A Michael Broad Blog
This is New York, the home of Bodega cats. Bodega cats are community cats who live in delicatessen and general stores in New York. They are cared for by the community and perhaps a particular shopkeeper. In this example a Bodega cat by the name of Lexi, a female tabby-and-white, lived in and around …
This is a story about an autistic boy’s love for a young cat, the theft of that cat and the intriguing question of whether a theft took place…. Jonathans’s love for Luna Ismael Diaz’s autistic son, Jonathan, loves their shop’s cat, Luna. Jonathan’s family run a deli in the Bronx, NY and you might …
John Cincotta is a railway worker in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, USA. For the past 10 years he has been caring for feral cats at the train yard where he works. He currently cares for 10 cats in the age range 3 to 12 years. He has spayed and neutered over 100 cats. …
The question in the title, asked on the Internet, must refer to both New York City and the State of New York. The answer is that only under certain very restrictive conditions is it legal to shoot feral cats in either the state or the city of New York. I discuss it in detail …
A judge has handed down sentencing to a violent animal abuser. Ultimately this is a happy ending story and I like stories which end happily. Richmond County District Attorney Michael E McMahon declared that Tryike Richardson has been handed down a jail sentence of 15 months. You may remember that he tortured his neighbour’s …
Lyons, NY state: This happens sometimes. A cat is lost. The cat is not microchipped so there is no identification as to the owner. Two months later the cat turns up at a cat shelter. The shelter, under New York law, hold the cat for five days and then they adopt out the cat …
Kerrin Conklin was the Executive Director for the Central New York SPCA. She was fired summarily (without notice for what must have been gross misconduct) after five months in the job because she decided to authorise the euthanasia of 14 cats that had been exposed to ringworm. Apparently one cat had contracted ringworm. Then, …
Six years ago New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene banned cats from a famous pub, McSorley’s Old Ale House, and guess what? The pub got shut down very recently because there were signs of rat activity in the basement. McSorley’s dates back to 1854. It is one East Village’s ancient, famous eating …
