A Michael Broad Blog
An owl café coming to London is using the advertising angle of being for people who “hate cat cafés.” Owl cafés have been quite popular in Tokyo, and in March one will be coming for a one week stint in London. Due to concerns of animal advocates who worry about the owls, the decision …
This is a huge and handsome Maine Coon. His name is Gizmo. He wins lots of prizes at cat show which is predictable as he is so special. His size is slightly unreal. When he behaves like a cat and swats the cat tease held by the judge, Jean-Marc Lagarde from France, it seems …
I focus on the distinct cat populations and the breeds emanating from them. The domestic cats closest wild relatives based on examining wildcat DNA are 15 wildcats from the deserts of Israel, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. About nine thousand years ago, Near Eastern wildcats, which were domesticated to a certain …
Cynics say that cats trick us into loving them and providing food and shelter through false expressions of affection and that we project our emotions onto our cat and imagine that they have the same affection for us as we have them. I think that this cynical approach to the human/cat relationship has been …
The cat’s owner, Lena Lenina, held a party and the theme was pink. The guests turned up in pink. She wanted to make her cat a feature and dyed him pink. We don’t know what sort of dye was used. Lenina claims that her vet told her that dying the cat pink had beneficial …
By Sandy Murphey I first started volunteering at my local city shelter as a “cat cuddler” at the suggestion of a therapist that I was seeing for depression. I’d been isolating myself, and this was one of the suggestions she made. There were about 25 of us at the training session, where the director …
In a study conducted at Lincoln University, UK it was found that: ‘most cats used the visual cue to learn the location of the food’ (by ‘cats’ she means the domestic cat – felis silvestris catus). The participating cats had a choice: use your nose or your sight and 4 out 6 used their …
This page lists the major causes of scabs on cats. Scratching to relieve itching is the major cause of scabs on cats as the scab is formed to cover the self-inflected wound. You just have to figure out the reason for the itching. Feline Scabies or Head Mange – This is a mite (a …
