Ellie, a four-year-old black-and-white cat in Virginia, went viral on Twitter for her “sad” life story. “Y’all. This is the saddest thing I’ve ever seen,” wrote Twitter user @revengegrill on Dec. 12. “This cat was returned to the shelter because she wanted to cuddle her owners at night.” (See the […]
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A tiny tuxedo kitten in Texas is ready to go home for the holidays. Four-month-old Ophelia is currently available for adoption at Best Friends Animal Society in Houston. Ophelia was originally rescued by Sugar Land Animal Shelter in Sugar Land, Texas. NEW YORK BANS THE SALE OF DOGS, CATS AND […]
Comment on this story Comment Eighty-five-year-old Beverly Roberts felt nervous while walking into court in Wetumpka, Ala., on Tuesday. But by the end of a 5½-hour trial, when the judge found Roberts guilty of criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct, the elderly woman who had been arrested while sitting in her […]
This year a French study found that cats know when their owners are talking to them, adding to a growing body of evidence that cats might be more bonded to us than we think. So if cats rival dogs as man’s best friends, could we train them in the same […]
SACRAMENTO — A West Sacramento woman got the surprise of a lifetime Saturday when she was reunited with her missing cat after nearly 6 years. A tiny piece of technology called a microchip is to thank. It’s an electronic implant the size of a grain of rice that is inserted […]
The history of cat domestication stretches back nearly 10,000 years, evidence from a new genetic study shows, and the bond between humans and felines was most likely sparked by a shift in the lifestyles of our ancestors. An international team of researchers looked at the genotypes of more than 1,000 […]
WETUMPKA, Ala. — Two women are scheduled to stand trial in an Alabama city court where they’re accused of committing misdemeanors in their efforts to feed and trap stray cats. Mary Alston, 60, and Beverly Roberts, 84, were arrested and taken to jail by police in Wetumpka over the summer. […]
Sometimes the ‘un-adoptable’ cats end up being the best pets. TikTok account holder @SelinaCalvin recently uploaded a video of her un-adoptable shelter cat. This cat was not only sick but locked in its cage for three months because of how unfriendly it was. She had both eye and ear infections, […]
Kneading is when cats massage an object with the front paws, which extend and retract, one paw at a time. This massaging action, named for its resemblance to kneading dough, is repeated rhythmically. You may have spotted your cat kneading and wondered how on Earth they developed such a behavior. […]
(CNN) — At the Bogota airport, as passengers were placing their carry-ons, laptops and purses in bins inching their way on the conveyer belt for inspection, one item stood out: it was a cat, and its owner was putting it into a cabin-ready case. For most travelers, this would hardly […]