A Michael Broad Blog
To answer the question, you have to break it down into categories which I’ve done. There’s a difference between the behaviour of the wildcat ancestor which is the same species as the domestic cat and from which we can learn about domestic cat behaviour, unsterilised male cats, sterilised male cats and kittens parented by …
This is a video from a feral cat rescuer Maria Tories on TikTok. TikTok allows people to download videos. In this instance I have trimmed the video slightly to reduce the file size. The educational aspect of the video is that we see a plastic fork being used by Maria to stroke the head …
Snowflake is a handsome, rescued stray cat with a characterful face and sad eyes.
Big Red is a special ginger tabby feral cat, found in St George, Utah, USA, and rescued; and once rescued he decided to be domesticated and feel the warmth, both physical and emotional, of having a human caregiver look after him. I guess he had had enough of being a feral cat, struggling to …
By and large feral cats put up with fleas; that’s how they deal with them. They accept them as a way of life and tolerate them because they have to. It’s strange because I’ve just written a story about a cat hoarding man in the UK. He was hoarding domestic cats and people outside …
This is a rare photograph of an Aussie feral cat (much hated by Aussies) killing a venomous mulga snake. The cat has blood on his nose and mouth. From the photo it is not entirely clear that the cat won the battle but it’s clear enough. The cat looks fine. He appears to have …
The conservation of wild animals should go hand-in-hand with animal welfare. They are two branches of the same thing. Conservation protects wild animals and animal welfare laws protect wild and domestic animals. However, in Australia conservation is in direct conflict with animal welfare. They’ve got themselves into an unholy mess on the issue of …
This cat, who has been appropriately named Journey by her carers, must have been completely feral when she tiptoed into a shipping container in Shenzhen China. She spent a least 3 weeks inside it. There was no food. There may have been some moisture on the insides of the container but I am speculating. …
