Via Huffington Post

I’m sure to get complaints about this week’s catblogging photo – an animation of a spat between a small child and a feline. Some will blame the cat, others the child, still others will wonder where the parents are (after all — it wasn’t another cat that filmed this conflict).

I like numbers 9 (Create a Place for Your Cats to Climb and Perch) and 10 (Teach Your Cat to Shake Hands), but I’m not so sure about number 8 (Get Your Cat Comfortable with a New Place with the Help of Butter)… See the full list at Lifehacker: Top 10 Ways to Upgrade Your Cat’s Life.

The playfulness of youth —

We all know cats have nine lives, but … two faces? Meet Frank and Louie, a rare cat known as a Janus who has earned a place in the 2012 Guinness World Records book as the oldest-living two-faced feline. Luckily for Frank and Louie’s owner, who according to media reports lives in Worcester, Mass., the…

If cats weren’t already extraordinary, they’re even more amazing now: Glow-in-the-dark cats help AIDS research. Felines are doing their part to advance medical science.

See story in Daily Mail for more details of the 12-acre, 700-cat domain.

A rescued cat requires surgery, and cat fanciers can help with donations to the Countryside Animal Clinic. Donations for Scooter the Cat’s surgery may be sent to the clinic at 5335 Wayne Terrace, Madison, WI 53718.