Category Archives: Cat

Bodega Cats Are in Charge

Posted on September 8, 2018 by splendidsummer

pic.twitter.com/2mNWSLAoom — Bodega Cats (@Bodegacats_) June 18, 2018 Some of the most adorable rodent terminators on the planet live in Bodega shops in Brooklyn. Since it’s not safe to have pesticides around food, and rats will never completely leave New … Continue reading →

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Rodent Terminator of London:Palmerston

Posted on January 13, 2018 by splendidsummer

Friends, Romans, Countrymice, lend me your dreamies. Wishing all my staff @foreignoffice and twitter friends a very Meowy Christmas! pic.twitter.com/p4ejXgT1RC — Palmerston (@DiploMog) December 11, 2017 Cats began residing in government offices centuries ago. Instead of rat poison, London’s Foreign … Continue reading →

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KEDI

Posted on December 2, 2017 by splendidsummer

Kedi, a beautiful documentary, celebrates the lives of Istanbul’s cats as seen by the people they adopt. Here’s the description from Amazon: “Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years, they’ve wandered in … Continue reading →

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Disneyland Cats

Posted on August 16, 2017 by splendidsummer

Before Disneyland opened to the public, Walt Disney inspected Sleeping Beauty’s Castle and found a kitty napping there. Walt Disney grew up on a farm and knew that where there could be rats, you need cats. Cats took the title … Continue reading →

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Awesome Hero Saves Royal Docks Office Cat From Drowning

Posted on May 1, 2017 by splendidsummer

One of the things I love about this hero is his absolute lack of hesitation. When he sees Felix, the Royal Docks office cat, pushed in the Thames by another cat, he immediately drops everything to save her from drowning. … Continue reading →

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Superbowl – Dear Kitten Regarding the Big Game

Posted on January 31, 2017 by splendidsummer
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Abraham Lincoln and Cats – Presidents & Pets

Posted on January 14, 2017 by splendidsummer

Public Domain, Link When asked if her husband had any hobbies, Mary Todd Lincoln reportedly said, “cats”. President Lincoln welcomed stray cats to the White House. During the darkest days of the Civil War, the company of his cats helped … Continue reading →

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Best Of Blog: Hemingway’s Cat is Missing

Posted on October 14, 2016 by splendidsummer

This post appeared in November 2011. The kitty pictured above wasn’t Hemingway’s cat but she was the inspiration for the Magical Cool Cat Mysteries. The books don’t really do her justice. She died unexpectedly and I’m just grateful now that … Continue reading →

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Cat Cafe San Diego

Posted on September 21, 2016 by splendidsummer

Dodger, the adorable to the max cat pictured above, resided at Cat Cafe San Diego until humans worthy to take him home arrived. Cat Cafe San Diego offers the company of cats, locally brewed coffee, and locally baked pastry every … Continue reading →

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Lana’i Cat Sanctuary

Posted on August 23, 2016 by splendidsummer

Video used by permission of Lana’i Cat Sanctuary. On the remote Hawian island of Lana’i, purchased by Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison in 2012, with plans for optimal green technology, there are approximately 3,000 humans and 500 cats. These cats might … Continue reading →

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