Meet Alexi; she doesn’t have much time left at the shelter because she was surrendered, and she’s also a senior. On Monday, the owner of 18-year-old Alexi and Sheba, a nine-year-old German shepherd, were unceremoniously dumped off at the City of Long Beach Animal Care Services because they were “too …
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Domestic Violence Shelter in Iowa to Welcome the Pets of Victims
IOWA CITY, IOWA — The Domestic Violence Intervention Program’s domestic abuse shelter is going to the dogs — in the best way humanely possible. On Wednesday, DVIP announced that the Cooper’s House program, which will soon see the shelter add dog kennels and a cat haven, allowing clients to bring …
Read More »Telekitty: The First App That Can Read a Cat’s Mind … Sort of.
Hey Human, We heard you like cats. We noticed these cute little animals popping up in our timelines. Sweet! We do find it a bit awkward that you, humans, keep on guessing what these superior mamals are thinking in the comments sections of our timelines. After years of *cough* scientific …
Read More »Adult Male Cat Becomes Surrogate Papa to An Adorable, Orphaned Kitty!
A wee one of an orphaned kitty who had lost his birth mom found a new kind of mom … an adult male ginger cat who was more than willing to be a proud, new papa! This is a photo of the kitty taken the day he was rescued … …
Read More »How to Keep Your Pets, Your Home and Yourself Safe From Poisonous Snakes
CAMPBELLTOWN, AUSTRALIA - She is used to helping lost, found and injured pets but Jody Scott recently got the shock of her life when an eastern brown snake just appeared in her backyard just yesterday. The Ruse resident, who is the administrator of the Campbelltown Lost Found and Injured Pets …
Read More »Missing Ginger Cat Found, But Just How He Was Found is Mind-Blowing!
UNITED KINGDOM - The mysterious reappearance of a missing ginger cat came soon after its Corby owners heard it purring when they answered a Facebook advertisement for firewood. Eight-year-old Dookie went missing from his home in Studfall Avenue just about five weeks ago. The gorgeous tom cat, who is well-known …
Read More »New Game App For Cat Lovers: Being a Cat Nanny at “Cat Hotel”
If you love cats, then you will likely love this game. It’s a CatHotel or a Cattery, where you must take care of cats while their owners are on vacation, out of town, etc. The description for CatHotel reads goes like this: “Mrs. Miller has to go on an urgent …
Read More »How the World Came Together to Help a ” Pub Kitten” Receive a Life-saving Medical Procedure!
TWICKENHAM, ENGLAND - This black and white feisty feline, Alice, who lives in The Sussex Arms in Twickenham, south west London, had suffered a fractured back leg and broken pelvis following a possible collision with a car or a scrap with a wild animal outside. Prior to the appeal, staff …
Read More »Cat Cafes Now Booming in Czech Republic
Nox sniffs curiously at a cup of creamy Vienna coffee and a dish of chocolate cake. He then leaps off the table and lands right in the lap of a young woman, an afternoon visitor to Prague’s oldest cat cafe. The jet-black cat is just one of eight that Kockafe …
Read More »HELP WANTED: “Kitten Cuddlers” Wanted in Miami!
MIAMI, FLORIDA - In what just might be the most desirable occupation ever, Miami-Dade County Animal Services says it’s in dire need of kitten cuddlers to snuggle with and feed newborn kittens. MDAS said it is seeing a sharp influx of very young kittens in the spring, and these animals …
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