A Michael Broad Blog
NEWS AND COMMENT: The basics in this Fox News story are pretty straightforward. Three police officers in Prince George’s County, Maryland, USA, entered an apartment unlawfully because they had failed to obtain a warrant where they shot a dog twice and tasered the dog. The dog was fatally harmed and euthanised. The three police …
The animal welfare law protecting the domestic animals (pets) of Texas is encompassed within a statute that is much wider in its ambit and which also includes livestock. The law is called: PENAL CODE, TITLE 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY. The relevant section is under the heading ‘disorderly conduct and related offences’. …
Micro-chipping your cat is considered to be the default situation in developed countries in 2023. It’s a necessity. It’ll become a legal obligation in the UK. That’s all well and good. But micro-chipping doesn’t always end with the happy reunion of lost cat and owner even when the cat has been found. Fred’s story …
Police were ordered to stop feeding a stable cat because the cat food was an unnecessary expense as the cat should find his own food. Western Australia: There are mounted police in the Western Australia police force. Of course the horses are stabled and of course there has to be a stable cat. He …
A woman living in Birmingham, UK, became flustered when she saw her neighbour’s cat inside her home. She decided to call the police as an emergency. In the UK you dial 999. The police (West Midlands) became exasperated because they get quite a lot of time wasting calls. They decided to put up a …
Animal Justice have just had a victory for animals (and common sense). It needs to be celebrated. Hence this. You may remember that a lady police officer, Beth Richardson, was inline to be disciplined because she removed a kitten from a home that was a drug den. The kitten’s now former owner is a …
Durham region police officer Beth Richardson has faced a police disciplinary hearing because she took a tiny kitten to a veterinarian because the kitten was in need of medical treatment and was living in the home of a woman who was on a ‘multi-day’ crystal meth session. Beth was dispatched to the woman’s home …
This is a petition on the Causes website. The link is at the base of the page. Elisa has written a lot on this subject on the Examiner website. Between cats and dogs, dogs are far more frequently killed by cops based on what I read but cats get a fair share of cop …
