The Internet Cat Video Festival, which drew some 10,000 people during its first year in 2012 at a Minneapolis art museum, is getting a new home. The Walker Art Center told the StarTribune that it will no longer host the event, and that it’s giving much of the memorabilia to the Minnesota Historical Society. Soon …
UPDATE: Yes, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is giving up the Internet Cat Video Festival, but just after that announcement came word that CatCon, the annual convention billed as “like Comic-Con … for cat people,” is working with Will Braden, producer and curator of the video festival and the man behind Henri Le Chat …
The Week in Weird Cat News: Cats With Accents, in Art Museums, and on Your Phone Read More »
It’s Friday, so that means we gather ’round for our weekly lesson in Fanglish cat slang, an underground lexicon used by our cats when we’re not around. We always come together secretly, though, because our kitties can never become wise to our knowledge of their slang. They must believe they’re always several steps ahead of …
Cats: They’re naturally flexible, capable of “meditating” (read: napping) for hours on end, and able to heighten any Zen-like state with the calming rumble of a purr. They seemingly were born to practice yoga. It doesn’t hurt that they can effortlessly put their feet behind their heads, either. Last June, Jeanette Skaluba, yogi and volunteer …
Yoga With Cats? This Could Be the Best Thing Ever Read More »
Attention-seeking has risen to a new level among my cats. Until the adoption of Zorro, the suspected Ragdoll that we rescued in 2014, I’ve never had a cat whose personality came close to what Ragdolls are known for — a near-constant need for attention. I spend a lot of time with all my cats, but …
The relationships cats have with household members — feline, canine, and human — can affect litter box usage. Peaceful coexistence or tumultuous fighting can influence cats to have either perfect litter box habits or to eliminate on sofas, beds, or in other troubling spots. When people go to the bathroom it’s for one obvious reason. …
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