Stroke the Lion it’ll be fine they said! Here’s @scottbaldwin2 petting a lion like it’s a pet cat! pic.twitter.com/Y95FObGeJ5 — Andy Goode (@AndyGoode10) September 29, 2017 Welsh rugby player Scott Baldwin extended an invitation, one that the lion predictably accepted: Coach Steve Tandy had no sympathy for his player, suggesting Baldwin had ignored instruction and…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Anchorage resident Tim Newton awoke to the sound of something running across his deck in the area of Flattop, last Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. So naturally, he went to check it out. Family of lynx on deck of Anchorage resident (photo Courtesy of Tim Newton Photography) “I crept over to the…

Here’s a story with a happy ending: When residents of a neighborhood in Fort Worth, Texas, heard tiny meows coming from behind an abandoned house, they knew just what to do. Judy Obregon, founder of a local animal rescue called The Abandoned Ones (TAO), routinely rescues abandoned dogs and needy strays in the area. The people who heard the…

LOS ANGELES — They are brought into shelters in crates, boxes and flower pots at this time of the year: Tiny, mewing kittens with eyes barely open, with pink, toothless mouths — and usually with no mother to nurse them. And here’s what it takes to keep them alive: people to hand-feed formula through a…

The Dodo shows How to teach your cat how to jump through your arms — in 6 easy steps: Here's how to teach your cat how to jump through your arms — in 6 easy steps pic.twitter.com/4YOEpnGj2P — The Dodo (@dodo) August 18, 2017

As professional arborists, brothers-in-law Tom Otto and Shaun Sears are quite adept at climbing trees. The cats that they rescue are not. And with a plethora of trees—and cats—around Seattle, they decided to put their off hours to good use and return scared, stuck kitties to their worried owners. Working completely off donations, these two…

This encounter was in California, but Montana.gov offers good advice for anyone encountering a mountain lion.

the most normal thing in 2017 so far pic.twitter.com/X05h6nQFrG — Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) August 3, 2017

This is Snowy. She has pretty eyes. via /r/cats pic.twitter.com/F4rg3dubdr — Catify (@CatifyCo) July 28, 2017 Pretty eyes, indeed.

Face It, We've All Been This Cat Before And Gone The Extreme Step Just For A Treat https://t.co/Pmo8ovuEtw via @Digg — John Adams (@DailyAdams) July 21, 2017

Jason Bittel reports that this bobcat brings in $308,000 a year: Somewhere in Yellowstone National Park, a wildcat is walking around with a little extra swagger in its step today. That’s because a new study estimates the value of one specific bobcat there at a whopping $308,105 a year…. Bobcats are pretty rare in Yellowstone,…