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Putin’s troops force disabled woman in wheelchair clutching tortoiseshell cat to flee her home

April 10, 2022April 1, 2022 by Michael Broad

Picture of a disabled woman in her wheel chair holding her tortoiseshell cat having been forced from her home by Putin is shocking

This is a shocking photograph, which in many ways sums up what Putin is doing to the citizens of Ukraine. He is brutalising the most vulnerable. His troops are forcing people like this disabled woman in her wheelchair to flee her home while clutching her tortoiseshell cat. Her crutches are by her side and …

What sort of human personality does a domestic cat prefer?

January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 by Michael Broad

My cat snuggling up to me on my dressing gown

I want to try and get into the head of domestic cats and ask what sort of human personality type they prefer in a caregiver. There’s been quite a lot of discussion about the personality of a typical ‘cat person’. They are said to be “graceful, subtle, independent, intelligent, thoughtful and mysterious” in one …