait. If it is not a lion, it’ll be a tiger. In America, smaller but equally exotic wild …
Marc, a gentleman PoC contributor living in Switzerland, is in the news! He is mentioned in a local newspaper, The Bishop Press which is “Bishop Auckland’s Community Newspaper”. PoC, the website, got in as well and it is all because of Ruth and Barbara’s fund raising for Cats Protection. Here is the scanned page. …
The funding of animal shelters is an area that I don’t think about much but it may be important to the style of working at a shelter and the attitude of the staff. The number of animal shelters is a symptom of a failure in society in respect of our relationship with companion animals. …
By Elisa-Black Taylor Today I’d like to talk about an animal shelter’s responsibility to the community it serves. This is different from the shelters legal responsibility. All shelters are bound by law to hold strays for a certain period of time. Owner turn-in’s may be euthanized at any time, and it is so stated …
If your cat were to die of old age how long do you think he’d live? I expect the average random breed cat in the UK to live to at least fifteen years of age. I don’t think 18 years of age for a moggie should be that unusual. Yet, some experts consider cats …
