Sadly, Scooter the cat just used up his 9th life. Just last week Guiness World Records officially announced Scooter, the 30-year-old Siamese from Mansfield, Texas as the oldest living cat. The senior kitty turned 30 years old on March 26. However, owner Gail Floyd of Mansfield, Texas, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Scooter had died in the Spring, before Guinness […]
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is affecting more than the city’s human residents. Flint’s pets are showing signs of lead contamination, too. The crisis began in 2014 when a state-appointed emergency manager switched city residents from Detroit water to Flint River water to save money. The corrosive water eventually caused lead to leach from old
Watch as the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Angels game was briefly delayed in the fourth inning on Thursday night because a cat sprinted onto the field: No one seems to know where the cat came from, but since stealing the spotlight it appears the feline will have a home. MLB.com’s Alden Gonzalez tweeted this update: I
Hill’s Pet Nutrition is voluntarily recalling specific manufacturing batches of the single serving cat food pouches identified by date codes listed below. Due to an error by an ingredient supplier, the products contain high levels of iron. Iron is an essential nutrient in a cat’s diet but too much iron may cause digestive upset, including
Guiness World Records has officially announced Scooter, the 30-year-old Siamese from Mansfield, Texas as the oldest living cat – crushing the record previously held by 26-year-old Corduroy from Oregon. Scooter was born on March 26, 1986, and lives with his human Gail Floyd, who has been by his side since the day he was born. According
The black cat that somehow found her way onto the ice during pre-game warmups for Game 1 of the San Jose Sharks v. Nashville Predators National Hockey League playoff game has become somewhat of a good luck charm to the Sharks, who ended up winning the game that night. While the team did turn the
As WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange reaches the fourth anniversary of his asylum at the Ecuadorean embassy in London. As a gift to keep him company, his children gave the infamous computer programmer a kitten. (Assange famously sought asylum in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden on rape charges and then to the United States for
It’s the news every cat lover who has followed the story of veterinarian Kristen Lindsey has wanted to hear for the last year. The Texas vet – who shamelessly shot a cat with a bow and arrow (now all but proven to be a neighbor’s cat named Tiger) and posted a photo, bragging about it on
A 911 call from North Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, reporting an injured cat in a yard ended up with the cat dead of a gunshot wound. A North Catasauqua policeman responded to the call and evaluated the situation. According to the Northampton District Attorney, the cop noted injuries to the cat’s hind legs and that she was
Cat lovers everywhere won’t soon forget the horrific incident last month when Jody Cothron, 39, entered the Brookhaven Animal Rescue League shelter and allegedly brutally beat one of the resident rescue cats, Tilly, with a stick. Tilly was beaten so badly that she died as a result of her injuries. Court clerk Kathy Allen said Cothron,
