A Michael Broad Blog
Can you ever justifiably ban both kids and cats from a certain location? Well, I think you can although I admit that reluctantly. One such place exists or will exist in the UK when it has been built. It’s going to be a group of retirement bungalows in Kent, UK, and the bungalows will …
The owner of a large cat sanctuary has been informed that he will face a ban from owning animals following his conviction on animal welfare charges. Terrence Moore, who runs the Cat Survival Trust in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, was convicted on four counts of causing unnecessary suffering to animals. The court heard that the 77-year-old …
NEWS AND VIEWS: By Québec banning cat declawing – a great step in promoting animal welfare – it leaves the province of Ontario, Canada, as the only jurisdiction where cat declawing is now legal in that country. RELATED: 63 jurisdictions specifically ban cat declawing (Dec 2023) Canada is miles ahead of America in terms …
Longyearbyen (“The Longyear Town”) is the world’s northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000. It is the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway and is named after the American John Munro Longyear. It’s a community on Svalbard which is a Norwegian Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Almost everyone living in Longyearbyen has come …
NEWS AND OPINION: This is a story about the power of women behind leading politicians who can mould policies and influence male decision-makers. Yes, it is still a male world, regrettably. And look what they are doing to it. I recently wrote about South Korea’s intention to ban dog meat in their country. For …
You may remember reports from Cyprus a little while ago about 300,000 cats on that island being killed by a new strain of feline coronavirus called FCoV-23. The numbers were exaggerated but they think about 8000 have died although there are about 1 million strain domestic cats on Cyprus, more than the entire human …
NEWS AND OPINION: Ricky Clark is a rat catcher by trade. He became a TV celebrity by dint of his enthusiastic personality and buff appearance according to The Times newspaper. He has a BBC1 series called The Rat Pack which shows how he catches and kills rats with his dogs. The show received favourable …
Not long ago the Conservative UK government promised to ban the importation of hunting trophies. The promise was in part a response to the general population’s desire to do this and I suspect Carrie Johnson, Boris Johnson’s wife had a say in the matter. But now, in a move which will further deteriorate the …
