While balancing stuff on cats is pretty much yesterday’s news (ever heard of stuffonmycat.com?), this is the first time we’ve seen anyone balance a bunch of random stuff on a cat’s toes! From RocketNews24: These pictures were uploaded by Kitty’s Malaysian owner to the Chinese microblogging site Weibo. While some of these items look so precariously balanced […]
Willie Ortiz has dedicated his life to caring for the stray cats in Hartford, Connecticut. Last year a friend helped him set up a GoFund me account to help pay for their care. When it went viral on Reddit, he raised more money than he could have ever imagined! [playbuzz-item url=”//www.playbuzz.com/scroogemacduck10/this-75-year-old-man-raised-28-000-to-care-for-stray-cats-in-hartford-connecticut”]
Most people don’t think about the hundreds of thousands of domesticated animals who are the innocent victims of war. This is the story of Baris, one lucky kitty who made it out of war-torn Syria thanks to the help of a Turkish soldier. [playbuzz-item url=”//www.playbuzz.com/scroogemacduck10/meet-the-peace-cat-who-was-rescued-from-syria-and-now-lives-in-an-istanbul-publishing-house”]
Around the world, there are cats earning their keep. Some are mousers, like Princess, a black cat who works at Mill Ridge Farm’s stables. Some are circus performers, like Tuna and her furry friends in The Amazing Acro-Cats. And some are even politicians, like Mayor Stubbs, an orange tabby who holds office in Talkeetna, Alaska.
One fearless feline isn’t afraid to use one of his nine lives. Police in Texas are warning residents about the dangers of rattlesnakes – and getting their point across rather well with the help of a viral photo that shows a huge rattlesnake facing off against and abnormally calm looking cat: The Laguna Vista Police
Certain bottles of the anti-convulsant, anti-seizure medication, Phenobarbital, manufactured by C.O. Truxton, Inc., are being recalled after bottles containing 30mg tablets were mislabeled as 15mg, posing a serious risk of overdose to cats and dogs taking the prescribed medication. This mislabeled product could expose the consumer or their pet(s) to potential overdosing that can cause
It seems we’re always reporting about firefighters saving cats. One mama cat must’ve known a fire engine was a safe place to give birth to her litter of kittens, because that’s where Indianapolis firefighters found three newborn kittens – two boys and a girl – after they heard meowing coming from the back of engine 35.
Someone put the cat in the bag. While getting cats out of the shelter and into homes is always the goal, this isn’t exactly the way it should be done… The NYPD is looking for the woman who stuffed a Persian kitty in her purse at the Harlem Animal Care and Control Center shelter on East
You’re probably familiar with the story of the heroic “Cat Man of Aleppo,” Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel, who has been caring for the stray and lost cats in war-torn Syria. Back in November, we reported that his sanctuary in Aleppo had been ravaged by bombs, killing some of the cats and a dog. Sadly, the sanctuary was
Shelter kitties at the Etobicoke Humane Society in Etobicoke, Canada, will be napping in style thanks to a donation of 10 doll beds and $300 from Ikea! A video posted on YouTube (which now has over 50,000 views!) shows shelter workers constructing the beds and the cats checking them out: Rebecca Gordon, social media manager at
