A stray cat seeking a warm spot to nap made headlines when Long Island police rescued it from a television news truck's rooftop satellite dish. WCBS-TV reporter Jennifer McLogan said drivers were honking their horns and waving as her truck traveled Wednesday along a parkway to a Mineola press conference about an arrest in a string of burglaries. She waved back.
A man who previously kept dead animals in cold storage and dozens more living in filthy conditions in a Dallas home was under investigation Monday after police found almost two dozen cats in his suburban motel room. Plano police stopped the man on Sunday and found he had outstanding warrants for animal cruelty and outdated animal vaccinations related to his previous case.
A "Project Runway" finalist admits that she "gently" tossed her cat onto a bed. But Kenley Collins denies that she used the feline as a weapon during a spat with her ex-fiance.
The mysterious mewing in Vickie Mendenhall's home started about the time she bought a used couch for $27. After days of searching for the source of the noise, she found a very hungry calico cat living in her sofa.
A man who stuffed his girlfriend's cat into a makeshift bong and smoked marijuana through it said Tuesday that he had done it on other occasions and that it calmed the cat down.
A Bremerton Fire Department official said an elderly woman has her cat to thank for saving her life in a smoky house fire. The woman's smoke alarm was going off as smoke billowed through the vents from her home heater but she slept through it. Her cat jumped up on the bed and pawed at her face until she woke up.
A man who tried to cool out his hyper cat by stuffing her into a boxlike homemade bong faces cruelty charges — and catcalls from animal lovers. Lancaster County sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic disturbance call Sunday alleged they saw 20-year-old Acea Schomaker smoking marijuana through a piece of garden hose attached to a duct-taped, plastic glass box in which the cat had been stuffed.
Socks, the White House cat during the Clinton administration who waged war on Buddy the pup, has died. He was around 18.
Police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call found more than 80 cats and three dogs in an El Reno house soiled with animal fur, feces and urine. Officer Christina Penick said in a police report that there was an overwhelming smell of ammonia from cat urine, and cats were in the cabinets, on tables and running around the floor.
A lift had to be used to rescue a cat from atop a 6-story concrete support pillar for a Houston elevated freeway. The striped gray kitty could be heard meowing Wednesday after the Houston SPCA retrieved the cat and put the animal in a transport cage.
Islamic militants posted sarcastic comments on an extremist Web site Tuesday ridiculing a recent announcement by First Lady Laura Bush that the family's cat had died.
The first family leaving the White House this month will be without one of its longtime members: the Bush family's 18-year-old cat has died.
While animal lovers in Beijing protested the killing of cats for food on Thursday, a butcher in Guangdong province — where felines are the main ingredient in a famous soup — just shrugged her shoulders and wielded her cleaver. "Cats have a strong flavor. Dogs taste much better, but if you really want cat meat, I can have it delivered by tomorrow," said the butcher, who gave only her surname, Huang.
A Cincinnati area woman has again found Hope, her three-legged cat with that name whose disappearance led to an extensive search. Hope's owner, Norma Meece, had hired a pet detective as part of a nearly seven-week search costing more than $500 dollars after the cat disappeared from Meece's home in suburban Green Township.
Me-ouch! Veterinarians in Boston on Tuesday performed an unusual surgery to reattach the face of a cat they believe was injured by a car's fan belt, probably because she tried to stay warm under the hood.
As more shops, restaurants and hotels put out the welcome mat for Fido, it’s important for all traveling pets to have good manners. Jumping on the food table and chowing down seafood canapés at a hotel cocktail party or putting muddy paws on the front desk at reception at a five-star resort is certainly not going to add any more points to your hotel rewards card.
A cat lost in Yellowstone National Park in August has been returned to her family in Houston with the help of some West Yellowstone residents. Philip Wattenbarger and his family were camping in a trailer in the West Yellowstone area when their long-haired tabby, Fluffy, went missing on Aug. 1.
A couple recently had an unexpected reunion with an old housemate: their pet cat who went missing more than 13 years ago. George, who was last seen by Melinda Merman and Frank Walburg in 1995, was turned into an animal hospital after the manager of a mobile home park trapped the sickly feline.
