Many of us don’t think of Iran as having a thriving space program, but officials announced their plans to send a Persian cat into space by the end of their calendar year, which ends in March. After reportedly successfully sending a monkey, mice, worms and turtles in to space, Iran has a goal of sending […]
A certified pre-owned car sale, with no money down and zero percent financing is bound to bring out hordes of car shoppers. Well, taking this idea to a nobler cause, ASAP, the nonprofit organization which takes care of all of the cats at the Santa Barbara County Animal Shelter in Goleta, CA hosted its third
Proctor and Gamble, the makers of Iams brand cat foods, have issued a voluntary recall of certain lots of their dry cat food due to possible Salmonella contamination. In a press release from P&G today: The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has voluntarily recalled specific lots of dry pet food because they have the potential
Despite repeated efforts by cat owners in the United States to stop the import of all chicken jerky treats from China, a few companies have held firm that their products were completely safe and did not include trace amounts of unapproved antibiotics responsible for the massive chicken jerky recalls of 2012. One of those brands
After exhausting all search efforts, and turning up no trace of their missing cat, the Allen family of Lismore Heights, Australia, gave up hope of ever finding her. Now, more than two long years after her disappearance, Miffy is back home where she belongs. About two and a half years ago, the family moved from
You just never know how far a joke can go, but for the owner of Refurb, the three-legged cat, it ended up netting over $900 in donations. Refurb, who lost one of her legs when injured by a horse, was cared for and treated by the Animal Humane Society in Minnesota. She was then adopted
We occasionally hear of animals being cared for by an animal of another species, but this is rather uncommon for cats according to Lizzie Goldstraw, a veterinarian from Liverpool, who commented on the matter during a BBC video interview. The topic of the interview was a Siamese cat, named Coco, who had just given birth
It seems our nation’s obesity epidemic doesn’t just affect humans! Buddha the cat has been ordered to get in shape, or risk his health. Buddha weighs in at a staggering 31-pounds! That’s more than twice the average weight of most cats. Because Buddha was rescued from Metro Animal Control in Tennessee, his new caretakers, owners
