A Michael Broad Blog
The modern age of YouTube and instant fame has heralded the introduction of another way to exploit cats and dogs. This article is mainly about dogs. In my opinion cats tend to be exploited on the basis of their appearance. Cats with an unusual appearance become celebrities and it doesn’t matter if the odd …
At the date of this post, the website of the lawyer, Brian W. Bishop, who is acting on behalf of Kristen Lindsey, the notorious vet who allegedly shot her neighbor’s cat with a bow and arrow, is down. It is not working. Is not working because there is too much traffic at the website …
Esther Rantzen has highlighted what she believes is a serious problem and one which is underestimated by the people who manage and run care homes for the elderly. A survey found that 71% of care homes ban animals. In addition, 5% of elderly people said that they would consider ending their life if they …
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory vetoed (rejected) a bill on Friday that would allow businesses to sue employees who secretly record animal, child or elderly abuse. This is a landmark victory for animal advocates, because it will protect those who perform “whistleblower” investigations to continue their work in protecting not just animals, but the …
This is an interesting story with a legal connotation but it is not complicated. It took place in South Salem, America. A lady, Janice Claflin, owns a grey, tabby-and-white, female, indoor/outdoor cat, Ziva. She is micro-chipped. Janice is known at the Willamette Humane Society and has done some voluntary work there. One day Ziva …
Will my cat remember me? People search Google for an answer. This is my answer. Based upon personal experience the answer is, yes. And you can be a long time away from your cat and he/she will still remember you. I remember visiting Helmi Flick in Dallas, America many years ago, and meeting her …
“Descendants of the monstrous man-eating lions of Tsavo in Kenya, that devoured dozens of railway workers in 1890s, blamed for new attack.” (journalistic hype) The original Tsavo man-eating lions are immortalised in the display above at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. Now, it is said that their descendants are back …
In adversity people pull together. They always have. Natural disasters create social cohesion. People need each other. Animals need people. When people need each other they help each other and this is exactly what is happening in Texas at this moment in time. The world is aware of the devastating storms over the past …
