A Michael Broad Blog
The Times newspaper informs me that more than 300,000 acres of German farmland have been stripped of their grass and the landscape reduced to a lunar vision by a plague of mice. It is believed that the cause of the rapid multiplication and population growth of mice in the state of Lower Saxony originates …
Kleve, Germany near the Dutch border: The local firefighting service reported on Facebook that a man’s cat discovered an orange snake behind the fridge. He called the local firefighters for assistance and they took the snake to a veterinarian. Pictures The pictures are by the Kleve fire department. They are thumbnails. You can click …
Arguably other countries should follow Germany’s example in banning adoptions from animal shelters in the run-up to Christmas to stop unwanted dogs and cats being dumped after the holidays. Is this a good idea? I think it is but others might disagree (see poster below). We all know that some people buy pets at …
This is another brilliant example of the benefits of micro-chipping cats. Is also a little tale which highlights the mentality of the domestic cat because sometimes even in the best homes domestic cats who are allowed outside go wandering and don’t come back. This puzzles people. It is often not because of the cat’s …
The agriculture minister of Germany, Christian Schmidt, has declared that male cats who have not been neutered will not be allowed to leave the family home and roam free. What about unspayed females? I suppose the same rule applies. It appears that for the first time Germany has joined other countries such as New …
A short note to illustrate Germany’s attitude to the creation of cat breeds which they consider to be inherently unhealthy. They call it torture breeding or “Qualzucht”. The Associated Press very recently reported the case of a German court ordering a cat breeder to castrate (neuter) her cat because he doesn’t have whiskers. It …
Taz.de a German newspaper reports a snippet of cat news which surprised me. I have been unable to verify it on the Taz.de online newspaper because it’s in German, Google translation isn’t that good and I can’t find their article. They said that a shooting ban has been put in place for hunters in …
