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,
Black cats are widely attached to superstitions and bad luck. And it’s no secret that hockey players are highly superstitious – especially during the playoffs! So you can imagine the horror when a black cat somehow wandered onto the ice and crossed directly in front of the home bench inside SAP Center before the San Jose Sharks
It’s a minivan, not a clown car! Two women in Sandy Springs, Georgia (just outside of Atlanta) were arrested after officials removed 38 cats from (what was described as) a filthy minivan. According to CBS46, four of the cats are too sick to be adopted, however, 34 are ready for adoption through Lifeline Animal Project.
A sadistic man in the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev has been arrested for animal cruelty after he was caught on video hanging a cat from a tree and using it as a punching bag. Animal rights activists were tipped off by 31-year-old Dmitry Kiyanitsa’s neighbors that he was abusing cats. However, in order to
Because of a vote by the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, LA is now the largest city to have a ban on the sale of cats, dogs, and rabbits acquired from commercial breeders. Under the new law, individuals can still buy animals from breeders if they want to, but retails shops cannot sell them – they
