A Michael Broad Blog
When it comes to keeping your cat’s ashes, there are both advantages and considerations to take into account. Let’s explore them. Ultimately, the decision depends on your personal preferences and emotional needs. Whether you choose to keep your cat’s ashes at home or opt for a different arrangement, remember that there is no right …
Can my pet be buried with me? This is a question I had asked myself since long before I lost my dog Dreyfuss in September. Have any of you asked yourself this question? My daughter Laura thinks I’m crazy because when I die, I want the cremated remains of my dog Dreyfuss to be …
This is one of those examples of a failure to identify your deceased cat. They’ve occurred before. There can be great difficulties in doing it accurately and this is an example. Schrödinger’s cat is a theory which states that the animal is both dead and alive at the same time. I don’t understand the …
Pet ashes – I have the ashes of my cats – are a fine light-grey powder. I suspect that sometimes in some small crematoriums some bones may be present in the ashes. But the powder is very fine which makes them easy to dislodge and create dust. I had my cats cremated individually and …
COMMENT: In the UK, more Britons are deciding on individual cat and dog cremations according to the Association of Private Pet Cemeteries and Crematoria. They say that there was a 10-15 percent increase last year compared to previous years. This may be due to Covid-19 restrictions during which time pet owners have a chance …
Dr Eric Tourigny, Lecturer in Historical Archaeology at Newcastle University began a survey into the memorials written on the headstones of dogs at UK’s pet cemeteries in January 2019. On 9 January 2019 he asked the public for help in producing the first database of animal memorials in the UK. He wanted to catalogue …
Today, Monday, August 24, 2020, there is an interesting letter by Michael Hodson, in The Times newspaper in the section Letters to the Editor. I think I will take the liberty of publishing it here in full and verbatim. I hope that he doesn’t mind and that the Times doesn’t mind either. Your correspondent …
NEWS/OPINION – Stockport, UK: the Manchester Evening News reports another disturbing example of how local authorities in the UK can carelessly dispose of a domestic cat that has been lost and killed either on the road or, in this instance, by dogs. Gemma Robertshaw loved her 18-year-old Persian cat. Gemma had lived with her …
