A Michael Broad Blog
There is a beautiful match up here between rescue cat and adopter. The story comes from the Bridgend branch of Cats Protection in South Wales. Arlo’s hydrocephalus (water on the brain) is congenital (present at birth) we are told, which causes a slightly misshapen head. So he looks a bit different with his head …
I know this is a very short video but it shows an adaptation to two hind legs. She or he walks like a flightless bird almost. That’s not meant to sound insulting or derogatory. It is just the way she looks in the video. She makes that beautifully flighted jump with precision so that …
Scooter is such an adorable cat. She does not have the use of her hind legs but as usual she copes beautifully, gets around actively and has completely charmed her human companion in changing his worldview, as he says. He has quite a few names for her. Perhaps the first name is ‘Scoot’ followed …
People see cats differently. It is amazing how differently. For one unknown person this tiny, cute, three-legged, probably non-purebred, flame pointed Siamese-type cat was no more than rubbish as he was found alone in Red Rock Canyon, Nevada1. Red Rock Canyon is a national conservation area. It is rocky, beautiful and desert-like. I wonder …
His name is “Able”. How perfect a name is that?! We have seen it before. The beautiful abilities of the domestic cat to overcome massive disability and live a full, normal life. In this instance one-year-old kitten living on the streets of Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand was electrocuted when he stepped on live wires. …
This is a super sweet cat suffering from a congenital condition called radial hypoplasia (also known as radial agenesis – see image by Sarah Hartwell at base of page). At one time there was an attempt to turn this unfortunate condition into a cat breed (‘Twisty Cats’ or ‘Squitten‘), believe it or not (but not …
Disability is seeing things as half empty. It is better to see things as half full as Honey Bee does instinctively. In fact she doesn’t even think about her disability at all. I believe that this is a lesson for many humans. Cats do teach us lessons if we are open to them. …
Brian Gentilotti lives in Massachusetts. Brian lost his right leg because of a motorcycle accident in 2006. He elected to have the amputation because there were complications in repairing his leg. Brian was volunteering for a children’s camp for kids who were amputees in or near Ponte Vedra, Florida. Tim Houston, 10, introduced Brian …
