Catfish Catch?

Brett Hereford made an unexpected catch in a Montana lake recently.  While fishing, he and his family noticed something swimming in the middle of the lake. When they got closer, they noticed an animal struggling to survive.  What they caught was a Bobcat. Check out the article and video on dodo.com.  Wow! What a catch and release this was!

Cats Know Their Names (Duh!)

There are animal critics who say cats are so independent that they don't socialize like dogs and they don't know their names when called.  I've owned cats my whole life, and believe me, they DO know their names, they are social and they are very smart, albeit sneaky, conniving, mischievous and plan-worthy.  This recent article on flipboard.com highlights a study that was done that backs these comments.  Check out the full article. 

Grandpa Mason

Grandpa Mason, a Canadian feral cat, loved kittens.  He took care of them, trained them, cleaned them and played with them. When his owners thought his feral behavior and inability to get close to him meant he'd never be happy, the adoption of a litter of orphaned kittens broke his wariness.  The kittens, crawling all over him, filled him with joy.  From then on, kittens were his saving grace.  Last week, due to serious health issues and a declining quality of life, Grandpa Mason has to be euthanized.  For those who knew him, it was a tremendously sad day.  But the joy he brought them and his love for other felines is his legacy.  Read the full article from Huffpost.com. 

Cat-Cloning

Sadly your cat dies.  You've been with them for years. You want them back, but you know that's not possible, at least not physically.  But what if you could clone them.  It would be almost like having them by your side again.  And maybe their personality and looks would be so similar it would be like the dear cat you lost. 

Check out this article about a couple who did just that, cloned their cat and note how similar the two actually turned out to be.  Very wonderful.

Jar Head

A cat in Wilkes-Barre, PA wandered around hungry for a week with his head stuck in a mayonnaise jar.  The cat was caught a couple of times by a cat-loving woman, but ran away.  Finally, this woman caught the cat and with the help of a local Animal Hospital, the cat was freed from the jar. The feline was named Miracle and then released back into the wild.

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Wow! Amazing Cat Survival

Check out this news story about Percy the cat who rode 400 miles in a place you'd wouldn't expect and survived!

The World According to Cats

Here's an interesting article from MSN about cats and how they see the world according to science. It's an interesting, concise article, but fun to read.

Cats-Rulers of the World

Cats. Dogs. Equal Intelligence.

Here's an interesting article discussing the intelligence between cats and dogs.  Seems that cats may be just as smart as dogs and humans according to new studies.  Read on.  What do you think?

Pokemon Go Saves a Kitten

Here's a heart-warming story about a tiny kitten that was found while someone was playing Pokemon Go.  Check out the pictures that accompany the article and how it all turned out.  With regard to the kitten, it can really be said, "Gotcha"!

Cats and Schizophrenia (aka Crazy Cat Lady?)

Cats are lovable and fuzzy.  Cats are sneaky and funny.  And it's possible that cats could be linked to mental illness and schizophrenia.  Due to a parasite cats carry called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), researchers are studying how it can affect humans.  Although humans can develop toxoplasmosis due to this parasite, studies are under way as to how it might affect people mentally, especially if they're exposed to cats when young.  Here's the entire Time magazine article about this concern.

Ten Benefits of Owning a Cat

Here's an interesting article about why cats are beneficial to own.  Intelligence, allergies, sleep and more.  Check it out.

Catdog

Watch this great video about a puppy adopted by a cat.

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National Hairball Awareness Day - April 29

NATIONAL HAIRBALL AWARENESS DAY

National Hairball Awareness Day is observed annually on the last Friday in April. This day is listed as one of the Pet Health Awareness Events of the American Veterinary Medical Association.  The formation of hairballs is a common feline condition that is brought on by self-grooming and the associated ingestion of hair.

HOW TO OBSERVE
Observe National Hairball Day by becoming educated about this condition. Visit http://www.hillspet.com/our-company/national-hairball-awareness-day.html to learn about things you can do to prevent your cat from developing hairballs.  Share your love for your cat using #HairballAwarenessDay on social media.

HISTORY
Within our research, (national calendar events) we were unable to find the origin of National Hairball Awareness Day

The Scaredy Cat Mailman

British Couple Faces Mail Suspension Because Their Cat Scares the Postman

The Royal Mail informed the couple that Bella the cat endangers the postman's fingers

Rain, snow, sleet and hail aren’t supposed to deter postal workers from delivering the mail — but it seems one feisty cat is enough to bring the system crashing to a halt.

The Royal Mail service in Englandinformed a couple by letter that their cat, Bella, was disrupting mail delivery to their letter slot. The couple has to remove the cat or get an external mailbox, with the threat of mail suspension if nothing is done, the BBC reports.

“Your postman has reported that when he pushes the mail through your letterbox your cat snatches the mail and puts his fingers at risk of injury,” the letter states. One of the mail recipients, Matthew Sampson, said he believes Bella was playing a game with the postman.

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Female Mail

Woman Accidentally Mails Her Cat

It had climbed into a box of DVDs

Recently, a British woman accidentally mailed a package of DVDs that her cat had climbed into.

The female Siamese cat “Cupcake” survived the eight-day, over 260-mile journey across the south coast of England, from Falmouth in Cornwall to Worthing, West Sussex. The recipient called the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), which took the cat to Grove Lodge Veterinary Group. According to a blog post on the website for the practice, the cat’s microchip was scanned, which brought up current contact information for its owner Julie Baggott, who had already been searching frantically for the feline in her neighborhood.

The feline underwent intensive treatment for extreme dehydration before being reunited with its owner.

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