Bringing your cat to the beach can be a social nightmare, with the normal rules about taking your favorite feline out in public no longer seeming to applying once summer hits its peak. But never fear! Here’s a handy Instagram-sourced roundup of experienced beach kitties, which you can call on to guide you through the …
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Some great news is coming out of Philadelphia this summer: Cat euthanasia rates have plummeted from where they were at this time last year. Sue Cosby, executive director of Philadelphia’s Animal Care and Control Team, told newsworks.com that euthanasia rates for kittens are down 72 percent and the overall euthanasia rate for cats is half …
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We have a couple of bird feeders hanging from a post on our back deck. My cats sit at the patio door for hours watching birdies of all sorts come and go. We like to call it “Bird TV.” Although they love checking out the feathered set, sometimes I observe birds staring back at them. …
Some cats seem to be more in tune with certain things than other cats. Do you have a cat that you’d call an “old soul”? I do. Granted, I seem to take the simplest joy in almost anything, and I attach meaning to stuff that a lot of people wouldn’t consider important or wouldn’t notice. …
As the owner of a couple of awesome Sphynx cats, I get asked all the time, “Do you let your hairless cats go outside?” It certainly is rare to come across one of these nudists hanging around a back alley or chasing mice in a field, because members of the breed should not be spending long …
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The nightmare goes like this: I’m on a catwalk, on an aircraft carrier. (I’m a Navy brat. I grew up visiting aircraft carriers. It’s not weird for me to dream about them.) I’m climbing up narrow, fire-escape-like stairs, hanging off the side of the tall, gray structure that towers over the flight deck. It’s a …
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