A Michael Broad Blog
The first point to make in this discussion is that I should not criticise China as a Westerner in respect of its relationship with the domestic cat 😎😒. I wanted to call the relationship ‘unsophisticated’ for the reasons itemised below but I’ve been criticised by artificial intelligence for cultural and ethical hypocrisy and cultural …
Just before I started typing this, I sighed deeply. Looking at the video astonishes me. A video showing cats and small dogs in a vending machine in China where there appears to be no one around to check on the animals which are confined to very cramped conditions. They are for sale in a …
In contrast to what Westerners might perceive as a generally difficult relationship between Chinese residents and feral cats, a study published on 5 February 2024 concluded that it is primarily a “vulnerable group” of residents which have difficulty in dealing with community cats in the urban environment both in terms of their relationship with …
“Owner has to muzzle a PUPPY or the pup would be taken and beaten to death by Chinese police”. This is the claim of an animal advocate on Twitter X: Phaedra. She does not tell us why the police would kill the dog or puppy. I can only guess: the Chinese devalue dogs hugely. …
The White Coat Waste Project (WCW) relentlessly march on to their next campaign which is to ensure that the bipartisan Accountability in Foreign Animal Research (AFAR) Bill is passed by the US government to put an end to all US taxpayer funding of animal testing in adversarial countries. Recently, they’ve had great success in …
NEWS AND VIEWS: This is a little cat story from China of the type with which we are familiar for those of us who know what is happening in China in the cat world. The video shows two young boys broke into a pet store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang on July 19th, 2023. It is …
NEWS AND VIEWS – Xianyang, Shaanxi, China: The tweet says: “Ring toss game – the prize is a live cat. A stall set up with kittens in cages. The temperature was very high, and the kittens were kept in cages without water to drink. Some even fainted. Animals aren’t toys”. Sigh. I’ve seen so …
NEWS AND VIEWS – CHINA: An online furore is currently being played out on the Chinese social media website Weibo. It concerns the canteen at the Jiangxi Vocational Technical College of Industry Trade feeding their students duck neck/head when one student found the head of a rat in his meal among the rice. The …
