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 …
Read More »Nebraska Police Use Bulletproof Shield and Red Laser Dot to Coax Cat Out of Tree
LA VISTA, NEBRASKA — Police in Nebraska shared photos of a few officers using a bulletproof shield and a cat’s love of the red dot to lure the feline down from a tree. Officer TJ Markowsky of the La Vista Police Department said in a Twitter post that he and …
Read More »UPDATE: Cat Scalded With Boiling Water Back in February, Finally Gets Some Good News …
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - Nearly two months after a disturbing video surfaced showing a man scalding a cat with a pot of boiling water, that same cat has found a happy new home. A video posted on Facebook in early February showed a young man coaxing a cat toward him before …
Read More »Cat, Near Death, Receives Life-saving, “Innovative” Procedure!
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, UK - A cat who had life-threatening breathing problems has been saved by vets using a stent to open its windpipe, in what was described as an “innovative” operation. Alan, who is a 10-year-old Burmese from Skipton, was fitted with the tube by vet surgeons in Cambridgeshire. Using a …
Read More »Firefighters Save the Day Again. This Time in Erie, Pennsylvania!
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA - The fire was first reported as a kitchen fire at an apartment located in the 100 block of East 30th street. Firefighters were met with plumes of smoke when they pulled up. Flames managed to get into the wall and spread to the attic. All of the …
Read More »RSPCA Wrongly Acted When It Seized and Destroyed Family Pet Cat. Official Report Concludes …
UNITED KINGDOM - Claude, a 16-year-old cat, was taken away from the Byrnes family and put to sleep against their wishes by the animal welfare charity The RSPCA has since been accused of acting unlawfully after seizing a family’s pet cat - which was then put down against the owners’ …
Read More »Disabled Woman in New York Fighting Condo’s “One-cat-only” Rule!
The fur sure is flying at a Long Island condo complex where a disabled woman faces nearly $11,000 in fines for keeping two cats instead of only one — even though the manager there has personally cared for these particular cats. Elizabeth Colaianni said she brought the tuxedo-pattern kitties with …
Read More »Cat Trapped in Car Bumper Survives 8-mile Ride Through San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - A cat was recently reunited with its owner following a harrowing 8-mile journey in which the feline was trapped in a vehicle’s bumper, traveling just inches from off the roadway in San Diego County. The 5-year-old lynx point Siamese cat had somehow crawled inside the front …
Read More »Cat Survives Being Trapped Between 2 Buildings For Hours!
RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - A cat fell about 15 feet and suddenly found herself stuck between two buildings before police and firefighters managed to free the trapped feline in an hours-long rescue early Tuesday. The cat, whose name is Luna, apparently left from a kitchen window onto an apartment roof, …
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