A Michael Broad Blog
This is a further report thanks to Nathan Winograd who keeps an eye on the state of play regarding animal shelters in America. Thank God for that. It needs to happen. He says, in general terms, that “animal shelters are returning to old practices, including more killing, despite declining intakes”. He believes that the …
NEWS AND OPINION: I have read a rather shocking report in The Times this morning (December 7, 2023). The article tells us that “child cruelty rates have doubled in five years, research has shown”. The information relates to England. My argument is that the domestic cat and the human child are in similar relationships …
People might ask whether a refusal for a cat owner to take their cat to a veterinarian can be a crime. The answer is that it can be a crime. It depends on many factors one of which is where you live which dictates the laws around cat caregiving and how they are enforced. …
In the world of cats, in Japan, there are two competing forces. One is a veneer over the other. The veneer is the cuteness culture for which the Japanese have a specific name ‘Kawaii’. The Japanese love cute things and that attitude applies to the selection of the kind of cat that they wish …
Yes, fleas can kill kittens and we have a story today in the online news media to substantiate that statement. A ‘callous breeder’ in the UK abandoned ’25 terrified cats and kittens to starve to death in a flat’. And the Mirror newspaper reports that the RSPCA assessed that two kittens ‘died after their …
Preamble This page has been refreshed, added-two and republished as that the date heading this page. They will be amended again. Why? Because this is a massive topic. It is an ongoing topic. Even the experts scratch their head sometimes as to how to deal with it. It is based on mental health problems …
This is the story of a group of animal advocates who have been trying for a long time to find help for several horses owned by a woman they don’t believe is caring for them properly. I wanted to write on the situation because there are many such cases all across the U.S. and …
UPDATE 11 p.m. Chatham County Sheriff’s Office has responded: The Chatham County Police Department investigated the case along with Chatham County Animal Services. Both agencies are separate from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office. You may make an Open Records request to obtain the details of their investigations First of all, I’d like to say …
