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Meet the new Monopoly token and say goodbye to the iron.
Everyone knows that fur and irons don’t mix.
67dead cats removed from a squalorous home in upstate New York
99live cats also removed from the grisly scene by local authorities
The details of this deeply sad tale are pretty unpleasant, be warned — Sheriff’s deputies responded to a neighbor’s complaint about a foul odor of cat urine and feces wafting from the home, only to find a bevy of living cats stacked in crates all the way to the ceiling, and the dead cats wrapped in plastic bags packed into the freezer. This is a horrible story, and one that particularly tugs on our hearts as animal lovers — charges are reportedly being weighed against the owner, who a worker at the animal shelter that has taken in the 99 survivors said had “a hoarder mentality.” source
InstaSnopes: Sorting the Real Sandy Photos from the Fakes (also, follow Is Twitter Wrong?)
Have been saying for years that you could create a hugely popular news publication that was like Snopes, but faster. This article? Proof.
» The secret world of cats: A test of the National Geographic Society’s Crittercam program, run by the University of Georgia, showed a couple of interesting things about kitties that we didn’t already know about — that, given the opportunity to go outside, they will kill, but they may not bring their prey back with them (something that happens only 23 percent of the time). “The results were certainly surprising, if not startling,” said the University of Georgia’s Kerrie Anne Loyd, in the understatement of the year. The study has prompted American Bird Conservancy president Dr. George Fenwick to estimate four billion animals per year — and 500 million birds alone — are killed by cats, whether domestic or feral. “Cat predation is one of the reasons why one in three American bird species are in decline,” Fenwick claims. That’s right, it’s Kitty’s fault.
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Two-faced cat sets longevity record: When this two-faced cat (named Frank and Louie) was born, it was super-cute if a little unique … but it had a strong chance at living a healthy life. And what a healthy life it’s had! The Guinness Book of World Records now says it’s the ”longest surviving Janus cat.” Well duh — that’s because it has 18 lives.
Wienergate gets some fresh photos from Breitbart: So apparently, BigGovernment and BigJournalism claim that they have new photos of Anthony Wiener. “We will be updating BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com throughout the day with photographs, timelines, and other clarifying details,” our boy Andrew Breitbart writes. “However, we will not be releasing all of the material because some of it is of an extreme, graphic nature.” Here’s one of the photos. It’s Anthony Wiener with an animal that doubles as an euphemism. So graphic. (h/t aceface905)
Hey guys! This apartment is only $900 a month! PLUS you get free cats!
We saw this the other day and debated posting it. Seems Urlesque got there first. In other news, here are more pictures of cats from our yearly holiday, Catstravaganza.
Meet Britain’s new Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office: Larry the Cat has one of the most important jobs in Britain – and it’s one that the government, wisely, didn’t put on the chopping block during their recent austerity craze. See, Larry, a 4-year-old former stray, will be in charge of killing mice inside of David Cameron’s 10 Downing Street office. There are many rats in London, and Larry seems like he’s up to the job. We salute you, old chap. source
Julian assange asserts his human dominance: So says German author Daniel Domscheit-Berg, writing in his new book about his experiences with WikiLeaks and Assange. Domscheit-Berg claims that while Assange stayed with him in 2009, the silver-haired Australian began to abuse and battle his tomcat, which is adorably named Herr Schmidt. “Julian would constantly attack the animal. He would spread out his fingers like a fork and grab the cat’s throat,” the upcoming book says. Assange does have a built-in excuse for this abusive behavior, though, if he can only prove that this cat was a bastard. source
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