Monday, January 11, 2010

Cat mummies


The Egyptians held the cat in sacred regard and consequently these animals enjoyed a very priveleged life. Their bodies were preserved in methods akin to those reserved for royalty.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Vegan cats


Forcing veggies on your cat for social or ethical reasons may satisfy your search for inner peace but it flies in the face of the animal's genetic wiring and subtracts from their overall health.
http://cats.about.com/od/catfoodandnutrition/f/veganforcats.htm

Thursday, January 7, 2010

First cat in space


History books have not been kind to cats. Few accounts of landmark achievements by adventurous felines exist and few remember this noteworthy aerospace journey by a Parisian cat in the early sixties.
http://irreference.com/felix-the-first-cat-in-space/

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Feliway® .. Does it work?


Pheromone-based behavior remedies are a controversial issue in the veterinary community. Here's one opinion derived from a vet's home experiment.
http://vetmedicine.about.com/od/behaviortraining/a/092804b.htm

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

My friend my eyes



A short but compelling tribute from the chronicled archives of Reader's Digest Hero Pet series.

"Cashew, my 14-year-old yellow Lab, is blind and deaf. Her best friend is Libby, 7, her seeing-eye cat. Libby steers Cashew away from obstacles and leads her to her food. Every night she sleeps next to her. The only time they're apart is when we take Cashew out for a walk. Without this cat, we know Cashew would be lost and very, very lonely indeed. It's amazing but true: This is one animal who knows what needs to be done and does it day in and day out for her friend."
-- Submitted by Terry Burns, Middleburg, Pennsylvania

Monday, January 4, 2010

Savannah cats


Bred from Pairing African Servals with domestic cats, the Savannah cat presents an interesting chapter in the ranks of exotic felines.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Operation cat drop


In the early 1950's the World Health Organization conducted an operation over the island nation of Borneo which is rarely spoken of and reamins buried in it's records to this day. Read about this peculiar experiment which may seem absurd by today's standards but apparently was a reasonable solution to a problem at that time.
http://www.faulkingtruth.com/Articles/GlobalWarning/1009.html