If you’ve been anywhere near the internet lately, you’ve seen someone doing the Mannequin Challenge. But just in case you’ve missed it, it’s a viral Internet video trend where people remain frozen in action like mannequins while a video is recorded. It is believed that the phenomenon was started by students in Jacksonville, Florida on October 12, 2016. […]
True ‘cat people’ are all guilty of the same thing. We stop and take notice of every cat we see when we’re away from home. That kitty that darts across the street, the one that is lazily lounging on a stoop at the same time every day, and even the neighbor’s cats who pop their faces through bent mini-blinds
It’s easy to see the humor in everyday life with cats – those no-care attitudes, their silly antics, and their bad habits are all worthy of a laugh and, thanks to cartoonist (and obvious cat lover) Scott Metzger, we’re laughing our heads off! All of his cartoons are a riot, but no one does cat cartoons (cat-toons?) like Scott. That’s
Well, here’s a paw-some story! Leopard, a 6-year-old Shar-Pei at Cuyahoga County Animal Shelter in Ohio, who is recovering from a cancerous tumor, was out for a walk with a volunteer when she laid down on a sewer grate and refused to move. “Upon closer inspection the volunteer noticed a young grey cat stuck in the sewer,”
The Syrian city of Aleppo is one of the most dangerous places to be living in right now. And, while many of its residents have left their homes to escape the war, one man has remained behind to care for the city’s hundreds of abandoned and stray cats. Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel, “The Cat Man of Aleppo,” started a sanctuary
A recall has been issued after flea and tick treatments for dogs – containing permethrin – were distributed in packaging labelled as flea drops for cats. Even slight exposure to permethrin can be fatal to cats. Armitage Pet Care Flea and Tick Drops for Dogs 702 mg spot-on solution (Vm 20205/4003) Armitage Flea Drops for
New Jersey is on its way to becoming the first state in the country to ban veterinarians from declawing cats. Onychetomy is the medical term for declawing. To be clear, The Catington Post is a strong advocate against declawing. It’s a painful amputation of a cat’s knuckles – not simply removing claws, as many people still
More than a ten years ago, Utah high school art teacher Patrick Eddington embarked on an ambitious project in which he asked famous artists and writers to create original artworks of cats. He planned to exhibit all the paintings and drawings he collected, and to eventually publish them in a book. Eddington, known by friends as “Pat the Cat,”
“Meow” in English, “Miau” in German, “Miao” in Italian, “Mjau” in Swedish… Swedish scientists are about to start investigating whether cats in different parts of the country have different meows. Phoenetics researcher Susanne Schötz from Lund University in Sweden, is collecting samples of sounds made by cats from Lund, in Sweden’s far south, and Stockholm, almost 400
Usually it’s the dog that has a problem with the postman..but in this case, it’s the cat! A UK couple, Matthew Sampson and Laura Lowe, face having mail deliveries suspended because their cat violently snatches letters from the mail carrier every time he tries to push them through the mail slot in the door. 4-year-old black
