A Michael Broad Blog
Back in the middle of November 2022 I wrote about the shocking news of two elderly ladies arrested for carrying out TNR on public land (link to that article). They were doing the community a service. But two police officers wearing body cams handcuffed and arrested them and took them to the police station …
Of all the smaller wild cats the caracal is generally more predisposed to accepting the role of human pet! So, can a citizen of Alabama own/possess the medium-sized wild cat called the caracal as an exotic pet? Although Alabama prohibits the personal possession of many exotic animals it does not prohibit the ownership of …
Looking for Siamese cat breeders in Alabama? I first wrote this page in 2011 and I struggled somewhat then to find Siamese cat breeders in Alabama or neighbouring Florida. Some of those breeders have shut down over the intervening 11 years and therefore I have revisited this page and updated it. I can confirm …
Alabama is perhaps one of three US states in the category of the poorest in terms of Covid vaccination rates, quality of education, animal protection laws and general quality of living (plus most religious). Louisiana has a very similar poor ranking in these categories. Arguably, the veterinarian above would not have been so mindlessly …
I can think of two instances (but there are many more) of exposing, through good intentions, birds to predation by cats which, to me, highlights the need to be at least aware of the potential dangers. Although I’m a cat lover I am also an animal lover and I don’t like to see animals …
Phenix City administrators have unilaterally decided to respond to complaints of feral cats at Idle Hour Park by trapping the cats in the park. They say that they will take them to a local shelter from where it is hoped that they will be adopted. But how practical or realistic is that and how …
Two pit bull dogs were brought to the Dothan Animal Shelter in Alabama, USA last Wednesday. On Thursday when the staff reported for work they discovered that the dogs had killed 29 cats. The dogs had forced their way out of a pen by pushing on galvanised bars to knock the bars out of …
It’s been reported on WHIOTV7 that the Montgomery Animal Resource Center will stop ‘providing general shelter and care for cats’. They say that the reason is that cats do badly at the shelter because of limited space for cats. They say that housing them there is detrimental to their well-being and that a large …
