A Michael Broad Blog
The Californian city of Ojai has banned the use of glue traps because they are inhumane and cruel. The animal suffers a slow and painful death. It is the second city to pass this kind of ban. Glue traps are made up of a layer of cardboard, wood or plastic with a coating of …
Roughly twice as many viruses pass from humans to animals than from animals to people (findings of a recent study – see below for summary) Surprisingly, we find that humans are as much a source as a sink for viral spillover events, insofar as we infer more viral host jumps from humans to other …
Doctor Jill Biden co-authored the book Willow the White House Cat with Alyssa Satin Capucilli. It is illustrated by Kate Berube. I believe that Willow is now around four years of age. The Bidens no longer have German Shepherd dogs at the White House. You may remember that there were problems of biting. In …
It is time for conventional, unethical animal testing laboratories to be phased out to make way for ethical methods of testing products to be used by humans. The page looks at ancillary issues as well. Please scroll down. Notes: (1) this article is over 2 pages with links to each at the base of …
This page is on one topic. Rue as a cat repellent. A rather specialist topic don’t you think? I have never tried it and I suspect that in all honesty it has modest success but that would be a good result as there are few if any really effective cat repellents available to dedicated …
Is this an example of speciesism in action under the direst circumstances? It might be but I don’t know the full story. This article is both news and my opinion. I always provide my opinion and comment on news articles otherwise there’s no point writing about them. In this story, a coastguard saved an …
Daylight saving time (DST) should be abolished because there are too many negative consequences AND “the economic rationale for daylight saving has largely gone” according to The Times journalist, Tom Whipple. I agree with him. In fact I’ve agreed with him for decades! Daylight saving time is implemented in many countries. Most European countries …
I ask the question in the title because on the Catster website there are many articles on cat behaviour in which the author says that the information is verified by a veterinarian or vets. My first thought was that veterinarians are taught about animal medicine, treatments and surgery. Animal behaviour is not a priority …
