A Michael Broad Blog
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way of curing cat hoarding? They take a pill and the years of collecting rubbish and cats is suddenly over. Science has not brought us to that utopian point which surprises me because science is very clever these days and cat hoarding is quite common. However, …
RADCLIFFE, GREATER MANCHESTER, UK – NEWS AND COMMENT: Suzanne Bennett, 48, has been described as being mentally ill with the ability to abuse alcohol to the point where she drank three bottles of wine and then stabbed the cat that she said she loved, Poppy, 10 times. She was charged and tried for her …
EDGEWATER, Florida, USA: The woman concerned, Amanda Goodwin, was caught red-handed trying to allegedly drown her cat in a water-filled culvert pipe and putting mud on her cat. Amanda Goodwin, herself was wet and covered in mud. There is no doubt that she was causing the cat great distress and when the witness talked …
This is the story of Mitch and Pamela who made a recent appearance on the Dr. Phil show. I wanted to write on it because this woman and her love of her 15 cats is WAY over the top. The article itself will be short since the YouTube video tells the story best. Pamela …
We need to discuss how a 12-year-old boy came to torture someone’s domestic cat because it isn’t the boy’s fault if he genuinely suffers from mental illness described by his father as: ADHD, bipolar, psychotic, and narcissistic. Some fault must be laid at the feet of the parents because the boy, Jonathan Trude, used …
I am not saying that a cat companion can solve all mental health problems. That would be a ridiculous claim and I am not even necessarily saying that a cat companion can solve any mental health problem. It is not about solving or curing mental health issues, in this instance. It is much more …
Should a mentally ill person be allowed to keep a cat? I don’t think that this question has been asked before. I think it is a reasonable question. But please don’t misunderstand me. A cat companion to a person who has mental health issues and who is perhaps vulnerable from a mental health standpoint, …
