A Michael Broad Blog
Six flat-faced Persian cats arrived at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in one week because they required medical treatment for issues relating to the fact that they have been selectively bred in an extreme manner causing an unnaturally flat face. I would like to make this point first. It’s about time someone in authority …
I realise that I am hammering away at the same old problem but we have to because change is needed and it’s not happening. I feel sorry for the cat of course. The coat is far too long for the cat to maintain. It requires human intervention regularly. The coat on this particular modern …
New regulations for England prohibit the breeding of dogs with inherited health problems which exist because of the breeding process. However, there is no mention of extreme cat breeding in these regulations which is disappointing as the Persian has been selectively bred to extreme for years causing breathing problems. The regulations are very welcome …
On the advice of the American Humane Society, United Airlines have decided to ban purebred cats and dogs with shortened faces traveling in the hold. In my view this is because they have poor breathing. They are more likely to suffer health issues when traveling due to the stress of it. Persians, too, can …
The first photo will make you scratch your head trying to decide what it is and what’s going on. This is a story reported by The Arrow Fund yesterday. The Arrow Fund provides medical treatment to animals in Kentucky who have been the victims of torture or extreme forms of abuse and neglect. This …
The cat mannequin challenge or the frozen Persian cat who looks stuffed. Bizarre comes to mind. The person who made the video shouldn’t be too to proud about it if she/he is the cat’s owner. Okay, it is a question of taste when it comes to putting clothes on cats. But this is a …
The breeders of what is called the flat-faced Persian, ultra Persian, punch face Persian (India), smushed Persian etc. got a bit mixed up way back in the 1950s when they decided to transform the face of the sweet traditional Persian, called the doll-face Persian to something more appropriate for the modern age, something less …
Cat in Pakistan. Tabby and White seem to be the most common of all feral cat coats. Photo by Monazza Talha The persecuted animals in Pakistan find themselves in a country where animal welfare is said to be an “alien concept”1. Where there is a lack of properly enforced human rights there is little …
