A Michael Broad Blog
I’ve always thought that supermarkets should not sell fireworks to the general public so that they can be set off by individuals during what I would describe as the fireworks season which starts at bonfire night (Guy Fawkes Night) in the UK and ends after New Year’s Eve. In between there is Diwali the …
This post contains a video showing the start of a debate in a committee room at the UK Parliament on restricting the use of fireworks to organised displays. As you can see I have cleaned up the image a bit. This is the reddit.com post That’s sweet. from r/WhitePeopleTwitter Debate in UK Parliament on …
A Riverside County animal shelter is pleading with cat and dog owners to stop surrendering unwanted animals until after 4 July. This particular shelter has a night drop zone where people can surrender their cats and dogs anonymously overnight. It is meant to be used for vulnerable animals in need and without homes but …
It had never occurred to me but if a cat or dog ingests a used firework thats lying around after having been set off (there are many) then it could poison them. It doesn’t surprise me to be told by the Pet Poison Helpline that fireworks contain hazardous chemicals such as potassium nitrate. I’m …
A mindless person, probably a male teenager, tied two rockets to a cat wandering outside in England and set the rockets alight. The cat was horribly injured and died at the scene. It makes me ashamed to be British.
It is time to introduce stricter controls over the use of fireworks in the interests of pets and their owners and also elderly people all of whom have loud noises imposed on them without consent for long periods from Diwali to New Year’s Eve.
How beautifully effective this very short and simple video has been! It goes to show that you don’t have to make a fancy video to attract attention and for it to go viral. I think it’s the content which is effective in this instance. You see the faces of these cats and dogs in …
In the UK, the pet owning community is petitioning Parliament to debate the reduction in the number of firework displays throughout the year to a maximum of four and the maximum permitted noise level of fireworks on public sale to be reduced from 120 dB (equivalent to a jet aircraft taking off at hundred …
