We all would love to take our beloved kitties on vacation with us, but it’s usually not a viable option – especially if you’re traveling internationally, to a place like New Zealand that has fairly strict rules in place when it comes to crossing their borders with animals! Well, a Canadian woman just couldn’t bear to […]
A teenager found an early Christmas present under the tree last week. 17-year-old Danielle Lopez found her cat, Tink, curled up under the tree with a newborn kitten. Then, with her humans’ help, the cat named Tink gave birth to three more baby kittens. The Lopez family rescued Tink as a stray and nursed her back
Allie the cat went missing while her owner was on vacation – 11 years ago. “After she disappeared,” owner Karen Jarnecic told the Omaha World Herald, “I didn’t know if she was hit by a car or had died. I just hoped for the best.” That was, until she got a call last month from
The Catington Post and our sister site, The Dogington Post, teamed up with Halo Pets and award-winning author and talk radio host, Tracie Hotchner to bring readers a live, free, one-hour long webinar and Q & A all about holiday safety last holiday season, and the information here is just as important today as it
Veterinarians and public health expects became quite concerned when 45 cats at Animal Care and Control in Manhattan, New York, came down with a rare strain of the bird flu. Influenza A virus, known as low pathogenic avian influenza H7N2, has been identified in the 45 cats housed at the Manhattan shelter. While the virus
Several brands and Lot numbers of dry carpet cleaning powders, many marketed specifically to pet owners, have been recalled due to the risk of exposure to harmful bacteria. The 6 brands recalled include Arm & Hammer, Capture, Healthy Home, Oreck, Resista and Riccar brands, sold at Home Depot, Lowes, Menards, Oreck, Walmart and other specialty carpet
If you’ve been on Facebook this past week, you’ve probably seen this viral video called “Vengeance Meow” being shared among people who have cats. It’s even possible it gave you a smile, and that’s okay… it was meant to be funny! Don’t worry, we aren’t uptight – we get it. But we wanted to take
You’ve probably heard the old saying, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” Well, that definitely holds true when it comes to buying a purebred cat, and unfortunately some people are learning that lesson the hard way. While Sphynx cats are quite popular and not as rare as you’d think, they
Here’s a happy story amidst all the sad stories coming out of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. A cat that was lost and injured in the Gatlinburg wildfires has captured the hearts of veterinarians at the University of Tennessee Veterinary Medical Center, and is being reunited with his owner. The male orange tabby cat, named Topper, owned by Katrina Cannon, was lost
A New Jersey woman has been charged with animal cruelty after someone posted a video of her throwing a cat out of a third-story window on social media. Nineteen-year-old Tikeeman Lassiter of Clifton, NJ was arrested on Saturday and charged with animal cruelty in Newark. Authorities said a concerned citizen alerted them after seeing a video
