And their names are Noel, Joy, Christmas, and Faith.
Cat Gives Birth Under Christmas Tree, And It’s The Best Present Ever
Bored Panda, via Me
Now I'll always have fish nearby!
Cats Tattooing Each Other In Surreal Japanese Ink Wash Paintings
Bored Panda, via Andrew Y.
Do I get a gold bone?
Sacramento Police’s First Rescue Dog To Pass Training Retires
CBS Sacramento, via Me
And finally: The Land Where Cats Rule
Reader Anyta sends us a trailer for a beautiful documentary about the cats of Istanbul, Turkey. Neither strays nor domesticated, they live as equals in a city that knows the true meaning of love.
I’m finally in the holiday spirit, thanks to these links.
Oh, and I’m getting temporary tattoos and a sweatshirt from the Cat Tattoo guy. Too chicken for a real tattoo.
Those cat tattoos are marvelous, so glad to see the article here.
I spend a few days in Istanbul, and my most vivid memories involve the cats. They are SO FRIENDLY. I would start every day at the benches outside the Blue Mosque, and within minutes, a cat or two would come up to me and just curl up in my lap. There is such fondness and respect between cats and humans in Istanbul, that I have never seen anywhere else I have traveled. It’s truly a magical experience.
That’s wonderful – I had an impression that Turkey has a really strong cat culture, but it’s good to hear it first-hand.
Speaking of Christmas kittens, I’d like to direct everyone’s attention to this live stream of a set of kittens at a cat rescue in Seattle, WA. All five are named after Santa’s reindeer!
YT link since I don’t know how to embed on mobile:
https://youtu.be/BROE1ADxsLY
Starboy gets my vote.
Okay, fair warning, I’m going to be a nuffer. But didn’t that “kittens under the Christmas tree” article say they took in a stray female and the male they already had promptly impregnated her? If you take in strays, shouldn’t that make you aware of the overpopulation problem? Shouldn’t everyone have their pets neutered or spayed? Isn’t it irresponsible, not lovable or cute, to do otherwise? If they’d adopted a scrawny cat not knowing she was already pregnant, and the care they gave her enabled her to produce healthy kittens, THAT would be cute. Not this.
I admit, that’s my response too – “That’s cute, now get her fixed.”