A Michael Broad Blog
Five days after being trapped under the rubble of the Italy earthquake, a skinny cat named Gigia has survived. The cat’s owner Daniela had pleaded with the fire department for days to look for her beloved pet. Gigi was dehydrated and appears to eagerly drink from the water bottle offered by the rescue services. …
By Dana Intro by Michael: this is a comment from Dana in Silicon Valley, California, USA, about helping feral cats which I have upgraded to an article because I think it touches a nerve. It certainly does for me. As I see it, it is about modern life and how it is is more …
Mike McCarthy is a retired software developer. He thought that when cats and dogs were transported from one rescue area to another the service was not good enough. They were transported in a van. The animals overheated. He decided to buy a bus with his own money. He also runs his rescue transportation service …
There is little or no difference in terms of mentality between the now infamous 12-year-old American girl who has been brainwashed by her father to love hunting and killing animals and the boy of a similar age who has also been brainwashed by his parents to the point where he can murder a person …
This is the stuff of nightmares. It is your worse case scenario if you are a cat guardian. The woman chases a cat down a freeway. We don’t know if it is her cat or if she is rescuing a cat that got onto the highway. She tries to throw a towel over the …
Veterinarian Ms Jacqui Paterson tipped off the RSPCA about a cat sanctuary run by Sarah Mellanby. I have to presume that the tipoff was that the sanctuary was badly run and that the RSPCA needed to raid it and seize the cats. On the face of it this was a case of a cat …
I had never heard of Ryan Edwards until know. He was the fiancé of Maci Bookout (great name!) who was one of four stars of the USA reality TV show 16 & Pregnant/Teen Mom. It appears to be a show which explores teenage motherhood and the pressures that come from it. Ryan showed indifference …
Your happy ending story this week comes out of Ford County, Kansas and is brought to you courtesy of Ford County Fire & EMS(FCFD). What started off as an interesting rescue call turned into a life or death rescue of a three-week-old kitten, who was flushed down a toilet by a two-year-old. FCFD was …