To put it in a tasteful way, a vote in Ohio is determining which White House hopeful is the pick of the litter. The ballot boxes are cat litter boxes in the 2008 "Kitty Caucus" being conducted by the Capital Area Humane Society in Columbus and local radio station WBNS-FM, known as Mix 97.1.
The lawyer for an actor and former minor league pitcher who killed his girlfriend's cat says he is trying to strike a plea deal with prosecutors so his client can avoid another trial.
A Glenwood Springs animal shelter was trying to find homes for 86 cats rescued from a two-bedroom condominium. The Colorado Animal Rescue Shelter received the cats on Wednesday. Since then, workers have been scrambling to accommodate the animals at area shelters and homes.
Prosecutors said Monday they are considering a retrial of the former minor league pitcher and actor who killed his girlfriend's cat.
A New York City jury says it is deadlocked on the fate of a former minor league baseball player accused of beating his girlfriend's cat to death in a jealous rage.
NORTH AVONDALE - Where are the cats of Lenox Place? Dozens of cats, some wild, some pets, are missing along this quiet, tree-lined street.
A tip from an Eagan veterinary clinic may have put the kibosh on the case of the disappearing kittens.
This cat was sooo looking forward to that pigeon ...
PITTSBURGH -- The Children's Home of Pittsburgh and Lemieux Family Center hosted a visit by 'Scooter Cat' to the children of Child's Way.
When he was found starving in an alleyway, the abandoned kitten clearly needed a good meal.
TEXAS CITY — A Texas City man wants his day in court after police cited him for disorderly conduct for the way he described the smelly nuggets that neighborhood cats left in his garden.
A one-year-old cat named Jack is stealing clothes from unsuspecting neighbors. KXLY's Annie Bishop reports.
A northern Idaho woman says she has a problem pet. She says her one-year-old cat is burglarizing neighbor's clothing. "It's his fetish. He collects clothing mainly at night," owner Judy Waring said.
This is a video of a homeless man in Santa Barbara and his pets. They work State Street every week for donations. The animals are pretty well fed and are mellow. They are a family.
When I was a little girl, I used to play in our local park, which is lovely and surround an old castle. Us local kids played there all the time, imagining all kinds of wonderful fairy tales.
This article is about how your astrology sign tells you what type of pet you should have and how it will suit your lifestyle.
BRIDGEPORT --- A city man, who kicked and beat a 4-month-old kitten with a broomstick after he caught it licking milk from a cereal bowl, was granted special probation Wednesday.
"Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into." - Henry Ward Beecher
West Haven (WTNH) - A cat who got stuck high in the branches of a tree has his paws back on solid ground. A tree-trimming service came to the rescue Tuesday afternoon to bring the cat down safely.
APPLETON — A Menasha woman has been charged with felony animal abuse after a landlord found the skeletons of approximately 20 cats in an Appleton home she had rented.
Cars and cats just don't mix...
Xylitol is a sugar substitute commonly used in toothpastes, mouthwash, sugarless gum, certain cough medicines and children's chewable multi-vitamins. It also used in many baked goods and candies.
Excerpt: Every week for the last decade, Linda Bruinsma has dumped about 50 pounds of dog hair and a couple of pounds of cat hair into the Douglas County landfill.
This cat begging money was spotted in one of the cities of Belarus. He stays on one place with a note that reads "need money for meat and fish, bless you". He doesn't leave his place and protects the money just with his sight. His owner was found nearby. It was an old lady.
[In 2000] it took three pounds of wild fish to provide enough food to grow one pound of farmed salmon, environmentalists have been apoplectic.
Habitat destruction, pollution and other problems have left nearly a third of the nation's 800 bird species endangered, threatened or in serious decline, according to a study issued on Thursday. More Articles
Former "Project Runway" designer Kenley Collins is facing assault charges for a vicious attack on her ex-fiance in which she used a cat as a weapon.
It was just a half-hour before the opening of the sold-out show, and the normally close-knit band had completely fallen apart. The lead guitarist had shut herself in a dressing room and refused to come out.
NEW BEDFORD — At an age when many children are first learning the concept of volunteerism, 12-year-old Alexsandria Gillespie is already experienced, devoting much of her time and energy to saving homeless cats.
The mysterious mewing in Vickie Mendenhall's home started about the time she bought a used couch for $27. After days of searching for the source of the noise, she found a very hungry calico cat living in her sofa.