A Michael Broad Blog
At the date of this post, Egyptian egyptologists are ecstatic at the recent discovery of a cache of 75 wooden and bronze statues and five lion cub mummies at the Saqqara necropolis near the famous Giza pyramids in Cairo. They were found at the foot of the Bastet Temple where cats were worshipped in …
Philippines: Cats and dogs were among the animals blessed by a priest with holy water sprinkled with great generosity outside a shopping centre in Quezon City to mark the festival of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and World Animal Day. The priest sprinkled holy water on more than 100 pets some …
This would be a great manger cat Furby has his version of the M mark (photo added by Michael) There are a lot of nativity scenes in my area this time of year celebrating the birth of Jesus. However, none of them are completely accurate if this story is to be believed. Today I’d …
Someone asked, ‘Is my cat an atheist?’. The answer must be No and Yes. Your cat has no concept of gods and religion, consequently the word ‘atheist’ is meaningless to him. Therefore it can’t be applied to a cat which means he can’t be an atheist because an atheist is a person who understands …
Animal advocates in southern Utah have stumped up a $7k reward to find out who is shooting at cats and dogs in the area. The area is Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona places were you’ll find the crumbling remains of the polygamous, fundamentalist Mormon community. This isolated community, living in a bygone age, …
Ignorance is at the heart of animal abuse. Rank ignorance. No education, no awareness. Where’s the enlightenment? These people are in the dark. It is time to see real progress in animal welfare. For too long educated people have put up with animal abuse by the uneducated of the world. The world needs to …
Christianity is behind the hatred of cats in the Middle Ages supported by the independence of the cat making them outsiders akin to atheists and all this was supported by papal bulls from three popes who were cat haters.
It is not haram to have a cat. Domestic cats are considered pure. This applies to what is in their mouth because Muslims are allowed to eat the food and drink the water that has been eaten and drunk by a cat.
