A Michael Broad Blog
NEWS AND COMMENT: This story illustrates how brands rapidly distance themselves from any partner with whom they work who’s been involved in animal abuse. And it doesn’t seem to matter whether it happened many years ago when the person was very young. Animal abuse is a no-no for businesses who use Instagram influencers to …
The answer surely depends upon the location of the cat café. You can gauge the success of cat cafés to a certain extent by how many of them there are. Apparently, they are popular in Asia. Japan has at least a 150 cat cafés 20 years after the first one was created. That is …
I was not sure if high schools in America or any other country for that matter still dissect domestic, stray or feral cats. I thought that dissecting the bodies of shelter cats had gradually phased out but apparently not. My research indicates that it still happens in American high schools and there are suppliers …
This is another Covid silver lining. There have been several. Sales at Animalcare, a veterinary pharmaceutical business with aspirations to become the leader in Europe, have surged during the pandemic because of the rapid increase in the number of people adopting companion animals for the first time. You may remember that there was a …
It’s a point worth making: in the UK the coronavirus pandemic may end up permanently closing cat cafés because of the ongoing lockdowns and Tier 3 semi-lockdowns resulting in their temporary closure. Temporary closures for a significant time can lead to permanent closures for obvious reasons. One possible victim of the coronavirus pandemic is …
Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, has agreed, against America’s wishes, to use Huawei technology and equipment to help build a 5G network in the UK. He had to do it because there is no alternative business that can quickly help to install 5G into the UK. One of the central planks …
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa: There was a time when 30,000 lions roamed freely in Tanzania. They pleased the tourists who came to the country in large numbers to see them and other wildlife, boosting the economy by $4.7 million (9% of GDP) each year. Today there are about half that number of lions …
This is a good news story and a success for all participants particularly the cats! There was row going on at a retail park area in Okemos, Michigan. It was a classic clash between large retail outlets with huge carparks and feral cat advocates over the feral cat colonies in the area. I wrote …
