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Low risk cats during Covid-19 pandemic

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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Posted in natural disaster | Tagged coronavirus (2019-nCoV) | Leave a reply
Hong Kong skyscrapers skyline cityscape view

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)
Lifespan Covid-19 on cardboard

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…

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged coronavirus (2019-nCoV) | Leave a reply
Coronavirus balancing act

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…

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged coronavirus (2019-nCoV), zoonotic diseases | Leave a reply
Deserted city in coronavirus panic

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
Bandicoot

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…

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged australia, australia feral cat, Cat News, karma | Leave a reply
Thron and dog on Bahamas

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…

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged cat rescue, disasters, natural disasters | Leave a reply
Greta Thunberg lectures world leaders

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…

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged Cat News, climate change, conservation, world cat news | Leave a reply
Humane Society of Grand Bahama under water during Hurricane Dorian

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…

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged #hurricaneDorian, animal shelter, Cat News, good cat news, humane society, natural disaster, rescue cats | Leave a reply
animal shelter flooded

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…

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged #hurricaneDorian, Cat News, cats in emergencies, disasters, natural disasters, The Articles of Elisa Black-Taylor | 8 Replies
Animal Search UK at Whaley Bridge

Pet owners forbidden to return home after work to collect pets after dam collapse

PoC avatarPosted on August 3, 2019 by Michael BroadAugust 3, 2019

The recent excessive rains in various parts of England have created a crisis in Whaley Bridge in the High Peak District of Derbyshire in the north. Above Whaley Bridge is a dam which creates the Toodbrook Resevoir. Part of its … continue reading…

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged Cat News, cats in emergencies | Leave a reply
Tammie with some of the rescued cats. Photo courtest Casey Mozingo

Crazys Claws N Paws Animal Confiscation: Wayne County Animal Services Won’t Tell Me Why

PoC avatarPosted on September 20, 2018 by Michael BroadSeptember 23, 2018

In a follow-up to Elisa’s article about the confiscation of cats and dogs from Crazys Claws N Paws by Wayne County Animal Services, I have twice telephoned Wayne County Animal Services to find out why they did it (click to … continue reading…

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged animal rescue, animal services, Cat News | 11 Replies
Jo and Hubble

Family with three cats reports from Florida during Hurricane Irma

PoC avatarPosted on September 11, 2017 by Jo SingerSeptember 11, 2017

Anticipating Hurricane Irma’s Arrival: A nerve-wracking experience Waiting to be deluged with either a CATegory 3 or 4 hurricane is not what I consider to be an exciting adventure. Over the past few days we have been gearing up and … continue reading…

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged Cat News, natural disasters | 3 Replies
Polydactyl Rescue Cat

Hemingway cats in Key West will be free to roam during Hurricane Irma

PoC avatarPosted on September 9, 2017 by Michael BroadSeptember 11, 2017

There is a mass evacuation of parts of Florida by people before Hurricane Irma strikes the state. Irma is said to be so fierce that it could cause deaths and there is predicted to be a considerable amount destruction of … continue reading…

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged cat welfare, natural disasters, polydactyl cat | 5 Replies
I do not know for sure but I wonder whether there is a better way of dealing with cats and dogs which have been separated from their owners due to the Houston floods caused by hurricane Harvey? Hundreds are being shipped out of Houston to Chicago and San Francisco where they will be readopted by new owners and living new homes. Could not the animals be kept down in the south, in Texas not far from Houston and their owners temporarily rehomed pending the repair of their own homes and then they could be reunited with their animals?

Should ‘refugee’ dogs and cats from Hurricane Harvey be shipped to Chicago for adoption?

PoC avatarPosted on September 5, 2017 by Michael BroadSeptember 6, 2017

We are told by ABC 7 that dozens of dogs and cats have recently arrived at PAWS Chicago after a 23 hour trip from flooded Houston. Sixty-nine have been shipped to San Francisco in Northern California. These are just two … continue reading…

Posted in natural disaster | Tagged adoption, animal rescue, cat rescue, cat rescue adoptions, cat shelters, cats in emergencies, natural disasters | Leave a reply

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