A Michael Broad Blog
This is the story of a group of animal advocates who have been trying for a long time to find help for several horses owned by a woman they don’t believe is caring for them properly. I wanted to write on the situation because there are many such cases all across the U.S. and …
She is everything a person could wish for in a domestic cat companion. Just everything. Instant friendliness and she was a stray so could easily have been cautious and held back. She is very tolerant to change. She is adaptable to circumstances. She is courageous in following when her human guardian walks. She is …
DO NOT KILL YOU CAT OR DOG BECAUSE YOU THINK THEY ARE SPREADING THIS DISEASE. PLEASE. THERE IS NO CERTAINTY THAT CATS AND DOGS CAN GET THIS DISEASE AND IN ANY CASE IT IS GROSSLY CRUEL TO KILL COMPANION ANIMALS UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AS THERE IS RUMOUR AND SCARE MONGERING GOING ON. THERE ARE …
Taiwan: Meow Meow is staking her claim to be the New Grumpy Cat. Her grumpy appearance comes from the furrowed brow as opposed to the lat Grumpy Cat’s downturned mouth. She is 7-years-of-age apparently. She has the obligatory Instagram account and thousands of followers. She is a very sweet cat despite her appearance. Let’s …
Mumbai, India – opinion/news story: The enduring battle between simply destroying stray and feral cats or taking the more humane route of TNR was recently played out in block of flats in Mumbai, India and the outcome is surprising for me. The report comes from The Hindu online newspaper. A resident, Arvind Rao, of …
Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, has agreed, against America’s wishes, to use Huawei technology and equipment to help build a 5G network in the UK. He had to do it because there is no alternative business that can quickly help to install 5G into the UK. One of the central planks …
Novokuznetsk, Russia – news/opinion story: In freezing conditions, Dymka, a cat who actually looks like a blue British Shorthair but is probably a random bred cat, lost her legs, ear flaps and a good part of her tail to frostbite. It must have been hell. Parts of these appendages were left but they built …
It would be a gargantuan step for humans to grant animals legal personalities. It would allow them to sue humans with the assistance of a human guardian – an animal advocate and lawyer who would represent the animal or animals in a specially created court. In making such a huge step in animal rights …
