A Michael Broad Blog
Cat burglars stole three big cats: a tiger, jaguar and leopard worth £100,000, in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Police are hunting the gang. The cats were probably stolen to order. Their high value appears to be based on their rarity as they were tamed to behave like pets. The tiger was particularly …
Sandra Glidewell, 48, a part-time employee at the You’ve Got A Friend Veterinary Clinic in Mascotte, Florida was arrested on Tuesday, December 23 on charges of aggravated cruelty to animals after she allegedly bashed two cats with a hammer and then drowning them in her swimming pool at her home in Groveland. Following her …
Although this is no longer news because it happened in May-June 2014, the sentence of 15 years in confinement handed down to this fraudulent and cruel shelter manager, which appears to be a fixed term with no parole, is very long. I welcome it but it seems to be unusual to me bearing in …
There was outrage last week when it was reported an animal had been castrated at a Georgia high school. I became interested in this case because Toccoa, located in Stephens County, is only one county over from where my maternal family lives. I covered the story here on Examiner, as it wasn’t announced whether …
This is a follow-up from the Ipswich cat thefts of which there were about 100. The position is much more severe than once thought. An investigation by cat owners who’ve lost cats reveals that about 200 cats have gone missing in one town and its environs over 8 months, and one of the cat …
The UK is experiencing an increase in dog thefts by a third over the past two years with the more fashionable breeds particularly at risk. There is also an increase in what is called “theft by finding”. This is when people who claim to have innocently found or acquired a dog or cat wait …
After a cat hoarder has been charged under any relevant criminal laws and been ordered to vacate the property under a court injunction, the hoarder should be ordered to pay for the clean up of their homes and for any disruption to neighbours. Often a cat hoarder will not have the means to pay for …
Julianne Westberry, the notorious cat hoarder, cat abuser and con woman, has been charged with felony fraud for missing funds. This is an update on the Julianne Westberry case, as reported by Anderson Independent Mail News on October 22. See previous Westberry posts (opens a new window). Julianne may only face one charge of …
