What affects us affects cats
The search is on for a replacement to Grumpy Cat; a new top dog celebrity cat. The world of cat celebs is fast-moving. It never sleeps. There is nothing on the horizon that I can see and there is a question mark over celebrity cats in general. They are what’s called a ‘meme’, that …
“Pooh can move freely on flat surfaces, walking, running, even making small jumps. What’s important is that he doesn’t seem to be in pain.” Pooh, the cat, was severely injured in Bulgaria. We don’t have the details; probably a road traffic accident. A kind women saw him and took him to Dr Vladislav Zlatinov …
‘Marla Hooch’ as a shelter cat adopted by Jen Chavez and she has an interesting appearance which just happens to look a little bit (or a lot!) like Steve Buscemi, the American actor and director.
You may have heard of Simon. He is the only cat to have won the PDSA Dickin Medial, the animal’s equivalent of the human’s Victoria Cross (VC). He won it as a ship’s cat on HMS Amethyst fighting the Chinese communists in 1949. Simon is the world’s most highly decorated cat. The ship was …
In 1932, Jeanette MacDonald posed with then famous cat, Puzzums who was kind of a big deal in old Hollywood. He earned $250/week to appear in films with stars like Will Rogers, Maurice Chevalier and Carole Lombard. The cat was raised by hand when his mother deserted him at birth, but he went on …
Lil Bub is probably the second most celebrated Internet cat after Grumpy Cat. Her name is a great success. Her appearance is characterised by her diminutive size and a tongue which is perpetually hanging out. She also has extra toes on each paw, no teeth and an undersized jaw. It has been found that …
The world has learned that Karl Lagerfeld died yesterday aged 85. He died of pancreatic cancer and was taken to hospital in Paris on Monday night and died in the morning. He was unmarried and childless. His partner Jacques de Bascher died in 1989 aged 38. Update, the next day, It is rumoured that …
Although it is the strong downward-pointing anatomy of Grumpy Cat’s mouth which defines her image, her eyes have a big role to play in her appearance. Here are two images of this most famous of all cat celebrities who has made her ‘owner’ a multimillionaire. The first is the classic grumpy appearance with ‘hooded’ …
