A Michael Broad Blog
The news in my newspaper today is that a real-life Indiana Jones has discovered a series of graves beneath the ‘Treasury’ in a hidden crypt at that wonderfully famous temple in Petra, Jordan. He is thrilled to bits that he has discovered 12 bodies which appear to have lain undisturbed for 2000 years. There …
Anger can be a powerful motivator when it is well-directed and managed. Infographic. by Michael Broad This is not a boast. I am being factual. My anger at the great need to improve animal welfare across the planet in all aspects of the human-animal relationship has motivated me for 17 years in running this …
A comparison of the biomass of humans, wildlife and livestock is interesting. The livestock we rear makes up “more than 10 times the biomass of wild animals and birds” in the worlds of Godfrey-Smith. Human domination can be measured in many ways but one crude yet revealing metric is biomass by Michael Broad He …
NEWS AND COMMENT: the story comes from Japan where theft remains relatively rare resulting in perhaps, by European standards, lax security. This is one important aspect of the story and the second is the fact that the price of copper has increased and continues to increase dramatically as it hit a record high of …
This article is within the umbrella of Critical Race Theory (CRT – see base of article for an explanation 😎👍 and a definition of ‘anthroparchy’). The source of the article is an article written by Nathan Winograd, the architect of America’s No Kill Movement which has saved the lives of millions of shelter animals. …
Humans have a dominant sense, and it is vision i.e. what we see. Vision being a dominant human sense means that we are more attracted to a rescue cat with a coat type and colour that appeals. And humans are more likely to interact with a rescue cat that has the confidence to come …
We are not meant to be happy all the time. Nature did not make us that way. Happiness and contentment needs to be measured against unhappiness. We should not regard being depressed as an illness as it is normal unless clinical as diagnosed by a good professional. And being happy requires effort and self-discipline; …
The French seem to be ahead of most nations in this regard: demanding an extension to statutory paid leave after the death of close relative to compassionate leave on the death of any companion animal but usually a cat or dog. This attitude applies to 68% of the pet owners who participated in this …
