a day without cats? never!

even if we weren't crazy cat people, we would still never tire of those hilarious lolcats and wacky videos. cats own the interwebs. resistance is futile.

new research suggests that growing up with both a cat and a dog in the house may lower the risk of other allergies.

an 8-year old ohioan named sarah just set the new world-record for fastest land animal by completing the 100-yard dash in 6.13 seconds. oh yeah, sarah is a cheetah.

more interesting discussion on the "dogs in public spaces debate": pet strollers. what do you think of smuggling dogs this way?

save the date!

it's that crazy time of year again when the streets are filled with returning students, fall leaves and drag queens. of course that means the Willy St. Fair is just around the corner! this year's events are scheduled for the weekend of sept. 19th and 20th with the big parade on sunday. come on down and enjoy the festivities with gabby and the rest of the madcat crew and enter the raffle for a chance to win a new cat tree.

today is labor day, the last day of summer. while some may be a little mournful about the impending lack of sunshine and warmth the dogs sure are enjoying themselves over at goodman pool.

san francisco has made the news again for being a pet-friendly city, this time it's for a proposed ban on declawing. surprisingly, there has been opposition coming from an unlikely source - the san francisco aspca. their argument is that more cats will be given up if fed-up owners are not allowed the option to declaw. where do you stand on the argument?

a happy ending for ghost

we are super excited to announce that ghost, the car-riding wonder kitten, has been adopted! as you may recall, ghost came to our mineral point store as an early-morning surprise back on july, 24th. after an exciting day filled with lots of food, playing and news cameras, he went to a happy cat foster home to get big and strong enough to be adopted out.

now, a little over a month later, he is neutered, vet-checked, vaccinated and ready to start his

new life. even better, ghost is going

home with another happy kitty, a little boy named puffy. the two new friends are going to have many years of playful love ahead of them. we wish both kitties, and their new family, all the best.

if you were waiting to adopt ghost, or are thinking of adding a kitty to your family, please head over to the happy cat club of madison to check out all the other cats who need good homes.

"Our task must be to free ourselves...

by widening our circle of compassion
to embrace all living creatures and
the whole of nature and it's beauty."
Albert Einstein

cats are weapons? shyeah right!

check out this headline: "customers threatened by man with gun, cat"

major news channels replay story video over and over - actually helps someone: the backyard kidnapper's cat.

labor day pet warning tips from the aspca. keep 'em safe while you're enjoying the long weekend.

watch out for wood glues - curious dogs and kitties could eat it and get super sick. plus, the hambone nominations are already set for this year!

dogs are being used to help treat ptsd in veterans, giving them a loyal friend who doesn't push but always cares.

homer's paw-dyssey

homer, the man, was a blind storyteller. homer, the cat, is also blind. his story is being told for him in the new book, A Fearless Feline Tale, Or How I Learned About Love and Life With a Blind Wonder Cat. kitty-love is never blind.

what happens when a "cat lady" dies? her community saves her 110 cats.

scooter is the only cat nominated for this year's ham-bone award. note: it's not a very prestigious award in the conventional sense.

"two sheep, a motorcycle, an adult spider man costume, a cat and a wedding dress were just a few of the weird and wonderful items left at australian hotels last year." we understand the two sheep, the motorcycle, the adult spider man costume and the wedding dress, but the cat? who leaves a cat in a hotel room?!

debating the pros and cons of being dog-friendly in portland, oregon. what do you think of taking dogs into grocery stores, restaurants or retail shops? other public environments?

auto-tune kittehs

if you are not familiar with the production-technique of auto-tune, just know that it's the vocal device being used to ruin contemporary music. some totally awesome people compiled the cats of youtube into a mash-up track, added auto-tone and changed the way we think of it forever. now crank up your speakers and rock out!

hey man, don't bogart the 'nip

this is your cat. this is your cat on drugs. see, doesn't he look happy!? actually catnip isn't even really a drug in the way we hoomans tend to think of it. it's just an herb, a form of mint, that just happens to make the life of a kitteh a little more fun. now where's the harm in that?

tizzie could possibly be the new oldest cat in the world. when does she get her shout-out from willard scott on the today show?

with wild-fires raging in california, the big cats are staying put. here's hoping the flames die down soon.

this cat needs his mouth washed out with soap! you won't believe the things he's saying.