A Michael Broad Blog
The United States of America’s House of Representatives (“The House”) has issued a non-binding resolution urging other nations to end the cat and dog meat trade. The countries The resolution asks the governments of India, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea and China to ban the consumption of feral, stray and …
This is a not unfamiliar battle between business and cat colony caretakers. It concerns a housing cooperative which wanted to develop land on which the cat colony lived. The feral cats are well managed and the colony is authorised by the local authorities. The housing cooperative dismantled cat shelters in a revenge attack as their plans were thwarted.
A Georgia cat who took a 2,400-mile road trip is hoping to be reunited with his family in time for Christmas. Several months ago Kitty Bitty disappeared from his home in Pooler, Georgia (USA). Teresa Cameron thought the family cat was gone forever until she received a call lasts week saying Kitty Bitty was …
Cluck, now a month old, was born without an anus. Kitty Bungalow Charm School for Wayward Cats and Sharon Williams went to crowdfunding online to raise money for an operation to resolve Cluck’s imperforate anus. I love the generosity of cat and animal lovers. Over $10,000 has been raised from 279 donations. That must …
Elisa wrote about it: three fires set by arsonists destroying an outdoor animal shelter in Philadelphia. The response is impressive: within three days the public have raised $22,000 through crowdfunding to rebuild. It seems to me that there is more good than bad in this story. Stray Cat Relief Fun, a non-profit managed this …
Hong Kong: Porsche is a shop cat. She lives in a pharmacy in Hong Kong. She is a tabby cat as you can see. It’s not clear what happened but a five-year-old boy suffered a 5 mm scratch behind his ear. He was in the shop with his mother. CCTV footage did not provide …
A laid-back cat at the Wellington District Police Department in New Zealand has attained global fame after her owner posted a video on the PD’s Facebook page. To date, the video has been viewed 870,000 times and has 6,300 comments. Constable Kerry Morrell and his cat Tia work in the crime office. Tia enjoys …
This is the happy ending story of five kittens in the Orlando, Florida area who tested FIV+ when they were eight weeks old. Thanks to Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando and foster mom Lisa Krakosky, all have been adopted! These little guys (and one little girl) were available through the Pet Alliance of Greater …
