Month: February 2014
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I Was Supposed to Cover the Westminster Dog Show, But I Rescued a Kitten Instead
"It's pretty feral. You still want it?" asked the bodega owner who held the angry, screaming kitten against the snow with a gloved hand.
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5 Ways I Can Tell My Cats Have Been Up to No Good
They think they're pretty sneaky, but I see through their weak attempts at looking innocent.
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At Berks Animal Rescue League, Kids Read to Cats and Everyone Wins!
A sad fact of life is that some shelter cats are so scared and undersocialized that they just don’t get a chance at adoption. The cute ones, the kittens, the perky ones and the ones who purr are picked first, and the skittish ones are looked over. The Berks Animal Rescue League is changing that …
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I’m Sick of Having Cats Who Die Young from Serious Illness
Agnes had to be fine because I needed her to be fine, and if she wasn't fine I'd fall apart even more and that didn't seem possible.
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Lost Cat Was Living the Dream: 3 Years in a Pastry Factory
When a cat disappears, one logical conclusion is that a tragedy has occurred. Your beloved cat didn’t come home because it ate some rat poison, got hit by a car, or (as was most likely in my neighborhood as a child) got eaten by coyotes. The mind of a cat lover can invent the most …
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It Turns Out Cats Can See Way More Than We’d Thought
Research shows cats can see into the ultraviolet spectrum, which means they can see things we can't -- and might explain some odd behavior
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5 Parenting Lessons I’ve Learned From My Cats
All three of my cats are spayed or neutered, but they still have a lot of advice on being a parent.
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I Have a Cat Who Loves Snow; Do Yours Love or Hate Winter?
Rusty has fun in snow and plays with ice outside. How do yours react?
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Lil Bub Continues Her Mission of Love with Her Big Fund
The space-kitty's effort will help raise money to assist other special needs cats like her.