A Michael Broad Blog
The amusing cat news today, which has been well covered by the media online, is that a black-and-white cat called Ted, returned to his owners four days after his cremation 💖. Ted’s caregiver is Nicci Knight. She was on holiday in Turkey when a neighbour told her that Ted had been found dead in …
NEWS AND VIEWS: Shirley Gear-Evans, 65, a widow of Adber, near Sherborne in Dorset, UK, said that she can’t have another cat because her neighbour admittedly drowned her cat, Ruby, in a water butt. Her neighbour is Richard Giles, 69, a gardener. He claimed that Shirley’s cat kept on digging up his vegetables. Mr …
A commercial vessel off the coast of the south of Thailand near Ko Adang Island (aka Koh Adang Island) was in trouble when its engine compartment caught fire. The stern section of the vessel was ablaze and the ship was sinking. Aboard were eight seamen and 2 ginger cats and 2 tortoieshell cats (related?). …
ANALYSIS AND NEWS – WARNING: this content may upset some people so please don’t read on if it does. I’m writing about it because it does illustrate how a nation’s culture with respect to a certain aspect of their life can sometimes result in unacceptable and unpleasant consequences. In New Zealand, as is the …
TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind., USA: Walter Baldwin directed a juvenile accomplice to kick a locked cage with a domestic cat inside into a pond to drown it according to recent news media reports. The juvenile filmed the event. The cat was trapped at a mobile home park: 52 Mobile Home Estates which is owned by …
I’m sorry to bring you yet another cat abuse story. I feel compelled to do so to highlight the sometimes abusive nature of humans against companion animals and the fact that little is done to stop it. In this peculiar coming together of various events, on Thanksgiving Day 2018, a 69-year-old man admitted to …
This a first for me and perhaps for you. A tiny kitten (who, incidentally has Turkish Van markings) had drowned in a flood in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. Some great cat stories come out of Asia. The kitten was trapped inside the roof of a building. Perhaps the flood had been so bad the …
The celebrity and former Made in Chelsea star Ashley James tells us on the metro.co.uk website that her cat was traumatised after almost drowning in her bathtub in an accident. James reported on the event on her Instagram webpage last Thursday. She said that she had forgotten to drain the water out after taking …
