What affects us affects cats
Today, I am not going to name the cat I am referring to but it is not Grumpy Cat. It is a cat celebrity that I had not heard of before until today. She has no forelegs, just stumps. She was born this way due to a congenital abnormality. As is normal for disabled …
This is another good news cat story. We like them because there are too many bad news cat stories. Most cats in Turkey are “free-living”. Another term is “community cats”. They don’t have owners. They share their time between a group of caretakers. Somehow this seems more natural for the domestic cat. It certainly …
I recently visited the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) from where the UK’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson works. You have probably heard that there is a resident house cat who is named after a former Prime Minister: Palmerston. Palmerston’s role is to keep down the mice and rats. I was told that he has …
Herman is an Exotic Shorthair with what appears to be a classic, grey tabby coat who was born with exceptionally large eyes which makes him an “Internet Star”. What I’m saying is that once a cat is born with a physical anomaly which people find interesting and amusing then that cat can become an …
This is a fabulous story and it turns the celebrity cat phenomenon into something incredibly positive and I love it. It is what celebrity cats are for or should be for and Mike Bridavsky, Lil BUB’s owner, should be very proud himself for making arrangements with the ASPCA to create Lil BUB’s Big FUND …
This is the “vampire cat”. She’s the most evil looking feline on the internet. Actually she is a tabby cat with a slight deformity of the face and other health problems. She was adopted from a shelter. Kate (“Kaet’) her caretaker uploaded the pictures of her cat to Instagram. “I’m not sure, when I …
In an age of manic celebrity and 15 minutes of fame (an Andy Warhol expression) the question in the title has some meaning to some people. There’s money in those cats, you know, after seeing the soaring success of Grumpy cat and others. The answer to the question is quite straightforward but success will …
How do you judge whether one cat is happier than another in an audition in a strange place? I’m not sure that it can be done but I might be wrong. The mobile phone company O2 said that the turnout for their audition was high that the cats were generally merry! Audition judges included …
