A Michael Broad Blog
Violet Winegarden will be 88 years of age on March 20th 2017. She still runs her cat sanctuary ‘Happy Cat Haven’. It is in Canada just over the border from America on the Sunshine Coast which is near Vancover I believe. She signs off as ‘Violet Winegarden, Gibsons’. She used to have a website …
Veterinarian Ms Jacqui Paterson tipped off the RSPCA about a cat sanctuary run by Sarah Mellanby. I have to presume that the tipoff was that the sanctuary was badly run and that the RSPCA needed to raid it and seize the cats. On the face of it this was a case of a cat …
I see this as a bizarre incident. I can’t understand it. The newspapers have described it as a burglary of an animal sanctuary. However, the owners of the sanctuary have started a crowdfunding plea for money on the gofundme.com website and what they say does not concur with what the newspapers say, not exactly …
You might have read this story as it’s all over the Internet. I resisted writing about it because it’s so sad but I thought I’d have a go at it nonetheless today. Tilly is thought to be the UK’s oldest rescue cat at 24-years-of-age. She is a tortoiseshell cat and she has been at …
By Steffanie (a visitor to PoC who wrote long comments related to my article: Is Big Cat Rescue a Sham?) Introduction by Michael (Admin): Steffanie makes a lot of strong statements. These are her opinions and her statements are allegations and accusations and no more unless proven or accepted and established. I am publishing her …
Despite the best efforts of everyone concerned, little Elizabeth tragically died as a result of her burns. So sad. Her death opened a door for Liza. Liza has had her share of abuse or neglect. She is the survivor of cat hoarding. The Elizabeth story lives on in Liza. Elizabeth would have gone to …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra More sad news from Kays Hill today. Etty suffered a massive fit last night and her life couldn’t be saved. Her adoptive family must be devastated, but some comfort is that she had a happy time in her new home after having quite a tragic life. When we first saw …
Karrot came to us as a tiny, but ferocious, ball of teeth and fur. She’d been born on a farm where the cats didn’t have great lives. However, a worker at the farm took pity on these little creatures, bundled them into a bag before anyone else got a chance to see them and …
