From a German grocery’s commercial —

In Japan, a zoo lion pounces while a small boy (seemingly unfazed by the encounter) turns his back:

When a Texas teacher Tonya Andrews’s cat passed away, her students surprised her with two new kittens: We surprised our teacher with kittens because her cat passed away yesterday pic.twitter.com/ozzwCJTVmj — Rachel Hanhart (@ace040913) May 6, 2016

A small cat recently wandered on to the ice before a San Jose Sharks hockey game. (The cat was later caught and placed with a local Humane Society for adoption.) The Sharks, by the way, won the game, 5-2 over Nashville. See, How the San Jose Sharks saved the ‘world’s luckiest cat.’

In a two week period 3 pregnant cheetahs gave birth at the Metro Richmond Zoo! On March 21,2016, Milani, a second time mom, gave birth to 3 cubs (2 males and 1 female), sired by Hatari. On April 1, 2016 Vaila, a first time mom gave birth to 7 cubs (this number only happens 1%…

Although cats are popular in Japan, a cat cafe there has run afoul of animal cruelty laws, and has been closed: The Cat’s Paw cafe in Tokyo’s Sumida district has fallen foul of the city authorities amid concern about neglect for the animals. City authorities said the cafe had to close for a month for…

Making myself at home @foreignoffice HQ ?? pic.twitter.com/IpmDA5F1CC — Palmerston (@DiploMog) April 13, 2016 A homeless cat has landed a great gig at the British Foreign Office: A cat found wandering the streets, who was nursed back to health at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, has moved into his new home in the Foreign Office….…

In a video from Russian monastery, a group of cats follow Sergey Kuzmich, a layperson as he performs a ritual blessing at the monastery.

Every day, my cat will sit at the table whenever someone is eating. Here is a collection of these images and, incidentally, a recap of my 2015. Via Couple Photographs Cat Staring At Their Food Every Day For A Year @ The Dodo.