wake up your cat, take a picture of it

Okay, so the person who requested these photos doesn’t like cats. And I question whether some of them are real. But Wake Up Your Cat has produced some amazing photos: It would be nearly impossible to do this with Jack since we are pretty sure he sleeps with his eyes open. I have never once [...]

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fuck yeah puppies!

My preference for older cats over baby kittens is well-documented. But when it comes to dogs, I love puppies. And that’s why I love Fuck Yeah Puppies. Sadly, Fuck Yeah Adult Cats doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

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kmart cat goes to good home

This is Boo Boo. He was found abandoned in a Kmart bathroom in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania. There was a note on top of his carrier from a girl named Elsie that said her family was moving and that she wasn’t allowed to take him, and that she thought Kmart would be a good place [...]

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the man to see if your pet swallows a pair of panties

This is Dr. Michael Pavletic, esteemed animal surgeon. He has: -removed a butcher knife from a dog’s stomach -reattached a cat’s face -reconstructed a gorilla’s finger He is awesome.

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RIP Socks

We’ll miss you.

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the fuzzkill: kitty killers

In the last installment of The Fuzzkill, I outlined the damage cats are currently doing to the earth’s only supply of pink iguanas. As if that weren’t bad enough, a conscientious WWW reader brought something even more disturbing to my attention. Britain’s Daily Mail recently published an article proving that every cat in existence is [...]

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cat alcoholics

Have you ever wondered what would happen if your cat had a little sip of wine or beer? According to New York Newsday, just a few small sips of alcohol for a cat (or dog) is equivalent to a full glass for a human. A veterinary toxicologist says, “If they overindulge, they may lose balance [...]

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now cats can detect cancer

Lionel Adams, of Calgary, Alberta, just had life-saving surgery to remove a cancerous mass in his left lung. This mass was found not by his doctor, but by his cat. Tiger, Adams’s eight-year-old cat, “would climb into bed and take his paw and drag it down my left side—he was adamant there was something there,” [...]

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cooper the cat: emerging photographer

You may remember Cooper the cat, whose owners strapped a small camera to his collar and let him loose in their neighborhood. Well now Cooper has achieved something many photographers dream of: his first solo show. “‘We never thought we’d have an artist that is an American Shorthair cat,’ said Kevin Law, owner of the [...]

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a site to hate

I was reading a perfectly pleasant article in Salon about cats on the internet when I came to a mention that intrigued/horrified me. You will also be intrigued/horrified by Kittens I’ve Killed. Stop needless internet violence against kittens! (but violence by kittens is still ok.)

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