A Michael Broad Blog
If it interests you, a radical mastectomy for cats cost around three grand. This would be in dollars or pounds and I am pretty sure that most European countries would charge something similar except for the Eastern European countries where it would be considerably cheaper. Would the standard be the same? A Twitter user: …
Novokuznetsk, Russia – news/opinion story: In freezing conditions, Dymka, a cat who actually looks like a blue British Shorthair but is probably a random bred cat, lost her legs, ear flaps and a good part of her tail to frostbite. It must have been hell. Parts of these appendages were left but they built …
When a lot of people feel that they have to cut bits off a cat to modify them it is one sign of the failure of cat domestication. It is a lack of acceptance. In two of the five cases the reasons are entirely practical but they are still signs that cat domestication is …
There are two nicely optimistic pictures of cats without their ear flaps on the internet both of which come from Facebook rescue organisations. They both lost their ear flaps (pinnae) because of infections and haematomas. I wondered how it had happened. Some quick research revealed the answer. Community cats are prone to getting ear …
An Atlanta orthopedic surgeon who had taken on the role of saving animals who would otherwise be euthanized has agreed not to operate on any more homeless animals. This is the heartwarming and now heartbreaking story of an amazing man and the work he took on to heal unwanted homeless pets so they could …
This is a cat story which bridges polarised attitudes and behaviours in relation to the domestic cat; on one side there is horrible abuse and on the other beautiful care. Benny (his new name) was seen initially at Long Beach Animal Care Services by a lady, Beverly Leifer, who was there to investigate animal …
In China they believe that having double-eyelids make their eyes look larger and more attractive. Every year 1 million young Chinese undergo the operation. It makes them happy and it is fashionable. They say the eyes look bigger and brighter. A woman cat owner living in east China decided to instruct a veterinarian to …
This is the end result of a left flank spaying operation which looks very untidy. The incision looks messy and so do the stitches. There are question marks about the quality of the veterinary care in this instance.
