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How to become a cat breeder – some thoughts focusing on ethics

PoC avatarPosted on February 13, 2022 by Michael BroadFebruary 13, 2022

This page is in two parts. The second part, half way down the page, I wrote about 12 years ago. In that section you can tell that I dislike the idea of cat breeding for the simple reason that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat Breeding | Tagged breeding, breeding cats, Cat Associations, cat breeder, cat registration, cat welfare, ethics | Leave a reply

Pets and people are becoming more equal on the issue of euthanasia

PoC avatarPosted on September 19, 2021 by Michael BroadSeptember 19, 2021

It’s ironic but on the issue of managed dying (euthanasia) pets and people are becoming more equal. I have always felt that the status of animals needs to elevated in the interests of their welfare. Now we have this happening … Continue reading →

Posted in Euthanasia | Tagged cat euthanasia, ethics, ethics in medicine, euthanasia, human to cat relationship, veterinarian | Leave a reply

American service dogs given precedence over Afghanis waiting to be evacuated by air

PoC avatarPosted on August 24, 2021 by Michael BroadAugust 26, 2021

NEWS AND COMMENT-KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: News media is reporting that US military dogs are being given precedence over Afghanis who are waiting to be evacuated by air out of Kabul on the takeover of the country by the Taliban. There is … Continue reading →

Posted in service animals | Tagged Afghanistan, dog news, ethics, Nowzad, service animals, Taliban | Leave a reply

Callous trophy hunters cause untold amounts of agony in the animals they kill

PoC avatarPosted on July 1, 2021 by Michael BroadJuly 1, 2021

NEWS AND COMMENT: Animal advocates are lucky to have a man like Eduardo Gonçalves who is fighting against trophy and sport hunting intelligently and I hope devastatingly well. In his book Trophy Hunters Exposed: Inside the Big Game Industry he … Continue reading →

Posted in sport hunting | Tagged animal law, cat pain, ethics, sport hunters, sport hunting, trophy hunting, uk | Leave a reply

Spaying and neutering versus declawing in domestic cats

PoC avatarPosted on February 6, 2021 by Michael BroadJuly 5, 2021

There are some people who say that there is little difference between declawing domestic cats and spaying and neutering them. They are both modifications of the domestic cat. It is people taking the whole domestic cat, a beautiful animal, and … Continue reading →

Posted in surgery | Tagged Cat Declawing, cat neutering, cat spaying, cat welfare, comparing, declawing cats, ethics, human to cat relationship, responsible cat ownership, surgery | 2 Replies

Ethical banks in the UK in 2020 and why cat lovers should use them!

PoC avatarPosted on September 22, 2020 by Michael BroadSeptember 22, 2020

How often do we think of alternatives to the high street banks? I don’t or I didn’t. But all of the big five UK high street banks do not have the whitest of reputations when it comes to ethical behaviour. … Continue reading →

Posted in ailurophile | Tagged animal lovers, banking, cat lovers, conservation, environment, ethics | Leave a reply

The woke movement and speciesism

PoC avatarPosted on September 4, 2020 by Michael BroadSeptember 4, 2020

The word “woke” is used quite a lot nowadays. It is not clear to some people what it means. Perhaps they aren’t interested in it (understandable). In normal usage, the word “woke” is used like this: “He woke up to … Continue reading →

Posted in speciesism | Tagged animal abuse, bad veterinarians, Cat Declawing, ethics, human to cat relationship, speciesism, woke | Leave a reply

Spaying and neutering is ethical while declawing is not

PoC avatarPosted on August 5, 2020 by Michael BroadAugust 5, 2020

Sometimes I see the argument that cat declawing is no different from de-sexing; the spaying and neutering of cats. They argue that they are both mutilations for the benefit of people. This is a poor argument. There are two sides … Continue reading →

Posted in ethics, Uncategorized | Tagged Cat Declawing, cat neutering, cat spaying, declawing cats, ethics, ethics in medicine, spaying and neutering | 2 Replies

Cat food made from insects

PoC avatarPosted on March 21, 2020 by Michael BroadMarch 21, 2020

There are compelling reasons to manufacture cat food from insects as it is a natural food resource for cats and an excellent source of protein. Importantly, the environmental footprint from insect produced protein is far less than for the equivalent … Continue reading →

Posted in cat food ingredients | Tagged cat food ingredients, ethics, pet food manufacturers, protein | 2 Replies

Weird domestic cat haircuts and lion cuts are unethical

PoC avatarPosted on December 22, 2018 by Michael BroadDecember 22, 2018

I have just written an article about catnip and whether it is ethical for cat guardians to give it to their cat and then laugh at them as they become high on it. It is a philosophical question. I believe … Continue reading →

Posted in treatments | Tagged ethics, lion cut | 8 Replies

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