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Cat lover Liam Thompson of Auckland, New Zealand masterminded a brilliant solution for his 20-year-old cat Frodo’s dwindling mobility. He crafted his friend a cat elevator! According to Daily Mail UK, Thompson is a well-known YouTube sensation in other respects but has now received quite a bit of support from cat lovers worldwide for his

When our cats and dogs are best friends, it’s one of the most heartwarming things to behold. A Newsweek report of a new viral video offers us the very best dose of it. This new viral video was originally spotted on Reddit, posted by user elphaba16. Within the video, a ginger cat and a sleeping

George, a paraplegic cat, is putting us all to shame on just two paws. In a new viral video posted by the impressive feline’s parent, George proves that disability does not mean inability. At just a little over one year old, George, a ginger tabby, is an internet inspiration. Before that, though, he was orphaned

(Picture Credit: Westend61/Getty Images) Every year, November is transformed into Movember. What’s Movember, you ask? Well, it’s a month-long event that involves people growing mustaches — mustaches plus November equals Movember. The focus on facial hair is to bring awareness to men’s health issues like prostate and testicular cancer, as well as mental health problems

(Picture Credit: AdrianHancu/Getty Images) Today we have yet another example of why you should never acquire your feline facts from random social media users. USA Today reports on a rumor, spreading virally online, that Amazon sprays its boxes with toxic pesticides harmful to cats. The social media post included a series of disturbing images, certainly

(Picture Credit: Stephan Kaps / EyeEm/Getty Images) In San Jose’s Julian-Saint James Neighborhood, a new cat mural from artist Roan Victor has enlivened the area and also calmed traffic. The mural, “Becky,” is of a human holding her beloved, fluffy calico, reported Mercury News. Dancing Cat is a feline adoption center and lounge co-founded by

(Picture Credit: koldunova/Getty Images) If you’re a cat lover and short film aficionado, you’re in luck! The fourth annual NY Cat Film Festival is playing in select cities from the end of October 2021 to the beginning of November, and it’s looking to be quite the feline soiree. The festival will feature a “series of

(Stock Picture Credit: LightFieldStudios/Getty Images) Michigan reported their first case of a cat infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, contracted by a domestic shorthair out of Ingham County. According to a report from USA Today, this is the state’s first pet to test positive for SARS-CoV-2. Roughly a week before the feline fell ill,

(Picture Credit: Maria Jeffs / EyeEm/Getty Images) Did you know cats can make friends with lots of other species? We humans might do well to take a lesson from them! While cats may be commonly thought of as independent creatures who only care about themselves, the cats below prove that isn’t true at all. Here are

(Illustrative Picture Credit: RapidEye/Getty Images) Penny, a 101-year-old resident of Catawba County, North Carolina, recently needed a new companion after her previous cat passed away. So, her family reached out to their local Humane Society with a unique request — to adopt an elderly cat. Unfortunately, the adoption of an elderly cat is so exceptionally

Jenna Hannah — a Memphis, Tennessee, resident — stopped by a Walmart last weekend to buy new tires for her granddaughter’s car when she heard a screaming kitten from below street level. Hannah relayed to WREG that, upon further investigation, she realized that a kitten had somehow fallen into a storm drain within the Walmart parking

(Picture Credit: Photo by Laurie Cinotto/Getty Images) Typically, when rescuers and authorities discover a cat hoard, it’s a rather nasty situation. However, that wasn’t the case in Katanning, Pennsylvania, where a disabled veteran and his wife took in 61 unneutered and unspayed cats over time while feeding and providing litter for all of them. But

Long before Fedja stole the heart of the internet, he stole the heart of Natalia Zhdanova, a Russian children’s bookmaker, who found the cat when he was just a few days old, sick and stray, in her backyard. Upon scooping him up, Zhdanova noticed that his eyes were misaligned, which gives him the surprised look

(Picture Credit: Alx Nachev / EyeEm/Getty Images) Declawing cats was only ever a flawed, human, quick-fix for a misunderstood — or, completely not understood — issue. Now, animal behavior experts in Pittsburg are fighting the good fight in order to abolish the practice, alongside city officials. $500 fine for declawing a cat in Pittsburgh https://t.co/mSKSnYwxZP

An active-duty sergeant is seeking help to relocate a stray cat and her two kittens to the US from the Middle East, reported a statement released on Wednesday from Guardians of Rescue. When Sergeant Kelsey happened upon the stray, she was malnourished and dehydrated from 126-degree weather, with wounds on her eyes and nose, and

(Picture Credit: David Jay Zimmerman/Getty Images) Salvatore Fazio, a doting cat parent, got quite the fright when he landed in Italy to discover his baby, Ettore, wasn’t on his flight at all. Fazio checked his feline friend into cargo properly at JFK airport, but somehow, Ettore escaped his carrier. When news of the incident spread

A black and white cat named Tom who went missing in 2009 reunited with his human after living in a cemetery for over a decade. Anna’s Rescue Centre (ARC), a cat rescue charity in Cardiff, made the reunion possible with the power of social media, a microchip, and pure luck. According to ITV News, a

A collaboration between the craft beer brewmasters at Ale Industries and the East Bay SPCA is putting a fresh spin on spreading the news about adoptable cats and dogs. Titled the “East Bay IPA Collaboration Project,” this new series of beers showcases kitties and canines who are currently up for adoption via beer can art.