A Michael Broad Blog
Not all cat adoptions from animal shelters are successful. They don’t lead to a relationship for the lifespan of the cat. A study in 1992 by Kidd et al. tells us what sort of factors can influence the success or failure of an adoption from a shelter. In one study the scientists did a …
Whether or not it is worth buying a purebred or adopting a random bred cat from an animal shelter depends upon your attitude towards the “ownership” and possession of domestic cats. But putting aside for a moment personal preferences, I’ll try and look at it objectively to provide some guidelines. Ethics It is ethically …
ANIMAL SHELTERS USA – CORONAVIRUS EFFECT – OPINION: There is a clear message emanating from the Internet about animal shelters in America and there are two aspects to it. One is positive and one is negative. During the coronavirus pandemic, animal shelters have changed the way they operate. Or they have closed due to …
Lisa Scroggins, the founder of Little Wanderers, a rescue organisation under pressure, but remaining successful during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City, is nervous about the future of feral and indeed domestic cats in the city. She said that climbing unemployment rates are affecting the prospects for domestic cats in homes, never mind …
There are reports on both sides of the pond (US and UK) that there is an ongoing increase in cat and dog adoptions because of lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic. Battersea Dogs & Cats Home has reported an increase from 29 cat adoptions last year at this time to 69 this year. That’s a …
Elizabeth Warren fell short at the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary and wrote an email about how to deal with ‘falling short’ i.e. failing. It is an email to Courtney Enlow who praises it in a tweet. It backfired. The concept behind her recommendations for dealing with failure are laudable and acceptable but the …
A female vet tech telephoned PAWS Chicago, an animal shelter, and made an enquiry about adopting the pet who’d been at the shelter the longest. The eligible feline was 16-year-old Pierre who has diabetes and who had been at PAWS Chicago for four years. He needs 2 jabs daily. Actually he was three days …
This is an excellent idea, which has proved successful in a previous promotional campaign in which local firefighters posed for pictures with shelter dogs in fire stations across Waco, Texas. The same idea works well with police officers. The Humane Society of Central Texas is bursting at the seams so imaginative promotions are welcome …
