A Michael Broad Blog
Instead of compiling my favorite articles for 2015, this year I’d like to discuss the greatest issue myself and many other animal advocates faced this past year: whether or not a rescue is legitimate or a scam. I’ll explain as best I can about what was going on and what needs to be done to …
In America, on Saturday, there was a nationwide “Clear the Shelter Day”. The idea is simple. Shelters offer free or reduced price adoptions throughout the day. The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland hosted the event as have many other shelters throughout the country. It began in Texas last year and the event is …
A British animal rescue organisation, which I can’t name today, insists that cats adopted from them are allowed to roam outside entirely freely. On what I have heard first hand, it makes no difference if you live in London or if you live in a place where there are many other dangers for a …
Are Black Friday animal shelter adoptions a good idea in the long run? They certainly appear to be. Black Friday is a big consumer day. It is an American concept which has transferred to the UK with great success. Retailers depend on it to turn their balance sheets from red into black – hence …
This is the final chapter in the story that you may still remember about the grey and white stray cat who was kicked on video and which went viral for a while due to its mindless callousness. Imagine having someone video you while you viciously kick a cat sending it 10 feet into …
This is a short follow-up story to the one about the New York cat who was kicked by a 21-year-old youth in Brooklyn while someone else videoed it. You may remember the story. Andre Robinson was charged with animal cruelty. I suspect that his trial is due to take place in the not too …
Is it practical and sensible to adopt a rescue cat, which by chance, is 3,000 miles from where you live? Is it a folly to try to do this or is it heroic? An heroic effort to adopt an unwanted cat at any cost, almost. What an effort! How commonplace is this in America? …
Misty is 10 years young November is Adopt A Senior Cat Month. As a cat lover, I’ve always preached the benefits of adopting an older cat. I love it that I can see the personality in an adult cat. With a kitten, you really don’t know what you’re getting as their personality is still …
