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My Cat's Last Will and Testament

Editor's Note: Brian's article originally ran on Thought Catalog. We're rerunning it here with his permission. My cat died about a month ago. It’s awful news. The kind of news you want to crawl up with for a week and beg to go away.Show More Summary

Another Planning Permission Success with Alpaca Farming

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The snake that bit me!

It's May here at the cabin and that means snake time! Snakes are very active here on our mountain in April/May and October/November. So Mum is keeping a good eye out for us. A week or so ago, we... Visit my blog to read more! Woofs!

Totally Awesome Bird Figurine Fan

You will never be able to take your eyes off this totally chic figurine fan-snow owl!

There’s a Place in France Where the Naked Fingers Dance

And the pink panthers declare, Can you spare a square? Is that the bathroom door, Carolyn Victoria Day? Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Kittens

Aww of the Week: Shih Tzu Saves a Kitten, Nurses Her Until Help Arrives

Last week, animal control officer Michelle Smith of Anderson, SC, got a call about a dog in a ravine behind a Home Depot. She figured it was a local dog who got stuck -- she's seen that before. She followed the dog's bark through some heavy foliage and down steep embankment. Show More Summary

Francesca Woodman

I recently watched the documentary "The Woodmans." It is fascinating and sad. I had never heard of Francesca Woodman. I highly recommend.

Incredible SPA Opportunities for Dogs

Love trips and at the same time can’t imagine your life without pets? Don’t know how to combine these two options? It goes without saying that it’s impossible to take your dog to work and on vacation, what to do? The answer is evident, once you are taking a trip and leaving your pet alone [...]

A Cat Dies. A Company Makes Jokes About It on Twitter. Outraged? Not So Fast

The latest cat kerfuffle to blow up the Internet involves a Gawker blogger and an online food delivery company called Seamless. Caity Weaver had some time to kill, so she did a little Internet trolling. “@Seamless and I had already been chatting because I was trying to game them out of a $7 friend-referral fee,” she writes in her Gawker post. Show More Summary

Is the Brutal Practice Called "Trunking" Real? We Asked an Expert

Earlier in the month, Dogster's news writer Michael Leaverton shared a story that made everyone on our team cringe. It was the first time we'd heard of "trunking," a disgusting practice where two dogs are put into the trunk of a car and driven around, expected to fight until one "wins" and the other dies. Show More Summary

Mabel Shocks Dorothy

Dorothy, honey, you need to dump the chump and get your grove back. Find some young thing and use ‘em up ’til there’s nothin’ left but a dry husk. Mercy, Mabel! What’s gotten into you? Photos by Martine G. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Alpaca, Hoofers

Cats Need the Right Environment

“Addressing environmental needs is essential (not optional) for optimum wellbeing of the cat.” So says the Feline Environmental Needs Guidelines recently published by the American Association of Feline Practitioners and International Society of Feline Medicine. Show More Summary

Hoomins: Ya Just Gotta Know How To Train ‘Em

Once you do, you’ll have them eating out of your paw. Or at the very least, bringing the eats right to you. We’re Pozitive about this one. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Kittens

Mini Pagoda Cat House Color: Gray

Mini Pagoda Cat House Color: Gray Features: -Cat house. [...]

Please please please please please!

"What are you praying for?" "This strawberry behind me to be real!" :) These adorable little bunlets are Lucky and Houdini. They're up for adoption with the Tranquility Trail Animal Sanctuary in Scottsdale, AZ. Read more about them on their...

Ooh la la! Disco Wants a Biiiiig Kiss!

My name is Disco. I’m a parakeet. Bird to your mother. Discooooo! What seems to be the problem officer? I am not a crook. There’s the cat. Meow! Meow! He had us at Discoooooo, MsJumpinJude Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Birds

As the great oaken door closed behind us, we stood before the Council of Catbeards

The first to speak was Nyquil of Eärewygge, the council elder. “They are but children,” sneered he, stroking his flowing white beard. “Are we to entrust our most sacred quest to the like of these quibullous squatlings?” “Poppyrot and balderstuff!” roared Hieronymous Thalidomide. “Small they may be, but large in spirit, ’tis plain to see. Their valor […]

CJ (hic) Has Got (hic) A Small Problem

Rule #1: Goldie puppehs are simply awe-inspiring cute. Rule #2: They’re even cuter when their little fur-bellahs jiggle back and forth with hiccups. WHAT? U WANT A FAVE FRAME OF -THAT LOOK- AT :39? Sent in by several Cuteporters, including DC B.! Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: puppies

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