robo-cats

we all laughed at those robot-dog toys they came out with a few years ago; they sat, stood up, barked and wagged their cold, metal tails. i don't know about you, but the news that the defense department is building a cybernetic cat brain kinda scares me. dottie gets mad enough when her breakfast is a little late, i'd hate to see her in charge of a robot army. on the other hand, i guess the good news is that the great robot war of the future could probably be won with a laser pointer.

kitties like pumpkins, too

meet juno, another adorable madcat kitty! she enjoys climbing cat trees, playing with her doggie-brother and good old-fashioned catnip-pumpkin fights.

dottie brite!

i can't say enough great things about working with a cat. spending my days with dottie has been a fun, challenging and extremely rewarding experience. it's a great thing to be able to disconnect from a work for a second and look over at her doing something incredibly goofy and just laugh.

this story about dewey, the library-cat, is a great read.

resistance to their cuteness is futile

this is for all the trekkies out there who love their kittehs. worf must be a dog person.

what's that smell?

have you ever been perplexed to find a cat and a rat living together under the same roof? it sounds like tom and jerry, but apparently it happens because rats get used to the smell of a cat over time and react differently to them. a new scientific study has found out that rats can identify the scent of a new cat introduced into the same area and differentiate it from that of other known cats.

so basically a lazy cat is even less of a threat to a rodent. grrreat.

t-n-r makes its way to canada

looks like the city of london, ontario will be adopting a city-funded trap-neuter-release program to help manage its numerous colonies of feral cats. it's good to see that the no-kill mission knows no borders and that no matter the geography there are always good people willing to help.

"That's human nature . . . People will say, 'Now I'll help.' "

dottie would hate this

i can't imagine any cat putting up with these. well, maybe mr. miles, but that's only because he has an inner diva. dottie would look pretty cool in the pink one, though.