It has been a harrowing couple of weeks for our pal Mitty. His best friend Stumpy, a known ladies’ man, goes and creates an online dating profile for Mittens. Sure, he knows Mitty has a longtime girlfriend, but he feels the need to intervene because “tuxedos need many girlfriends.” Speak for yourself, Stumpy. Mitty doesn’t have …
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in the May/June 2016 issue of Catster print magazine. Click here to subscribe to Catster magazine. Ragamuffins are so sweet, you just want to eat them up. That’s not quite how they got their name, but it sure could be. More of an endearing urchin than sorry creature in …
Japan really loves its cats. This makes managing stray overpopulation in ecologically vulnerable areas a challenge, at least if you believe it should be done in a way that doesn’t involve cruelty to animals. Other nations, including Australia and New Zealand, take a horrific and merciless approach with “culling” that often uses brutal tactics such …
Japan Saves Native Rabbits by Neutering Thousands of Cats Read More »
We recently adopted a cat from a no-kill, cage-free cat rescue group. Besides a nasty experience with the adoption manager (which I’ll write about soon), I came away with a number of concerns. I’ve volunteered for and adopted from a traditional animal shelter, and the thought of a cage-free rescue has always sounded alluring; however, …
Let’s Talk: Are Cage-Free Cat Shelters a Good Thing? Read More »
New trend alert: Are you up on the cat camouflage movement yet? Using the CamoCat hashtag, these kitties are making waves on the Internet by posing in pictures that blend their own cat selves with various backgrounds and surroundings. The results have been befuddling and bewildering to us simple-minded humans, leaving the felines of the …
Where’s the Kitty? I Don’t See the Kitty; It’s Cat Camouflage Read More »
