When news broke that Grumpy Cat was to star in her own movie, it was greeted with a sensible degree of cynicism — we even mused on whether the whole thing was a ruse. Now though it looks like the flick is shaping up just fine indeed, with the announcement that Aubrey Plaza, the actress …
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Last week, we reported on the plight of Draven Rodriguez, an optimistic 16-year-old student who tried to appear in his senior yearbook photo with his cat, Mr. Bigglesworth. Well, it turns out that his principal at Schenectady High School in New York has finally quashed his dream and decreed that the following photo will not …
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I have often written about the danger of allowing pink-skinned cats outside. Now I can show you why. These are the ears of a young flamepoint Siamese I pulled from a vineyard in Los Alamos, California, a few weeks ago during a marathon trap-neuter-return job. This very sweet female was estimated to be only about …
Let’s face it: Kittens are adorable. I could sit in front of a computer and watch kitten videos all day long — I’ve probably come pretty close a time or two. You may commit a few hours to watching silly kittens on YouTube, but the commitment is considerably more serious when you decide to bring …
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Last week, readers of financial magazines were shocked to find out that despite "the bull market on the stock exchange, which is more than 2,000 days old," a lot more Americans own cats than own stock. That’s right: 14 percent of U.S. families own stocks, while 30 percent live with cats. I’ve always been cynical …
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The most frequently asked questions I see about hairless cats online have to do with their cost or with their supposedly hypoallergenic qualities. These questions are usually variations on: “How much are hairless cats?” or “Are hairless cats hypoallergenic?” Not to put too fine a point on it, but when it comes to hairless cats, …
Hairless Cats: Facts About Special Cats With Special Needs Read More »
I love watching my cats as they’re making their way to Snoozeville. You know, kitties like to think of themselves as dignified creatures, tidy and proper in every way. When they’re drifting off and midway between states of awake and asleep, they sometimes lose that sense of dignity and engage in weird cat behavior — …
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