A Michael Broad Blog
Can we trust Guinness World Records? I’m sure that many of their records have been thoroughly verified and are indeed verifiable. But it appears that some records have not been verified properly or they can be circumvented leading to incorrect record holders. I have always had difficulties with Guinness records. They dropped the smallest …
This infographic lists the wild cat species on the African and South American continents and in Southeast Asia. Remarkably there are a similar number of species in each region. The weight ranges are also listed per species. All of them are endangered to varying degrees through human activities of various kinds. Conservation is the …
Here are 25 facts on why dog and cat abuse occurs. Obviously there will be an overlap with the abuse of animals generally but I would like to focus of dogs (and cats) in this instance for the obvious reason that they are the normal companion animal. I also look at the circumstances surrounding …
Maine Coon Cat Breed — Photo is copyright Helmi Flick and Text is by Michael at PoC The major points of note of the Maine Coon are set out on this page in way that allows a quick skim. KEY FACTS Date of Origin 1860s Place of Origin United States Development Long hair cats …
Here are 10 questions beginning with “Do domestic cats” together with the answers. Why did I do this? Because when you search using Google with the following phrase “Do domestic cats”” Google produces these 10 possible questions and therefore it seems natural to me to try and answer them. Clearly people want to know …
Here are 20 facts about the jaguarundi. The intention is to keep things short and concise for ease of reading and quickness of learning. As at 2002, little was known about the jaguarundi. There is still much to learn. The experts have had difficulty in classifying this small wild cat species taxonomically as it …
Like some other cat breeds, the origins of the Tonkinese is somewhat vague. There appears to be the mainstream history and a sideshow. Tonkinese breeders would argue that they can trace their cats back to a seal mink-coloured cat, Wong Mau. Wong Mau was brought from Burma to the US in the early 1930s. …
