We all know how necessary it is to get your cat or dog spayed or neutered, right? But what to do with a cat who’s already pregnant? The first time I found a preggo street kitty, my instinct was to take her to the shelter. I knew of a great no-kill place that I thought […]
Jones, Alien Image Source Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley was many things — warrant officer on an interstellar freighter, seminal science fiction heroine, and most importantly, a survivor. But Ripley wasn’t the only member of the Nostromo crew to outlast the terrifying menace of the “xenomorph,” the titular Alien from Ridley Scott’s 1979 SF/horror masterpiece. Jonesey, […]
Families seeking to bring a new little furbaby into their household are faced with many options about where to go and where to start. Some may even have a solid idea of what kind of kitty they’re looking for. If so, where’s the best place to acquire a new kitty babe? A breeder, the SPCA, […]
My cat, Angus, can paw through a roll of toilet paper like nobody’s business. He takes reduce, reuse and recycle very seriously, ingesting said paper products and instantly regurgitating them on the nearest carpet (but never ever the nearby hardwood floor, as that would be too easy). As Earth Day approaches and I review my […]
Cat litter can be a dirty business, with a huge impact on the environment – and we’re not just talking about what comes out of our precious kitties! If you’re interested in safeguarding our world and leaving the Earth a better place, you have to look beyond your personal carbon print – you should […]
In 2014, when Slate’s David Grimm set out to learn why there were so few studies on feline cognition compared to the abundance of research on dogs, scientists almost laughed him off the phone. “We did one study on cats—and that was enough!” Hungarian scientist Ádám Miklósi, a top animal cognition expert and cat lover, […]
