A Michael Broad Blog
I found these photos by Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue (Twitter page) compelling. The image quality is good and they capture the instant the young calico kitten is pulled through a hole in an interior stud wall of a house. It looks like the bathroom. A stud wall has a wooden framework covered with plasterboard. …
I can’t watch this video (I checked out some individual frames). I don’t expect a lot of cat lovers to watch it either because it is upsetting to most people. But it is interesting in the sense that the bobcat fights back. I feel a duty to show it on this site. There is …
The truth is that the muzzle of a cat does sometimes turn gray in old age (I have seen it first hand) and a study concluded that dog muzzles turn gray due to stress and anxiety (and I presume in old age although there is an overlap here). The point is that the question …
CBD oil is marijuana without the hallucinogenic stuff (THC). There is a convincing and cogent story by a veterinarian, Dr Andrew Jones DVM, on the internet about the use of this drug. He used CBD oil to treat his dog who died of cancer of the mouth and eye. His dog was in a …
I think this sad but happy ending cat story took place near a dam at Kirkland Lake, Northeastern Ontario, Canada. I like to know where things happen because it informs us about the attitudes and the culture of places. On March 8th a hydro worker told a local resident, Julie Lebel, that they’d seen …
When given a choice of what they would prefer to do, domestic cats prefer to spend time with their human companions for social stimulation than be given food or engage in other activities. The study found that 50% of the cats tested preferred to interact with their humans in providing social stimulus even though …
Dr. Guy Ballard is a research officer and lecturer. He supervises PhD students. He got his doctorate at The School of Environmental and Rural Science (ERS) at the University of New England (AU), New South Wales, Australia. Okay, he is an experienced, and I’d say, a respected scientist with a lot of specialist experience …
Maru’s owner – online username of “mugumogu” (I don’t know her real name) has earned between $325,000 and $1,600,000 (approx.) USD through Adsense online advertising from her videos of the world’s most famous online cat: Maru. Maru has achieved a Guinness world record as the animal viewed the most times on YouTube – a …
