A Michael Broad Blog
Pans Truls (Pan’s Truls) is the original Norwegian Forest (NFC) tomcat from which the breed standard was written, and it still applies today. This is the original and the guiding light of the entire breed. An important cat. I find it interesting. It is the first time that I have seen a photograph of …
Freya is part of Viking history and a Norse goddess of war, love and sex. She was one of the most beautiful women in the cosmos with her blue-eyes and blonde hair. She travelled in a chariot drawn through the heavens by a pair of magnificent cats. Why were cats pulling her chariot? These …
On social media they are called ‘Three Maine Coon girls from Norway’. Their names are: Tiara, Luna & Lizzie. Here are five photographs from their Instagram page. I don’t know the names of the cats on this page and I am not even sure I have all three here! I selected the photos based …
You can’t be anything other than impressed by what I have decided is a boarding cattery in Norway. It looks so beautiful and friendly. In the video the cats are being let out so they can spend time in the ‘common room’. Brilliant. In the past I have used British boarding catteries and they …
An online website reports that a study carried out by Animal Protection Norway has found that between 70% and 80% of stray cats in the Hadeland region of the country have tested positive for FIV. The Hadeland region represents about 5% of the landmass of Norway but 15% of the farmland. It is situated …
