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Friday Poll: Hysterical humans or furious felines?

Alleged Cat Attacks: Hysteria or Fury? There have been two stories this year about cats that have allegedly trapped their owners in a room, forcing those people to call the police for assistance. Most recently, to my knowledge, is a call for assistance in Chula Vista, CA (“California women call police over cat’s furry fury”):…

Friday Catblogging: Mapping a Million Cats

Megan Garber reports on a cartography project: I Know Where Your Cat Lives from Owen Mundy on Vimeo. There are a lot of cats in the world, and there are a lot of cats on the Internet. These two facts—one a longstanding reality, the other a longstanding cliche—often collide with each other in predictable ways.…

Friday Catblogging: High-Tech Cat Feeder

Bistro has designed and will market a cat feeder that uses facial recognition, among other technologies, to monitor a cat’s feeding habits: Our four-legged friends have a habit of not eating when something ails them. However, if you’re at work all day, you may not pick up on the lack of appetite until it’s too late. Well, there’s…

Friday Catblogging: Online, Are Goats Replacing Cats?

It seems improbable, but at the Washington Post, Caitlin Dewey contends that Online, goats are the new cats. (No kidding!): Let’s recap the sheer number of goats who have gone viral in recent months. There was Frostie, the sickly Australian snow goat who learned to walk with the help of a wheelchair. Then there was…

Friday Catblogging: The Cabbit

Among the many mythological creatures of history, alongside unicorns, sea monsters, and abominable snowmen sits the legendary cat-rabbit hybrid, the cabbit. One can find photographs of the supposed animal across the Internet: Over at Messy Beast, Sarah Hartwell has the definitive guide to cabbits, entitled, Cabbits – A History of the Myth. Hartwell traces the…

Friday Catblogging: Millie the Climbing Cat

Craig Armstrong and Millie I met Millie, my climbing partner, at Furburbia. We went into a tiny room to have a chat together away from all the other noisy campers. She climbed up my back and sat on my shoulders. It took about four seconds to realize we were now partners and would be going…

Heroic Cat Saves Boy from Vicious Dog

The video, apparently compiled from security-camera footage of a California home, is entitled, ‘My cat saved my son.’  (Note: The last ten seconds show injuries for which the boy received medical treatment. His mother reports that the child needed stitches but is otherwise fine.) Via 23 ABC News.