Custom cat backyards, cop saves kitten, dogs save everything, and we meet a new species, maybe.
I'll take my saucer of milk here today, please.
Cat Patios Are The Latest Way To Spoil Your Beloved Kitty
Bored Panda, via Andrew Y.
What a foxy cat!
Corsica’s ‘cat-fox’: On the trail of what may be a new species
Phys.org, via dubravkamcvmd
Gonna need to see a receipt for that kitten.
Officer Responds To Shoplifting Call, Saves Snuggly Kittens.
The Animal Rescue Site, via Elaine W.
Protecting endangered species from poachers.
These Dogs Are Saving Endangered Animals Around The World
The Animal Rescue Site, via Elaine W.
Backlight me like one of your French girls.
This Is What Happens When A Photographer Babysits Your Cat
Bored Panda, via Andrew Y.
And finally: Seat’s Taken
“That’s my spot.”
We used to have a catio of sorts. My parents used to have a screenhouse on the patio behind the garage, so you could go out the back door and down the steps on the deck, or go into the garage from the living room and into the screenhouse through the back garage door, which is how the cats got in there. Stripes loved to hang out there, pounce at bugs on the other side of the screen, or just lounge for hours (there was a TV out there and my dad would and read and watch golf or baseball or whatever). Stars had to be carried out there, and she would crouch under the TV table next to the garage door and as soon as someone opened it she would bolt back into the house. I don’t think she ever even spent enough time out there to figure out it was actually an enclosed space. If she had maybe she wouldn’t have been so afraid of it. (The screens eventually started to need replacing and my dad decided not to bother so they don’t have it anymore.)
The gif at the end made me literally laugh out loud. That kitty was very determined to occupy that chair. Talk about zoomies.
And I notice that’s the only chair in the room.
I’ve never had or known of a cat who was *not* determined to occupy a chair just before a hoomin butt landed in it. Adorable. And yes, it will happen every damned time.
It’s not a “cat-fox” or a new species. It’s a subspecies closely related to the European wildcat, Libyan wildcat, and other wild stock from whom our furry friends are descended. That said, it’s nice to find them on Corsica, and I hope they get enough respect and protection to survive there. They need a breeding population of at least fifty to have any chance of survival.
Thank you for the better information.The internet,geesh.
Wow, those catios are amazing!! In my next life I’d like to come back as a very spoiled kitty. 🐱
If I ever get the money, I’ll tear down my deck and build a catio for my brood. They would love it. I think.
Thank you to all the nice people who rescue kitties and doggies. I love the idea of kittens named TJ and Max.
Yeah,
Those catios are almost too nice. Bigger than my college dorm rooms and first apartment.