A Michael Broad Blog
There has been a surge in podcasts online. It’s a trend but I tend to shun them. I prefer the written word because I can scan the page looking for answers. I can skim across the article and pick out the relevant bits that I want to read about. You can’t do that in …
This is a brilliant podcast from Ruth in which she expresses her thoughts about domestic cats and the coronavirus pandemic. She gives us her Message from America. It is wide ranging and above all positive. Ruth takes the positives from this horrible pandemic and the very strange times we are living through. I love …
Ruth describes how she enjoys interacting with her cat, Monty, and letting him be himself and make his own decisions. She learned to get used to Monty being Monty. It is about people fitting in with their cat’s behavior. She also talks about the responsibilities of caring for a cat companion. Ruth enjoys accomodating …
This is Ruth’s second podcast from Wisconsin, USA. She provides insights into cat guardianship (aka ownership) in a country which has the world’s largest number of domestic cats and cat lovers. It is a very full and quite detailed personal account of why Ruth rejected declawing and learned about the complications of the operation …
I have just spent a very pleasant hour with a lady, Jan, who I meet regularly at the local gym. She lives about 15 minutes walk from my home. She is a teacher and she lives in a nice, leafy, enclave in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey with her husband and her cat, Merlin. Merlin is a …
This is an interesting audio recording on the thoughts and ideas of a British couple, Barry and Kammy, on their relationship with their cat, Piedie, and on cat ownership in general. Piedie is a very sweet tortoiseshell cat. She is about 7-years-of-age. The recording also touches on the relationship between domestic cats and people …
I feel that decisions regarding the management of feral cats must be ethical. This is the starting point and the foundation for all decisions regarding feral cats. It is something which is rarely clearly stated by local governments when deciding what to do about feral cats. This is a test podcast. I’ll be doing …
