A Michael Broad Blog
Some influential celebrities like to dress up their cat companion. They do it for personal reasons unconnected with the welfare of their cat (possible exception: the hairless cats). Essentially it looks interesting and is fun to do. The trend has prompted criticism from cat behaviourists and health professionals including the well-known cat charity Cats …
On her Instagram pages, Taylor Swift has signed off as a “childless cat lady” in taking the mickey out of J.D. Vance who denigrated both independent ladies living with cats and the cats themselves when he described them as being unhappy. There was an avalanche of criticism and he’s not recovered despite backtracking considerably …
One of the most notable cases of a woman undergoing plastic surgery (PS) to adopt a cat-like appearance is that of Jocelyn Wildenstein. She is a Swiss socialite known for her extensive cosmetic surgeries, which have resulted in a look that has been described as feline. Wildenstein has reportedly undergone procedures such as canthopexy …
The world of social media advertising is changing dramatically. Artificial intelligence is seeing to that. AI computer programs can now create hyper-realistic virtual influencers and you won’t know the difference between them and the real thing. As you can imagine, the army of genuine human social media influencers, particularly on TikTok, are very worried …
Stepan in a remarkable cat in many ways. He appears to be a very passive, well-behaved tabby cat. He is completely normal and standard looking in terms of his appearance but his background, his history and his past lifestyle is far from normal. He comes from Kharkiv, Ukraine and that city was heavily shelled …
NEWS AND COMMENT: This story illustrates how brands rapidly distance themselves from any partner with whom they work who’s been involved in animal abuse. And it doesn’t seem to matter whether it happened many years ago when the person was very young. Animal abuse is a no-no for businesses who use Instagram influencers to …
This makes slightly uncomfortable viewing if you are genuinely concerned about animal AND infant welfare. Tammy Hembrow has received a lot of negative publicity through mainstream online news media such as the Daily Mail because she allowed her nine-month-old daughter Posy to crawl over, in an uncomfortable way, the family’s Ragdoll cat, Bubbles. …
Celebrity: a famous person, especially in entertainment or sport. They have the platform and opportunities to speak out for those sentient beings who don’t have a voice. Voiceless: animals come to mind and my pet subject (excuse the pun). There are other voiceless including many humans. Joaquin Phoenix is a brilliant actor. He won …
