How was the quake for you and the furries? http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711 I mean, they're supposed to wake you up howling before it happens, aren't they? Or did they just sleep through...

We just had a few inches of snow. Ollie doesn't often get to see it and he's decided he likes it. Leaping from one spot in the garden to another and digging deep into it each time as if there *has* to be something edible underneath - no luck yet. However, he's also decided that each shift in the...

This looks like being a bad one. Good luck, everybody and everyfurry affected. (A friend of mine in eastern Pennsylvania ended up acquiring a litter of kittens after a somewhat smaller storm a few years ago - they appeared from nowhere sheltering under her...

Cats domesticated humans in China 5000 years ago: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160125100118.htm but they were a different species from the modern domestic cat (as found everywhere, including China). Look them up: Prionailurus bengalensis. Pretty little...

Then there was someone whose cat had claimed ownership of an orange wig. I think the cat might've thought the wig was its baby (I can't remember whether this was a male or female cat, but maybe it doesn't matter). Anyway, this cat would drag the wig between its legs and walk bowlegged ...

At first sight this looks like some kind of cruel trollish thing to do, but it seems to be for real: http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/cutestuff/80716535/christchurch-groomer-keeps-cats-calm-using-pegs.html She says she uses rather soft pegs. In the picture they don't look quite like any kind...

Well that's how it would read if cats had their own TripAdvisor... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36528195 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36558647 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : ...

I'm off to Hungary and Croatia for three weeks starting tomorrow. Won't be able to access Usenet there. I'll report back on moggies I meet. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k...

Most successful Christmas present this year (well, Hanukah present, considering who was giving it): a catnip Santa with long dangly legs hanging off a stick by a couple of feet of cord. Ollie and Marblecake really, truly believe in Santa. The catnip in his stuffing must be good...

Cats have the common sense not to become coyote food: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150630202036.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131113143600.htm Interesting conclusion you can draw from that first article: the US is not as different from the UK as regards cats...

This is about as Japanese as a Japanese news story can get... http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/29/tama-the-cat-3000-attend-elaborate-funeral-for-japans-feline-stationmaster ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ ...

From my local paper - cat gives an alert after her neighbouring human falls and probably saves her foot: http://www.midlothianadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/easthouses-pensioner-thanks-hero-cat-after-fall-1-3707633 Maine Coons are gorgeous. Look at those...

....with his cat asleep on his bed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156 Pratchett on...

Anyone here been through a total or near-total eclipse with their furries? What do they think of it? Going to find out on Friday... 93%: http://staging.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/uk/edinburgh -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Two studies with rather different conclusions: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150330122530.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150310160037.htm Well I guess my preferences are different when I'm coming round from...

Chloe is our very old, nearly toothless and rather frail long-haired lilac tortie. She's like a dust bunny with a purr. She's spent most of her life avoiding humans as far as possible, though she's always got on fine with other cats. But in the last two years she's been trying to make up for it....

Or "Morning After the Zoo's Christmas Party" as I saw somebody else retitle it. Grumpy Cat is in there, also a wildcat picture I haven't seen before. http://www.eatliver.com/hungover-animals/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a...

My wife's younger son has two brother cats, Stan and Ollie. They came from a shelter after being pretty much abandoned - their previous excuse for a human left them shut outdoors in the garden for several months with no shelter, which left them both with sun-damaged ears. So they've only been...

This story has been all over the web in the last couple of days, but in case you haven't seen it...

Statue planned to commemorate the library cat in Devonport, north Auckland: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/91743446/beloved-auckland-library-cat-to-have-25000-bronze-statue-cast-in-his-likeness I was in Devonport a few years ago but didn't visit the library - it's a...