Month: July 2011
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We’re All the Same Breed
When I look at animals, I don’t see breeds or color or age. All I see is “cute.”
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Limited Recall: Purina ONE Vibrant Maturity 7+ Dry Cat Food
Nestle Purina PetCare Company (NPPC) issued a recall for a limited number of 3.5- and 7-pound bags of its Purina ONE Vibrant Maturity 7+ Dry Cat Food from a single production run and shipped to customers in 12 states in December 2010. This is being done because some bags of the product have been found …
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Join Us At BlogPaws! (Psst… Catsters Get a Discount!)
Are you going to the BlogPaws pet-blogging conference? Do you know what BlogPaws is? If not, you should! BlogPaws is a conference dedicated solely to pet lovers who blog and use social media to help pets or just to share their pets and make friends with other pet lovers. This will be the third BlogPaws, …
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KNN Extra! Cat Lovers, Help Put A Stop to Puppy Mills
I know this blog is supposed to be all about cat news, but to be totally honest, I love dogs, too–so when I have a chance to do something to help my dog friends, I’m all over it. A lot of us are familiar with the heartbreaking stories about puppy mills: the pups left unsocialized …
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‘Ottoman Cat’ Turning Into ‘Sofa Pillow Cat’
When Otto’s so-called caretakers brought him to the Clementon Animal Hospital this January, he weighed almost 36 pounds. They were going to have the poor cat euthanized because their foolishness had left him so morbidly obese he could barely stand. Between his obscene weight and the arthritis it had caused, Otto couldn’t even walk, let …
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Seymour’s Birthday Toy Drive for Shelter Pets
Seymour the cat was adopted from Angels of Assisi shelter when he was 10 years old. On August 17th, he is celebrating his first birthday of his new life, but he doesn’t want any presents for himself. He is asking people to give the shelter kitties toys instead, so they can have a little fun …
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Does Owning a Cat Make You Sexier?
In 2003, researchers at Charles University in Prague conducted a study funded by the Stanley Research Medical Institute in Bethesda, MD, which showed that domestic cats infected with the toxoplasma gondii parasite – the same parasite that’s the reason pregnant women are advised to stay away from the kitty litter box – can actually alter …
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She Fought the HOA and She Won: Cats To Stay in Falls Run
A Virginia woman has emerged victorious in her struggle for stray cats. Five months ago, Louise Ravert ran afoul of the homeowners’ association in Fall Run, the Virginia community where she lives, because she was providing food and shelter for homeless cats. This was an odd turn of events because the association had previously given …
