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cat saves baby

Cat saves baby's life - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060416/od_nm/germany_cat_dc Print Story: Cat saves baby's life on Yahoo! News Back to Story - Help Yahoo! News Cat saves baby's life Sat Apr 15, 10:27 PM ET A cat saved the life of a newborn baby abandoned on the doorstep of a Cologne house in the middle of the night by meowing loudly until someone woke up, a police spokesman said Saturday. "The cat is a hero," Cologne police spokesman Uwe Beier said. "Its loud meowing got the attention of the homeowner and saved the baby from suffering life-threatening hypothermia. The homeowner opened door to see why the cat was making so much noise and discovered the newborn." Beier said the boy was taken to hospital at 5 a.m. on Thursday, when overnight temperatures fell toward zero, and had suffered only mild hypothermia. He said there was no indication of what happened to the boy's mother.

CATLINES

Why Didn't You Get Catlines? by Lauren Merryfield I have been asked many times why I did not buy the domain name http://www.catlines.com. The main reason is that I currently do not have the big bucks to buy it or I would. Some ask why I have catliness.com instead? I wanted a website especially for catlovers to enjoy and I wanted this website to revolve around cats. Anything positive related to cats was my intention. Cattiness.com wouldn't work due to the meaning of cattiness. Catness.com was a possibility, however, I did not think of it at the time and I was really looking for an adverbial noun-type name, thus catliness.com. I have even been asked if I've made a typo when I type my website's URL. No, catliness.com is correct. http://www.catliness.com Go there! Find out what's going on at catliness.com; things are always changing there for the better.

CATLINES

CATLINES Made It To Four Years by Lauren Merryfield Cats do what they want when they want. The schedule for CATLINES has been very much like the cats want. I appologize to those who wish things to be timely in a human sense, but due to too many reasons to list here, CATLINES has it's natural publication date as "when the cats get around to it." On some occasions, illness or busyness happen along, however, the main reason for the weird schedule is that I am not a very scheduled PURRson. Try as I might, things don't get done when some might think they should schmould get done. How glad I am that this all seems to be just fine by the cats:Jaspur, Mikey, Gabrielle and Maryah. CATLINES made it through it's fourth year of publication. I am quite amazed that we've kept going in spite of computer snafus, website host changes, autoresponder changes, and finally our moving over to a blog. CATLINES was originally published around the Ides of March, (15th) of 2002 and continues today. We even have a few of our original subscribers, some of whom ask where CATLINES is when it's been a while between publications. With the blog, I can post whenever the cats decide that something is worth publication, or, in some cases, when I sneak something past them, which is hard to do with Jaspur, suPURRvisor and spokeskitty of the lot. I am going to find a way to let it be okay for CATLINES to go as it naturally goes and hope that those who want something at a certain time will understand. Thanks be to those of you who do understand--my four cats especially! http://www.catliness.com

uk cat fund raiser

RESCUE CENTRE TO LAUNCH FELINE BIG BROTHER By Ben Pindar, Community Newswire ANIMALS Brother Middlesex, 21 Apr 2006 - 08:42 A Middlesex animal rescue centre was today gearing up to launch a bizarre new fundraising bid - a feline version of hit TV show Big Brother. And dedicated staff at the RSPCA's Hillingdon branch in Uxbridge have pledged to kick off the new show in style by sleeping over with in the cattery for the first night. The new scheme will be broadcast via the internet and has been created to promote the Safe Haven fundraising campaign which aims to support the work of the branch. Dubbed the "Snoozzze-In", staff will camp out on pet beds with the cats on Friday, April 28, to mark the launch of the new show and the end of a week of fundraising for RSPCA Week. Safe Haven is a way of linking donations to the RSPCA directly by encouraging people to sponsor individual kennels, small animal or cat pens. The event is supported by Snoozzzeee Dog, manufacturers of pet beds, who are providing the dog beds and blankets for the human "Snoozzzers". Paula Mathews, branch director, said: "The great thing about this event is that people who are sponsoring can actually track progress by logging onto our Safe Haven webcam located in the cattery and see if any on the humans have managed to get any sleep. "In addition, people can sponsor the event online or become one of our Safe Haven sponsors." The webcam will remain in place in the cattery in Uxbridge after the Snoozzze In, so sponsors can continue to view the animals in the Safe Haven cattery pen via the internet. Paula said: "The branch often takes in cats and other animals which have been involved in accidents or neglected and abused and need careful monitoring and a long time to recuperate. "By setting up a camera in a cat pen people will be able to see this vital but painstaking process in action, as an animal is nursed back to health and then found a loving new home." The webcam site has been produced by Click Now and they will be running the e-mail campaign linked to it as part of the launch. To ensure the launch doesn't go unnoticed, more than 50,000 people within the branch area will be receiving e-mail information about the Safe Haven scheme launch and the Snoozzze In. You can visit the Webcam by going to www.charitywebcam.co.uk/rspca and you can sponsor the Snoozzzers or become a Safe Haven sponsor from there. Sponsor forms and Safe Haven Scheme information is available by phoning 0781 665 3671, e-mailing fundraiser@rspcahillingdonclinic.org.uk or by writing to The Branch Director, RSPCA Hillingdon Clinic, 123 Uxbridge Road, Hillingdon, Middx, UB10 0LQ.

fat cat

Fat cat tips the scales at 40-plus pounds A cat in St. Joseph, Missouri is a contender for the world's fattest feline. http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=bizarre&id=4020675

