Dogs and Dames

Grabbed from link Filed under: Cats, Funny Animal Videos We caught Grumpy Old Cat watching this rescue video and muttering to himself, so we asked what he was thinking. “These kittens today are so dumb! I never got stuck in a pipe when I was his age. No, sir! What does he think he is, [...]

Grabbed from link Residents of a Vienna neighborhood were recently awakened by the plaintive yowls of … a car. An investigation revealed that a kitten was trapped beneath the hood of the car, but attempts to trap her were unsuccessful. The elusive kitten then hopscotched between several other cars before disappearing. Following her yowls, firefighters [...]

Grabbed from link Three cheers for Bronx Department of Environmental Protection worker Samuel Barcone, who rescued sewer cat Motz from life as a sewer rat this week. Motz escaped his home through an open door during a barbecue. Despite thorough searches of the neighborhood, his owner, Edita Pjetrovic, came up empty handed. She finally got [...]

Grabbed from link An early morning fire destroyed part of the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society in Berkeley, CA, taking the lives of 15 cats awaiting adoption. Here’s the story from SFGate: Fifteen cats died in a fire that damaged the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society early today, authorities said, but a woman who lives above the [...]

Grabbed from link A cat-loving tree surgeon, Mike Jones, has been presented with the “Hero to Animals” Award by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Jones climbed 100ft up a tree to save a little girl’s stranded cat. The 1-year-old tabby, Tiggs, had been stuck in a neighbor’s tree for seven days before [...]

Grabbed from link At least one cat in Norfolk, Massachusetts has learned that it doesn’t pay to stick your head where it doesn’t belong. Last week, a grey and white cat became suspended by her neck from a storm drain grate. When Animal Control Officer Hilary Cohen saw the cat’s dilemma, she called firefighters in [...]