Tag: Cats
Ernest Hemingway had a soft spot for six-toed cats. Even after his death, the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West, Florida is teeming with fifty-five of these furry polydactyls, descended from Snowball, a horny six-toed cat given to Hemingway by a sea captain. Photographer Henry Hargreaves recently travelled to the museum, and despite his allergies, shot regal portraits of […]
Cats have quite a dark and checkered past. After their divine reign in Ancient Egypt, they soon descended into the depths of Hell – or at least, that’s what many people believed for centuries. Author and PhD Art Historian Paul Koudounaris attempted to set the record straight during a lecture on demonic cats at the Morbid […]
A new Texas-based company Celestis, Inc offers to send a portion of your pets’ remains or DNA into space, for as little as $995 and up. The pet remains will travel on a vehicle also carrying scientific or commercial baggage. The service is fairly customizable, as the company describes in their press release: “Service options include suborbital flights that […]
If you post photos of your cat on social media, the internet probably knows exactly where your cat lives. And, unless your cat has its own place, that’s probably where you live too. Florida State University professor Owen Mundy was trying to tell you this when he created I Know Where Your Cat Lives — an interactive map […]
Ayn Rand liked cats. She also wrote repetitive, long-winded books and developed Objectivism, the philosophical system for people who pleasure themselves over thoughts of laissez-faire capitalism and believe that self-interest is the highest moral purpose and that’s that, the objective truth, fuck you. But she also really liked cats, so much that she engaged in correspondence […]
From the creators of the dog treat box subscription service BarkBox, here comes BarkBuddy, described by co-founder Hendrik Werdelin as “Tinder for dogs.” It’s a cute comparison, but unlike Tinder, only one side of the connection gets to make a decision, and also unlike Tinder, it might actually make people happy. BarkBuddy has invited shelters around the country […]
A recent scientific study suggests that petting your cat may actually be stressing it out. This research was conducted by a group of animal behavior experts at the University of Lincoln, University of Sao Paulo and the University of Veterinary Medicine. This data focuses specifically on the stress levels of cats who are petted more in comparison […]
A pair of troublesome kittens that caused some major delays for two subway lines in Brooklyn were eventually caught on Thursday evening and sent to Animal Care and Control in East New York. The felines, named Arthur (left) and August (right), are “approximately 8 weeks old” and are doing just fine according to AC&C. Pretty […]
Cats have been making more and more appearances within the art world lately — from commissioned royal cat portraits to an entire exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and at White Columns gallery, where cats were offered for rescue, and that’s just within the past few months! And now, the ASPCA and Fresh Step have partnered up to create […]
Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara‘s series depicting her grandmother Misao with her soulmate Fukumara are very touching. Fukumara happens to be a cat. Misao adopted this mystical fluffball after discovering those piercing two-toned eyes in her shed some years back, and the pair have been inseparable ever since. From working in the fields to reading the morning paper to (of course) their […]
