Cats In The Cradle

Two dozen dead cats found crammed into cages in an Oklahoma City field

Edit The Examiner 19 Jun 2016

Animal welfare investigators are searching for the person responsible for leaving two dozen dead cats crammed into cages in an Oklahoma City field on June 10, OKCFox News reported June 15 ... It's believed the cats were in the field about a week ... Officers found three cats in the first crate, seven in the second, six in the third, and eight in the fourth....

PLAY-Sound at Moogfest in Durham

Edit The News & Observer 18 Jun 2016

Places like Cat’s Cradle help reduce the amount of loneliness in the world, which can be a counter-balance to the kind of recruiting that any group of haters might be doing ... Frank Heath, who owns the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, cited his club’s veteran staff, who often can spot trouble before it starts ... Places like Cat’s Cradle help reduce the amount ......

A job for cats

Edit The Examiner 18 Jun 2016

It is a permanent adoption and the cats go to work ridding the barns of rodents. Since they are a no kill facility, they decided to implement this cooperative program in 2009 because of the overwhelming problem of stray cat population in their area. This program has saved the lives of more than 1,700 cats ... After the adjustment period most cats stay in their new homes....

Pain relief for cats? There are some options

Edit The Miami Herald 18 Jun 2016

In a recent column you wrote about how hard it is to tell whether or not cats are in pain ... I’m shocked that there are so many options to treat pain in dogs but none for cats ... Seeing as cats are tough to medicate and adversely sensitive to a great many of the medications we use in dogs and humans, that’s a tall order! Nonetheless, there are a few off-label options you might want to consider....

Your cat can now be a wine snob

Edit Austin American Statesman 18 Jun 2016

The concoction, made with ... Cats meet craft beer in latest trend ... While there was a cat wine product that debuted in Japan a few years ago, this is the first product considered to be safe for feline consumption....

Cats may have a rudimentary grasp of physics, study finds

Edit Ars Technica 18 Jun 2016

But research from Saho Takagi and her colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan suggests that cats don't just star in physics thought experiments, they may also have an innate understanding of (some of) the physics, too ... The researchers tested the cats ......

Van life with pets, how do you do it?

Edit The Examiner 18 Jun 2016

Two come to mind, one is a woman in her Westie with a dog and cat (on the Cheaprvliving.com) and the other is a couple in their RV (Gonewiththewynns.com) ... Stevie cat lives in his harness now, and when we’re driving or stopping and shopping, his leash is attached to both him and one of the seats in the van ... The learning curve was steepest that first week with two dogs, one cat, and a human in such a small living space....

Midwest Persian Tabby Fanciers and Motor City Jazz Club present joint cat show

Edit The Examiner 18 Jun 2016

The Midwest Persian Tabby Fanciers cat club joins with Motor City Jazz Club to sponsor a joint Cat Fanciers Association all-breed show on Sat ... in Taylor, Michigan ... Cats appearing in the show must be registered in advance....

Interview with children's book author Lee Wardlaw

Edit The Examiner 18 Jun 2016

Two of Lee’s newest books include Won Ton – A Cat Tale Told in Haiku (Holt; illustrated by Eugene Yelchin), recipient of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Children’s Poetry Award and the Myra Cohn ... Won Ton and Chopstick – A Cat and Dog Told in Haiku, is the sequel to my first book about Won Ton, although it works purrfectly well as a stand-alone title, too....

Abu Dhabi: An island home to stray cats seeks aid

Edit Arabnews 18 Jun 2016

A colony of stray cats has swelled on Lulu Island among its barren sandy hills and abandoned buildings that have fallen into disrepair, with the gleaming modern skyline of the UAE as a background ... A volunteer group is trying to spay and neuter the island’s cats while caring for them in an abandoned modernist’s dream that seems to suit the Arabian Maus living there ... “Everything lives in harmony with the cats here.”....

State wakes up to campus trouble

Edit The Telegraph India 18 Jun 2016

Secretary of state school education and literacy mission Aradhana Patnaik has taken strong exception to unlawful activities on the campus of the state-run middle school in Tongri Toli, Harmu, and ordered immediate steps against rogue elements who have been intimidating students and teachers for months apparently to usurp the cradle located in the heart of the capital ... ....

Pet insurer’s refusal to pay to remove elastic cat ate has stretched my finances

Edit The Guardian 18 Jun 2016

I am locked in a row with Animal Friends pet insurance over the payment of a vet’s bill of approximately £800 for our cat, Feste, after he had treatment for apparently eating a long length of elastic string, which was missing ... The string was never found either in the house or the cat ... But after I sent in the paperwork, Animal Friends wrote back declining to pay as I had not seen the cat eat the string....

Three takeaways from Ticats final preseason game (Hamilton Tiger-Cats)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Jun 2016

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats capped off preseason play by defeating the Ottawa Redblacks 45-22 on Friday night ... All eyes were on the Flyin' Hawaiian in his first game as a Hamilton Tiger-Cat. The Black and Gold looked good on Chad Owens, as the five-time CFL All Star did not disappoint in his debut ... With the Tiger-Cats up 14-3 in the second quarter against the Redblacks, Brett Maher lined up for what the Redblacks expected to be a punt....