Sunday, February 4, 2018: Time for the Big Game. That’s right, Puppy Bowl XIV is on Animal Planet starting at 3 PM Eastern Time. Many of the cute canine competitors are hurricane rescues from Puerto Rico, there’s a kitty halftime show, duckling, piglet and baby bunny cheerleaders, a sloth referee, and a new Dog Bowl for full-grown adoptable canines. Yes, you can adopt a “wide-retriever” of your own.
Google Play for Pets, available April 1st.
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A short documentary about Instagram canine photographer and author Elias Weiss Friedman aka The Dogist (@thedogist).
Director: E.J. McLeavey-Fisher
Editor: Erik Auli
Cinematographer: Nathan Lynch
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This just in: Larry the Cat votes “Remain,” in a sense. Number 10 Downing Street’s “Chief Mouser,” a tabby who moved into the UK Prime Minister’s official residence in 2011, will not be leaving with David Cameron on Wednesday. “It’s a civil servant’s cat and does not belong to the Camerons – he will be staying,” said a government spokesperson. Larry will continue to shed fur on the chintz during the tenure of incoming PM Theresa May.
There has been no reaction from the kitties of the EU so far. We await miaous from Brussels.
More:
“Larry the cat escapes Downing Street eviction,” BBC News
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Sunday, February 7, 2016: Time for the Big Game. That’s right, Puppy Bowl XII is on Animal Planet starting at 3PM Eastern Time. The cute canine competitors are recruited from shelters, there’s a kitty halftime show, silkie chicken and hedgehog cheerleaders, and a new assistant referee, Stanley the Skunk. Before game time you can play the furry fantasy game, try the Virtual Reality feature, or adopt a “wide-retriever” puppy of your own.
20 to 30 million feral cats roam Australia, killing 75 million animals each night. 29 of the continent’s mammals have been lost to extinction, and feral cats are implicated in 28 of these eradications. More than 120 Australian animals are currently at risk of extinction by feral cats, which also spread diseases that affect farm livestock.
These critters are not the mild-mannered moggies British colonists brought with them since arriving in 1788 but ferocious felines weighing up to 30 pounds. The Australian government wants to kill 2 million of these furry furies in the next 5 years.
More:
“Feline Massacre: Australia Unveils Plan to Kill Two Million Feral Cats,” Vice
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Crumbs & Whiskers, DC’s first cat café, is opening at 3211 O Street NW in Georgetown on June 20th. Kickstarter backers can schedule now, Gentlemeow’s Club members can sign up on June 15th, and the rest of us must wait until June 18th.
So reservations are required; sounds pretty exclusive. Will there be valet parking?
Sunday, February 1, 2015: Time for the Big Game. That’s right, Puppy Bowl XI is on Animal Planet. The cute canine competitors come from shelters, the cheerleaders are kitty cats and dwarf goats, and the halftime show features Kitty Furry. The puppies recently predicted another sporting event, the one out in Arizona today.
More:
“A complete guide to Puppy Bowl XI,” Marissa Payne, Washington Post
Note to cat people: Kitten Bowl II is on the Hallmark Channel at 12 Noon ET
More:
“Kitten Bowl 2015 lineup, start time, live stream and TV schedule,” Adam Stites, SB Nation
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After 49 years, Cat Fancy Magazine is no more. To put that in perspective, 49 years is 3 or 4 cat lifespans [insert ‘9 Lives‘ joke here]. Cat Fancy was known for beautiful feline photos and practical kitty-keeping advice and had many fans, including Ayn Rand. The magazine will be succeeded by something called “Catster.”
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“Cat cafes — establishments that allow you to make feline friends while you enjoy your coffee — already exist in Paris and Japan, and … the concept will soon hit San Francisco. The trend has been slow to catch on in the U.S., mostly due to strict health codes that prohibit the presence of animals in restaurants. But the team behind the upcoming California cafe — obviously named KitTea — plans to make it work by running two separate operations: a tea house and a ‘cat sanctuary.’”
— “San Francisco Cat Cafe: Video Tour of Other Cat Cafes in Japan,” Samantha Grossman, TIME Magazine
