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Keeping domestic cats indoors to stop spread of coronavirus is impractical and the risk very low

PoC avatarPosted on April 18, 2020 by Michael BroadApril 18, 2020

The benefit in minimising coronavrius spread by keeping cats indoors is outweighed by other potential health issues.

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Second domestic cat tests positive for Covid-19

PoC avatarPosted on March 31, 2020 by Michael BroadMarch 31, 2020

Currently there is no evidence that companion animals can be a source of the virus. However, news.gov.hk (Hong Kong News) reports that a ‘third animal’ has tested positive for the virus in Hong Kong. They don’t clarify what the other … Continue reading →

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged Cat News, coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Covid-19: procedure when receiving Amazon packages

PoC avatarPosted on March 28, 2020 by Michael BroadMarch 28, 2020

Clearly this applies to anyone but this is directed at cat owners buying online during the pandemic. I buy cat food from Amazon for instance and during Covid-19 it is almost the defacto norm to buy online. Millions of people … Continue reading →

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Covid-19: putting a dollar figure on human and cat life

PoC avatarPosted on March 25, 2020 by Michael BroadMarch 25, 2020

An interesting debate has opened up about whether the cure for the Covid-19 outbreak is worse than the problem itself. The question asked is whether the cure, which is essentially the economic shutdown of a country and for citizens to … Continue reading →

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Mr Mao – heroic cat rescuer saving cats left behind in Wuhan coronavirus panic

PoC avatarPosted on February 5, 2020 by Michael BroadFebruary 6, 2020

NEWS/OPINION FROM CHINA’S CORONAVIRUS CATASTROPHE: This is another story about how the novel coronavirus epidemic (pandemic?) is affecting cat companions in Wuhan, China. The virus has exposed some uncomfortable truths concerning the human to companion cat relationship in China. It … Continue reading →

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged abandoned cats, Animals of China, Cat News, cats starved, coronavirus (2019-nCoV), viral infection | Leave a reply

Karma befalls Australians on Kangaroo Island

PoC avatarPosted on January 6, 2020 by Michael BroadJanuary 7, 2020

Australians have been trying to exterminate feral cats on Kangaroo Island with 1080 poison ejected from an evil device. The purpose? To protect precious Australian native species such as the endangered southern brown bandicoot which lives in the ‘under storey’. … Continue reading →

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Drone with infrared camera will help spot abandoned cats and dogs in the Bahamas devastated by Hurricane Dorian

PoC avatarPosted on September 27, 2019 by Michael BroadSeptember 27, 2019

A California photographer specialising in aerial cinematography, has used a drone to help find abandoned cats and dogs in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Abacos islands. He said that he was shocked at the number of cats and … Continue reading →

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Great Thunberg passionately lectures world leaders on climate change but they won’t listen

PoC avatarPosted on September 24, 2019 by Michael BroadSeptember 24, 2019

This passionate and at times emotional speech by Greta Thunberg is amazing. She is lecturing the world’s leaders. She is actually telling them what to do and trying to make them listen and she is spot on accurate in her … Continue reading →

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Humane Society of Grand Bahama: 50 Cats and 75 Dogs Survived the Storm

PoC avatarPosted on September 4, 2019 by Michael BroadSeptember 4, 2019

This is an update from the Humane Society of Grand Bahama on how they survived Hurricane Dorian. The article written by Elisa which told of the terrifying times that this animal shelter went through during the height of the storm … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Dorian tragedy: 6 brave souls are trapped inside the Humane Society of Grand Bahama with dogs and cats

PoC avatarPosted on September 2, 2019 by Elisa Black-TaylorSeptember 3, 2019

With Hurricane Dorian barely moving today after it left devastation across Freeport, Grand Bahama as well as other areas, a group of animal shelter volunteers are reported trapped at a local shelter. The Humane Society of Grand Bahama posted an … Continue reading →

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