Posts Tagged ‘Cats’

“Catios,” the Latest Must-Have for Cats

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Cat owners are just as silly as dog owners, it seems. Like their canine counterparts, cats can now ride around in special baby buggies, wear cat-sized clothing and live the life of a ridiculously pampered animal.  As reported in today’s New York Times, the new “gotta have” article for cats is a “catio” or cat patio.  New Yorkers are merrily screening in their apartment balconies and decks so their cats can enjoy the outdoors without their owners having to worry about them falling to their deaths on the streets of New York (whatever happened to those nine lives, anyway?). Some are even adding wire mesh runways that encircle trees and allow cats to “roam” the outdoors.

It must be hard to be a self-respecting cat these days. Give me a mouse-catching barn cat any day

And now, from the “sicko” department…

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Would the cruel idiot who glued the cat to the highway in Minnesota please step forward? There are a bunch of people who’d like to take turns using you as a punching bag, at the very least.

If you’re not familiar with this story, a woman was traveling along Interstate 90 in western Minnesota on December 18, when she drove by a cat lying in the middle of the highway.  She turned around to check it out and found it glued to the pavement, but still alive.  She took it to the Second Chance Rescue Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A volunteer at the center took the cat home, but the rough treatment he’d received prior to this was too much for Tiny Tim, and he died just before Christmas.  The center has started a reward fund for information about the incident that leads to a conviction. At last count, it had reached over $12,000, and actor Ken Wahl had pledged his Golden Globe award from the TV show, “Wiseguy.”

We’ll leave it to other blogs to invent creative punishments for the person or person who glued poor Tim to the road. But we’ll join their voices in calling for just punishment for their acts.

Top Dog & Cat Names of 2008

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

MSNBC Today recently posted an article about the top dog and cat names of 2008.  The source of the list is Veterinary Pet Insurance, whose employees also voted on the top 10 most unusual pet names of 2008.  I think it’s interesting that a few of the top choices for cats and dogs are the same and there are some really creative names for both dogs and cats in the top most unusual.  Check it out!

-Triton