Vienna is now the home of the city’s first cat café, the Café Neko. Pawpularized in Japan, cat cafés are scarce in Europe. Café Neko is run by five cats: Sonja, Luca, Moritz, Momo and Thomas who socialize with the patrons and pad across catwalks while customers have coffee or a meal. They can also [ Read More ]
Libris is a handsome feral who was rescued by Wesleyan College (Macon, GA) students in 2009 and put to work in the school’s Willet Memorial Library. Here he is, hard at work: Libris had big paws to fill. His predecessor, Sqeakers (1985-2008) was an institution at the college, spending her last nine years employed by [ Read More ]
Hank the Cat, a Maine Coon Senate candidate in Furginia, has released his 2011 Tax Filing just as other candidates for federal office do. It’s thought that the release of this sensitive information was necessary after a dog-backed SuperPAC released a video questioning Hank’s character and forthrightness (more on that below) with bogus allegations. The [ Read More ]
Cat cafés in Japan may become a thing of the past after an animal protection curfew law goes into effect on June 1st. Because of the tight housing regulations and small living spaces, cat cafés purrvide a way for cat lovers to get a little purr therapy and interact with their fuzzy friends. The pawpular [ Read More ]
After five years of faithful service, Obama the Cat is losing his home at the Cafe Liberty Social Club, a self-described right-wing gathering place in Queens, NY. The Club was inherited from mob associate Alfred “Freddy Hot” DiCongilio, who originally hired Obama as mascot and rat catcher in 2006. The cat was a scrawny stray [ Read More ]
Cheeto the Cat trains search dogs to search for lost cats in his job at Missing Pet Partership, a Pet Detective agency in Federal Way, Washington. This requires that Cheeto be absolutely silent while dogs are searching so as not to tip them off. It took several months to train Cheeto to keep mum. Part [ Read More ]
Finally! Virginia cats are finally getting an opportunity to vote for one of their own. Hank the Cat has thrown his collar in the ring for a cat fight with former governors George Allen and Tim Kaine over the Senate seat being vacated in November by Virginia Senator James Webb. Hank’s platform is appealing to [ Read More ]
If Rally Monkey and Keyboard Cat were to get it on, their spawn would likely be DJ Kitty, the Tampa Bay Rays’ handsome new mas-cat. DJ Kitty’s not replacing Raymond, but will purrvide mascot support in much the same way as the infamous Rally Squirrel in St Louis. (We suspect he might want to join [ Read More ]
I don’t think thare’s a cat blogger alive who duzn’t know who Daisy the Curly Cat is. But in case you were just borned, or maybe living without the interwebs, Daisy is the most famousest and the most talented and ambishess cat you’ll ever meet. She was borned 8 yeers ago today and she wint [ Read More ]
TR the tabby is a fixture at ESD & Associates, a Creative Agency in San Antonio, TX. And he’s gunning for the CEO’s spot on the org chart. It all started during a creative meeting, when someone suggested that they bring an office cat on board to inspire and delight the staff. Creative Director Erik [ Read More ]
I think this cat was inspired by reading the book, “Careers for Your Cat” and decided to purrsue a rewarding career as a purrfessional babysitter. Of korse, babysitting is deseptively easy. You just need to know ware that mute button is, as this cat has discoverd: In a reeder? Click the title to watch this [ Read More ]
The Milwaukee Animal Rescue Center (which rescues death-row cats from local shelters) is raising money to relocate to a new building one toe at a time, thanks to a 26-toed cat named Daniel. When the Center was notified that the rent on their space in a Milwaukee mall was going to be doubled on January [ Read More ]
