A Michael Broad Blog
There are two major aspects to children interacting with domestic cats which have a bearing upon the safety of the child. The first is whether the child has been trained to interact with a domestic cat properly and the second is the character and socialisation of the cat. It’s been said many times, so …
These two adorable young people are Skyler, age 10 and Alli, age 7. They live in Colorado and their work in trap-neuter-return (TNR) is ushering in the next generation of feral cat caregiving. I ran across their video and just had to share it with all of you. Mainly because the sight of a …
Cute no doubt. Super cute – yes. It is a lovely family scene. It sort of proves that humans and cats can enjoy playing the same game. That’s a thought. HERE ARE SOME ARTICLES ON CHILDREN AND CATS (THIS IS A SMALL RANDOM SELECTION FROM THIS SITE):
There is yet another report in online news media today about how teenagers can spend nine hours a day engrossed in online social media which can fuel depression and self-consciousness. Both depression and the very fact that teenagers spend such a long time on smartphones using social media websites is likely to negatively impact …
It is fair to say that in some homes, young children have not been told how to interact with the family cat and as a consequence the cat might have become stressed.
The words spoken by the boy are from Thomas Hobbes an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. SOME MORE ON KIDS AND CATS:
High school students in class at the Benjamin Banneker Academy at Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York, spotted a black cat stuck on the side barrier of a flyover section of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE). The time and date: Apr 5, 2019 at 2pm. It is not known how the cat got there but …
A mother and son in Missouri love animals so much they’re building shelters to help cats and other small animals stay warm. Once the community learned of the project they dropped off enough supplies to complete 30 shelters. Stephanie Lindquist-Johnson and her five-year-old son are using styrofoam coolers wrapped in trash bags and stuffed …
