A Michael Broad Blog
If you live in the city of Chillicothe, Missouri, USA or within reasonable driving distance this is a chance to adopt a relatively rare rescue cat. This is a cat with more than the usual number of toes: a polydactyl cat. They are sometimes referred to as “Hemingway Cats”. You probably know that Hemingway …
This is an unusual animated gif (it keeps running and is a series of still images) of five species of wild cat romping and they will all become large cats, the smallest of which, when adult, will be the clouded leopard (the cat at the top of the image). View post on imgur.com
A list of top cat poisonings per the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at 2008. Note: it not for the use of sh*tty cat poisoners but cat caretakers to inform them of where the most common poisons for cats are. To be forewarned is to be forearmed and I hope it helps prevent some …
This is Australia where poisonous snakes are a real hazard to people but usually not cats. As soon as I read the story it reminded me of the ancient history of the domestic cat. The wild cat ancestor of the domestic cat, the North African wildcat, is a very competent snake catcher/killer. Cats are …
The funniest cat pictures are the ones which are based on truths about domestic cat behaviour. They reveal something about cat behaviour. Here is a nice selection of a dozen pics. I have added a short commentary on how I see the truth behind the picture. Insects are one of the prey items of …
Every now and then a shelter story about a cat in need comes along that touches the heart more than usual. This is the story of a sweet little cat who was diagnosed by a rural country vet to have a life-threatening illness and the people who stood up for him. Thanks to the …
In a far-fetched proposal to help save the highly endangered tiger domestic cats might become surrogate mothers to tiger cubs (it would be a “gestational surrogacy” as I understand it). This is a proposal by a scientist, Dr Franklin West. Dr West is an expert in stem cell science. He proposes creating stem cells …
This is a nice infographic on an unusual subject. I have not seen one tackle this subject before. I hope you find it useful. Build your cat a better life by PowerTool World.
