A Michael Broad Blog
There is a 23rd Sept. Facebook (FB) post by Penny Hubbard which claims to show a ‘young lady’ who is exceptionally bright and who identifies as a cat. The claim is that her parents have asked her school to grant their daughter the right to identify as a cat. Hubbard also claims that her …
This is an interesting and perhaps a landmark legal case regarding writing posts on Facebook which disclose private information about others. The case in question does not concern cats in any way but it sets a precedent. There are a lot of cat rescue Facebook groups and sometimes the comments can become heated because …
I am asking a question. I hope Facebook takes note of that and don’t punish me. It is just that Facebook’s Marketplace has 800 million monthly active users according to Facebook as reported by The Times and there is a potential for spreading the virus. It is reported that items put on sale (in …
This article was originally posted on March 18, 2016. I’ve added the photo to this article of a cat who desperately needs rescue from Big Spring, Texas Animal Shelter. He has over $300 in pledges at this time and the shelter is full. His thread is here. Please share him. While the suspension of …
There is an upward trend in what is described as “window shopping” of kittens and puppies online on social media. This development is in line with a throwaway culture of pet ownership and it is worrying for people concerned with animal welfare. Bosses at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home say that kittens and puppies …
Selling animals on Facebook is prohibited. The terms of use were amended years ago I believe. However, it took me barely 15 seconds to find groups selling cats. One is called ‘Cats for Sale’ (over 12k members) and the other is called ‘Kittens for sale. Purebreed [sic] kitten and cats for sale‘. It is …
The reason why Facebook allows provocative posts promoting animal abuse on its website is because Mark Zuckerberg is uncomfortable with making decisions about content policy. He doesn’t want to make the decisions. He probably can’t make them. He is unqualified to make such decisions and he knows it. He’s a nerd and he got …
This is just a thought so I’ll keep it short! One of the positives of Facebook is its ability to create a network of cat rescuers and cat rescue organizations bound together by Facebook Messenger, millions of volunteers, tons of compassion and passion and billions of posts and comments. A lot of great cat …
