Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in the May/June 2015 issue of Catster print magazine. Click here to subscribe to Catster magazine. Cat visits to the veterinarian have taken a free fall, plummeting about 30 percent over the past decade, according to studies by the American Veterinary Medical Association and its U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics …
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They survive leaps from great heights, can scale any obstacle in their path, and can even fly through the air with ease (as long as that air occupies the space between the kitchen countertops). My kitties, Ghost Cat and Specter, are like furry little superheroes to me. When they’re tossing each other off the cat …
Remember Walter J. Palmer, the American dentist who traveled to Zimbabwe in July and paid some $50,000 to kill Cecil the lion, a beloved big cat who was lured from a wildlife refuge by local guides? The uproar that killing caused put the trophy hunter in quite a quagmire. Palmer didn’t return to work until …
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I love a nice kitty snuggle, and my three cats are willing to oblige, but on their own terms. Really, would you expect anything else from our feline friends? Everything happens on their terms. And when they want a snuggle, they demand it. Cats’ demands are usually (always) difficult to ignore, so why fight them? …
“The first time I saw Pippin was in a video that my mom sent me,” says Kyle Byron, talking about the kitten he would soon adopt. “He was a little ball of fluff sitting in the middle of a living room, then he put his face down on the carpet and pushed himself forward with …
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