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Friday Catblogging: Cat at a Hockey Game

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.’

Closing a Cat Cafe

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…

Friday Catblogging: A Mouser at the British Foreign Office

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….…

Friday Catblogging: Cat’s Unplanned Trip

A very happy ending to an extraordinary story, all thanks to a microchip! http://www.grovelodgevets.co.uk/blog/cat-in-the-box Posted by Grove Lodge Veterinary Group on Thursday, March 24, 2016 A Siamese cat survived eight days in a packing box after she climbed in shortly before her owner sealed the container: After traveling for 260 miles, Cupcake arrived in Worthing, West…

Friday Catblogging: Watching, Patiently

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.

February 22nd is a Great Day in Japan 

Now in its 30th year, Cat Day has lit up Japanese social media with endless portraits of …cats as well as cat-themed doughnuts, cat-shaped biscuits, cat manga, cats staring soulfully out of windows, kittens mewing expectantly and so on. On this day it is Japan’s hugest trend on social media. What happens on Cat Day?…

Friday Catblogging: The Purrtraitist

The Purrtraitist from No Problem on Vimeo. Larry Johnson is a renowned photographer. His specialty is feline portraiture. He travels around the world taking photos of show cats. I spent a weekend with Larry at a cat show in Parsippany, NJ to see him work his magic. mlzml.com johnsonanimalphoto.com Credits: Directed/Edited: Mark Zemel Camera: Tyler…

Friday Catblogging: Owning Times Square

This month, each night just before midnight, a video of a cat sipping milk will be shown on over a dozen large monitors in Times Square: For three glorious minutes this evening [and all month long], 15 billboards in Times Square all displayed the same video of a cat sipping milk. And, this being New…