A Michael Broad Blog
A TERRIFIED cat was delivered to a pet shop with its legs tied up and wrapped in a plastic bag by an owner who was upset the kitten had grown. The most common question a pet shop assistant is asked is. “Will it grow?” Shocking isn’t it? The ‘problem’ of pets growing (it’s a …
It’s takes a low-down person to surrender their cat saying “we just don’t want her anymore.” That’s what a cat owner did last week at a North Carolina shelter (writes Elisa Black-Taylor for Examiner.com) People who surrender their cat at an animal shelter should be asked standard questions and the answers logged onto a …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra I write this article with tears in my eyes as I remember all these beautiful cats. They belonged to a person who we thought was a friend. We met through Cats Protection when Marion our local co-ordinator asked us to look after twelve cats as their owner was going into …
Vicky is a fosterer for Wear Valley and Darlington Cats Protection. She writes the following on her website: I would not change it for the world, but what I would love to see change is people’s attitudes… towards cruelty, towards neglect, towards abandonment and towards NEUTERING. Neglect, neutering and abandonment are big issues in the …
A person living near the Penns Woods Inn Manheim, USA, thinks that guests of the hotel abandon their cats at the hotel. He has a seen an increase in stray cats. These are domestic and sometimes declawed cats. “People come there and bring pets, including cats. But when the people leave, they don’t take …
UK: There is a clear connection between interest rates as set by the Bank of England and cat abandonment and euthanasia. As I have said before a lot of things are connected. Perhaps everything is connected. It is worrying because this is a ticking time bomb. For the past 5 years interest rates have …
Even in Britain, a nation of animal lovers, some people treat their pet like a piece of rubbish – trash. Going away on holiday? Can’t afford a cat or dog sitter or boarding cattery fees? Just throw your dog away in the nearest skip. That has happened. In 2012 the RSPCA were called out …
My newest funny-faced baby MandyLane Callie-wrong color Gypsy-deformity Tiger-doesn’t like other cats The captions to three of the above photos are some examples of why the so called “human race” throw away their loving cats. These are some of the cats I’ve had through the years and I added the captions. Good morning readers. …