Molly the cat

Molly Is Freed After 14 Days http://us.video.aol.com/video.index.adp?mode=2&pmmsid=1634056

more cat humor

Note:This site reminds me of the Onion. A cool place for catlovers to go. Lauren Merryfield, editor/publisher, CATLINES Of course, everythong in catlines is passed by the cats:Jaspur, Mikey, Gabrielle and Maryah. http://www.catliness.com National Hairball Awareness Day — Educate Your Human http://www.catnabbit.com/national-hairball-awareness-day-educate-your-human/ Catnabbit! - By Cats, For Cats » National Hairball Awareness Day — Educate Your Human catnabbit! logo featuring hazel News and Reports, By Cats, For Cats. Updated at least once a day, between naps and snacks. Friday, April 28th, 2006 at 5:12 pm National Hairball Awareness Day — Educate Your Human By Subbes Today is National Hairball Awareness Day, so it is the duty of all cats to make their humans aware of hairballs. Did you know that humans can get hairballs? According to Wikipedia’s entry about Hair Balls: Block quote start Although uncommon in humans, some hairballs have been reported, often in young girls as a result of trichotillomania and pica. In 2003, a 3-year old girl in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada had a grapefruit-sized hairball surgically removed from her stomach and in 2004, an 18-year old woman from McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada had a 5-lb hairball surgically removed from her lower intestine. Hairballs can be quite hazardous in humans, since hair cannot be digested or passed by the human gastrointestinal system, and (assuming it is identified) even vomiting may be ineffective at removing the hair mass. This can result in the general impairment of the digestive system. Block quote end Be sure to tell your human about all the ways that they can prevent hair balls, especially all the methods that work best for you! Here are some tips recommended by the Catnabbit! Cats: 1. Brush your human’s hair every day, or more frequently if they have long hair. This is the perfect time to pay them back for all those loving evenings of grooming with a fine-toothed wire brush. 2. Make your human take a laxative (like mineral oil, laxatone, or petroleum jelly for cats) if they get constipated and can’t pass their hairball. 3. Remind your human to eat lots of grass or catnip every day. This will help keep hairballs from getting stuck somewhere in your system. Humans really don’t like to eat grass, but you must insist that this is for their health and prevention of hairballs! 4. If your human has long hair, the only solution might be to get a haircut. Cats with hair only 1-2 inches long don’t get as many hairballs as cats with longer hair, so recommend that your human gets his hair cut to 1-2 inches length.

cat humor

-- Outraged Cats Protest Over Vacuum Cartoon http://www.catnabbit.com/outraged-cats-protest-over-vacuum-cartoon/ Catnabbit! - By Cats, For Cats » Outraged Cats Protest Over Vacuum Cartoon catnabbit! logo featuring hazel News and Reports, By Cats, For Cats. Updated at least once a day, between naps and snacks. Friday, April 28th, 2006 at 7:39 am Outraged Cats Protest Over Vacuum Cartoon By Subbes vacuum cartoon censored Over 1 million cats decried an obscure magazine today after it issued a cartoon depicting a human, an unholy Vacuum Cleaner, and a cat. This latest installment in “The Cartoon Wars” comes after a long line of caricatures of religious, political, and other entities in offensive imagery. The Cartoon Wars have been a hot topic this year, sparking world-wide debate on wheter there should be limits on free speech where other cultures may be offended. Most recently, an Oregon student newspaper published images of a Christian deity in artwork which could be considered blasphemous mostly by humans, but also by some cats who might practice in the Christian religion. The Vacuum Cleaner is an unholy Beast which terrorizes all houses, apartments, condos, and other homes at least twice per week. In some unfortunate circumstances, the home’s Beast may reveal itself more frequently, especially if the house is occupied by a “neat freak” or an especially messy individual. Long-haired cats seem to be plagued by more visits from the unholy Vacuum Cleaner, although short-haired cats are far from exempt from such unholy terrors. In fact, there have been several instances where cats have been eaten by a hungry Vacuum Cleaner. The horrendous Vacuum Beast is a dangerous force which should not be approached under any circumstances — especially when it is awake. Cats worldwide rioted after hearing of this blasphemous depiction. The casualties so far are as follows: Carpets urinated on: 9,321 Humans rudely awoken: 3,566 Couches shredded: 1,329 Litter boxes overturned: 893 Wedding rings tossed under the fridge: 94 Important papers chewed up: 32 Dogs bitten: 2 Nature abhors a vacuum, but not as much as cats do. — Lee Entrekin

pet ownership statistics

New figures just released from APPMA’s 2005-2006 National Pet Owners Survey (NPOS) show pet ownership is currently at its highest level, with 63 percent of all U.S. households owning a pet which equates to more than 69 million households.That’s up from 64 million in 2002 and 51 million in 1988 when APPMA’s tracking began.According to the 375 page survey that tracks hundreds of pet ownership trends, Americans own approximately 73 million dogs, 90 million cats, 139 million freshwater fish, 9 million saltwater fish, 16 million birds, 18 million small animals and 11 million reptiles. Louise

cat humor

A man absolutely hated his wife's cat and decided to get rid of him one day by driving him 20 blocks from his home and leaving him at the park. As he was getting home, the cat was walking up the driveway. The next day he decided to drive the cat 40 blocks away. He put the beast out and headed home. Driving back up his driveway,there was the cat! He kept taking the cat further and further and the cat would always beat him home. At last he decided to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then right again and another right until he reached what he thought was a safe distance from his home and left the cat there. Hours later the man calls home to his wife: "Jen, is the cat there?" "Yes," the wife answers, "why do you ask?" Frustrated, the man answered, "Put that son of a ***** on the phone, I'm lost! And need directions!" --submitted by Louise