A Michael Broad Blog
USA: The victim of a grisly murder was almost decapitated and he was severely beaten but he had a single strand of orange cat hair in one pocket of his jeans. The victim kept cats and so did the murderer. In fact the murderer lived with 11 cats, 8 of which were related to …
The title is the advice of Dr Bruce Fogle. He confirms what vets know, namely that feline gum disease is one of the top cat diseases. Dr Fogle says that gum disease is the most common reason why he has to anethetise cats. I believe the same could be said about dogs. It is …
West Orange Township, New Jersey has passed a ban on the feeding of stray and feral cats. Residents and visitors to this New Jersey community are now banned from feeding wildlife warning: “No person shall feed any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife, anywhere within the Township.” The previous ordinance only disallowed feeding on West Orange …
Our big TUMTUM (Bubby’s son, Bubby his mom was killed by a neighbour’s car), is now a day hungry and left alone by the neighbour who claimed to adopt him. He is regularly visiting us at noon and morning (2 times a day) and sleeps a lot of time in the corner (he has …
This will be a very short post because the reason why dogs are self-evidently much easier to train than cats can be delivered in a succinct way according to Dr Bradshaw. There are two reasons behind this well-known difference between dogs and cats. Firstly, dogs find the simple act of human attention rewarding whereas …
Introduction from Michael: I sense that I have to introduce this because I feel I have to justify publishing stories about cat abuse which I tend to steer away from but on occasions something stands out and this one such case. Some people won’t like the story which I’ll understand. However, it is a …
I don’t believe lion cuts can be justified and I explain why. Look at this poor cat’s face and demeanour and tell me her owner has done the right thing in putting her through a lion cut…. The only justification for putting your cat through a lion cut is for strict medical and health …
Dr Pol is an old-school American vet who not only believes declawing cats is fine but also believes he can do the operation in a careless and unsanitary way. It is compounding cruelty in carrying out an unnecessary operation with carelessness. We know he is careless with respect to following standard veterinary procedures because …
