Wouldn’t it be paradise for cats if they had a house like this? This is perhaps the coolest house for cats I have seen. Click play and enjoy the video.
World’s Bravest Cat
A 97-year-old woman thinks she owes her life to her cat, Tiger, who bravely jumped out of the house to save her from the neighbor’s dogs.
Rescued Cats from Japan Found Shelter in New Jersey
Guest Author: Angela Townsend from Tabby’s Place
Pikachu | photo by Tabby's Place
Once upon a time, Mango held the honor of having traveled farther than any other cat to get to Tabby’s Place.
Sure, Mango’s home state of Arizona is about 2,000 miles from Ringoes, NJ. But in comparison with Okinawa, Japan…well, we can practically see Arizona out the sanctuary windows. I promised I’d tell the full story of the Okinawa kids, and today I make good on that promise.
Sorry, Mango, but you’ve met your match: it is nearly 8,000 miles from Okinawa, Japan to Ringoes, NJ. For a young Marine (who, for reasons that will immediately become clear, shall hereafter be known as Hero Marine), no distance was too far to save three lives.
Kimiko shortly before her flight to NJ | photo by Amanda Nemeth
In 2009, the active duty United States Marine began feeding a mother cat and her kittens outside his apartment. Hero Marine was devastated when his housing agency ordered him to stop feeding the felines. Each day the cats grew weaker, and Hero Marine could not live with their starving to death. Determined to save the cats, he donated $1,000 – an extraordinary sum for a young serviceman – to have the cats rescued, sterilized and given medical treatment.
Alas, the felines were still in grave danger. The shelter housing the cats was to be demolished in mid-2010, at which time the cats would be euthanized by mass gassing.
Hero Marine contacted the Okinawan American Animal Rescue Society (OAARS), and the American Military community raced to the rescue. Volunteers led by OAARS president Miyahira San and Americans Amanda and Andrew Nemeth contacted the cats’ only hope of a long-term refuge: Tabby’s Place.
House Cat Nurses Orphaned Bobcat Kittens
Bobbi (Cat mother) nursing three bobcat kittens and her own kittens | photo by Daniel Wallace, Times
Three newborn bobcat kittens were found in the woods of Alabama, but they were given a second chance by a black and white house cat named Bobbi.
These 2-week-old wild kittens were brought into Big Cat Rescue in Tampa by Jamie Veronica who drove almost 24 hours on the road even barreling through rainstorms after she received a phone call from a veterinary clinic. The kittens were then bottle fed, but the staff from Big Cat Rescue wanted to provide a feline mother who could eventually teach them the skills necessary to survive in the wild. They contacted many local shelters and finally came across this one cat named Bobbi.
Bobbi is a former stray cat who just gave birth to her own kittens. The staff of Big Cat Rescue were worried about if she would accept the wild kittens. When Bobbi came out of the carrier, she heard a few faint cries from the wild furry babies. Within a few minutes, she stepped in and started nursing them.
Cat Credited for Saving Family From Fire
Nudge is credited with waking up a LaFayette couple when their home was on fire | Eddie Jones, NewsChannel 9 WSYR-TV
A cat named Nudge is getting credit for saving her family from a fire. A woman and her husband were fast asleep when the fire broke out, and say the actions of their cat helped them escape.
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St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum Holds Tomcat Day
Cats have been the heroes at the world-famous St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum in Russia. Having felines as the protectors against rodents goes back 200 years for the museum.
Last Saturday Russia celebrated Tomcat day, their “professional” holiday for the 50 cat staff of the Hermitage.
“The museum’s attic will exhibit paintings and photos by professional painters as well as schoolchildren and students, who were inspired by the image of the cat.
Cats have always been a significant part of the museum’s life. They first settled down in the halls of the Hermitage when the museum was founded by Catherine the Great in the 18th Century, and were immediately granted the status of “Hermitage guards”.
At present, the estimated 50 cats of the Hermitage, each of them having its own passport with a picture, help the staff to do away with rodents.” – RT.com
“They execute so-called preventative activities so that rats and mice will stay away or are kept at a minimum,” museum worker Marie Khaltunen tells National Geographic through a translator. Though tourists are not allowed into the cats’ living quarters, “All the museum visitors can see them in the summer,” Khaltunen adds. “Generally they walk on the square and on the embankment, and also they come out into the big yard.” – Peoplepets.com
Koko the Gorilla Gets a Kitty Visit
Koko and All Ball
Koko, the first gorilla that uses sign language to communicate with people, has fostered many feline friends in his life. His first feline buddy, All Ball, a lovely kitten he named because she looked like a ball to her.
A few weeks ago Koko was introduced to several lovely kittens from the Humane Society.
“Koko has always been very affectionate toward kittens (remember All Ball on the 1985 cover of National Geographic) and still entertains them as guests from time to time. In this clip she receives a visit from 5 kittens (thanks to the San Francisco Peninsula Humane Society).
She picks a winner (“Tigger”), but will she invite Tigger to stay?”
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Woman Told Stray Cats She Rescued Would be Put Down
A woman named Amalia Dotterrerr from Colorado Springs was trying to find homes for the cats she found roaming on the streets. One is pregnant. She was not able to keep the cats in her apartment, so she contacted the Humane Society who responded to her that their adoption could not be guaranteed.
“They told me they would kill them in 5 days. That’s not right – they’re both healthy cats,” she said.
The Humane Society told News Channel 13 that they tried to be brutally honest with people when they want to bring in animals.
“We are over-brimming with cats, unfortunately decisions have to be made,” said Stacey Candella, spokeswoman of the Humane Society.
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Milk Replacement Product Goes Rancid
In a few weeks, the population of cats will go up because of the Spring season. Many shelters will be bottle feeding rescued kittens. However, a warning needs to be put out to all shelters regarding milk replacement products.
A local animal shelter lost a litter of kittens to dehydration because the milk replacement product turned rancid.
Kittens 6 weeks old or younger without their mother should be fed on milk replacement products. The most popular one is called KMR. The product comes in a powder form where the package does not have any warning signs that say the product needs to be refrigerated. However, the powder can spoil without refrigeration. The company recommends that you sniff the powder in order to make sure it has not gone rancid, but there is no warning of such printed on the product.
Cat Shelters are Stolen in Oklahoma City
Photo: Roeselien Raimond
The city of Oklahoma City tried to help control feral cat colonies by spending approximately $3,000 for a few make-shift shelters in 2009. However, one of the shelters was stolen in less than 48 hours after they were put out. Three more shelters were taken away last week. Only two out of the eight shelters remain.
Claire Roop has spent 11 years providing care and food for the shelter cats every day. She believes that people who target those cat colonies are usually those who believe cats are “a nuisance” according to NewsOn6.
Claire Roop are trying to raise money to purchase surveillance equipment for the shelters. In the meantime she is hiding the two shelters that are still intact.
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