A Michael Broad Blog
I’ve noticed that there have been some visitors to my pages on Strushie the Cat, which prompted me to look up the Facebook page on which a campaign was tirelessly run for justice. Strushie was a Miami Beach cat killed by an arrow from a crossbow. The arrow was fired by a paid assassin, …
TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA, USA. NEWS AND COMMENT: This is an interesting story about the positive effects of TNR in a Florida community but at the same time also highlighting the diverging viewpoints of residents of the community about the presence of feral cats. As usual, you could divide Americans into two camps with respect …
Background “Black panthers” normally refers to melanistic leopards. These are leopards that are born black (dark charcoal) because of a genetic mutation. They are called melanistic leopards. I’m referring to the common leopard. Although the term “black panther” can also refer to other big cats black pumas or jaguars. The black jaguar is frequently …
Dr John Bradshaw in his book Cat Sense writes that some veterinary surgeons who are involved in managing the welfare of feral cats by neutering and vaccinating them and then returning them to their original territory (under TNR programmes), have come under attack by other veterinarians. Some experts argue that this practice constitutes the …
What sort of person could throw away kittens with the garbage? I discuss their mentality.
This is an interesting snippet of cat news from Miami-Dade County in Florida, USA. Click Orlando.com reports that Florida officials will pay residents $15 if they trap stray or feral cats weighing at least 3 pounds and take them to the Pet Adoption and Protection Center1 to be vaccinated, sterilised and ear-tipped. They must …
Port Orange, Florida: The mayor says that city funded TNR in Port Orange, which started in 2012, is not working while those involved in it say it is and neighbouring TNR programs in Deltona and Daytona Beach are successful and chugging along. “We’re spending a lot of money with a program that has some …
This is a story about careless dog ownership or worse. The video explains it all but I have to add some words to please Google. In this instance a dog owner (believed by me based on the video to be Alan Baughman) has allegedly allowed his dogs to roam freely around the neighbourhood in …
