Michael Broad
Well, it is a question that of often asked. But the answer is clear and to be honest obvious. Neutering is necessary sadly as without sterilising domestic cats there would be even more homeless cats, more misery and more shelter killings. Declawing is entirely unnecessary as there are alternative ways. Also declawing can cause …
This is about the euthanasia of companion animals versus assisted dying of people and that all important slippery slope. There’s an interesting article online today (The Telegraph) about an excellent veterinarian who loved his work (and still does to a certain extent) who it appears to me became somewhat disillusioned because he was asked …
OPINION (and fact!): In my view, declawing is a veterinary aberration that should never have been invented and it sadly gained traction in the United States. A vet created the idea in the 1950s and probably sold it to clients as the removal of the ‘nails’. How cute and easy 😊. Just like trimming …
NEWS AND OPINION: Vinted is an app-based website through which you can de-clutter your wardrobe and get rid of those clothes you no longer want. In the modern world, clothes have quite a short lifespan. In the old days, days gone by, we kept clothes until they wore out and then we repaired them! …
The infographic answers the question in the title. Here is a little bit more detail on the kinds of hair that domestic cats have up. Of course, the domestic cat has the same kind of hairs that their wildcat ancestor has, namely, four kinds as mentioned in the Infographic. There may be as many …
The sparse Infographic that I have created and published above tells the story as to why domestic cats chatter when they are sitting on a windowsill looking outside through a window pane. The cat is unable to get at the prey animal, normally a bird or a mouse. Under these circumstances the cat instinctively …
It seems that PETA are campaigning for more full-time indoor cats because of a ‘plague’ of ‘poisonings, shootings, burnings, and beatings’ of outdoor cats across the US. They want to abolish the concept of indoor-outdoor cats because it leads to animal cruelty. The quotes below and their video explains. I can’t watch these videos …
NEWS AND OPINION – Isfahan, Iran: The remarkable headline comes from my interpretation of a story from the website Iran Wire. It hasn’t been well reported but this story highlights the enormous clash of culture between Iran and the West. It concerns a couple Niloufar Ghazaleh and Mohammad Ali Moghimi, living in Isfahan. The …
