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News and Articles of Interest about  our Feline  Friends

Is your cat right pawed or lefty?

Researchers at Animal Behavior Centre at Queen’s University in Belfast found that cats do favor one paw over the other and that there is a gender bias. They also found that female cats tend to use their right paw more and that male cats use their left paw more frequently. This research was published in tthe journal of Animal Behaviour". You can determine if your cat is right or left pawed by observing things like  which first step does your cat take into the cat litter or which  first step it takes going down the stairs. (Posted 1/25/2018)

 " The Kitty" book free talk  by author at Kent Memoral Library,Suffield, CT on Wednesday January 17, 2018, at 7 pm. Shawn P. Flynn, the author, will discuss his book. It is  about a  kitty who helped him through personal hard times after rescuing the kitty.  For more information, call 860 668 3896 or email at suffield-library.org.

ADOPTION of kitties event this Saturday

Annual clean shelter day is coming this Saturday. Many fabulous cats for adoption.Small or large, kitten or adult, white or black, short hair or long hair, all looking for a loving home. If looking for unconditional love, adopting a cat is a wonderful way. to find it. Connecticut Cat Connection located in WINDSOR at 40 Stevens Mill Road will open their doors on Saturday, August 19th, at noon to 4 pm. for adoptions. For additional information, you can call at 860 219 9896 or visit their website at ctcatsconnections.org (Posted 8/17/2017)

Anyone looking for a Cabin that is full of cat artwork from walls to ceiling? In Concho, Arizona, a 2,500 house is on sale . It took the owner ten years to decorate every room of this  two bedroom and one bath  home to be all cat decor. It is being sold through  Centry 21 High Country and called an “contemporary eccentric” home.  (Posted June 14, 2017) 

State of Alaska grants pets rights in divorce cases

Pets are considered more and more as family members. In January 2017, Alaska has become the first state  in the country to consider the well being of the animals and empowers judges to assign custody over pets.The court can now award custody on the basis of what is best for the pet and not necessarily what is best for the human owner. The Alaska bill will also allow courts to issue protective orders in domestic violence cases and require the owners who neglect their pets to pay cost of the pet’s shelter. (1/20/2017)

Fat  cat a huge hit at hotel (summary of article by Micheal Casey of Associated Press/10/20/2016)

Cat named Logon roams the halls of Western Silver fox Inn at the Waterville Valley Resort in New Hampshire.  He is a 31 pound ball of fur who loves to eat and in spite of his large size, his vet has found nothing wrong with his health except that this eight year old kitty may have a slow metabolism

Longon’s  friendly personality combined with his extra ordinary size has made him sort of a celebrity.  Guests of the hotel have posted photos of cat Logon and have taken Facebook videos which has been viewed 29 million times.  

Meals to pets in need

Feb. 20, 2015. AniMeals on Wheels is a new program in Connecticut that provides meals to pets for folks that are pet owners and who are on Meal On Wheels clients.  

Man charged for killing three cats and injuring four in New Britain,CT. New Britain Superior Judge on June 17, 2012, rejected Stanislaw Ternacki for accelerater ehabilitation.  If  Ternacki admits to this ,prosecution has offered a four month jail sentence which he needs by July 30,2012 to accept/reject or be faced with trial.

Cat gets stuck in cockpit and delays Air Canada Flight (1/25/2012)

CTV news reported that a cat named Ripples, owned by Debbie Harris, managed to get loose from it’s cat carrier and headed right for the cockpit this Wednesday, January 25^th.  Cat was spotted and passengers attempted to cat this frightened little one but did not succeed.  Journey from Air Canada from Halifax to Toronto was delayed for four hours.  It appears that cat somehow got into  a cockpit area where he could not be reached . Others needed to be called to remove and disassemble pieces of the cockpit to get the cat out.   Mrs. Harris said this was the first time she travelled with Ripples and it would be the last time.



Sratford kitten with more than Nine Lives

Less than a year old, Penelope, a Persian orange kitten needed rescue.  She had developed numerous issues. The little kitten sustained a serious eye injury, bad lung infection, ringworms, numerous sinus infections to name a few.  This treatment was estimated to cost $15,000. She was taken by shelter in Stratford, Connecticut, allthough, this was more than they could afford.They sought out other cat lovers for donations and received an overwhelming great response. Cat lovers local and even international responded. Sufficient funds were collected to save this little kitten. Penology , now  a one -eyed cat,  returned to health. Lady luck  on her side as one of the Stratford Cat project volunteers  adopted her.  (Posted 11/3/2011)

Miracle at Waterloo, Iowa Reclycling Plant

A very young kitten almost still closed eyes  got stuck somehow in a recylcing bin in a Recyling Plant in Waterloo, Iowa. How he got there is a mystery. Perhaps mama cat  thought that bin would make a good kittening box.Kitten's life was saved when employee Gene Dettmer noticed him. This kitten was so young and still in need of his mother,. The compassionate Gene Dettmer took this kitty home to bottle feed him, but could not adopt him . Lucky kitty got adopted by Gene's brother Dennis, a cat lover, who named him Taz. (Posted Sept. 9, 2011 ).

New Book published about a traveling Cat

Book signing on August 20, 2011 at 10:30 at Windsor Locks Libary, 28 Main St., Windsor Locks, CT,  by Aurthor Suki R. Kapan of Manchester, Connecticut who will sign copies  of  " Around the World with Littlest Cat: Great Britain".                                              Visit www.sukikaplan.com

When you pet needs IMMEDIATE aid --What to do 

Dr.. Elisa Ermilio with Contry Companions Services will present a talk about first aid  when an emergy happens with  Demonstration of first aid techniques will be shown .Location for this is the Woodbridge Town Library located on 10 Newton Rd., Woodbridge, Connecticut. It will be held at the  library's main meeting  room at 7 pm. for an hour  on Monday, May 31, 2011.  Call : 203 389 3433 for more details/info.

Kitten sitting in cargo area of airport dies from cold exposure 

On January 27, 2011, the Hartford Courant reported that a 11-week of , 3 -pound hairless kitten, which was being flown from Utah to Connecticut  in climate controlled air cargo died when sitting in cargo area for 50 minutes after flight landed.  Even when cargo holds are climate control, runways are not . 

Delta Flight 738 to Hartford arrived at 8:40 p.m., when the National Weather Service reported that it was 10 degrees outside.  

Lombardi paid $289.94 cargo ticket on Delta Airlines which included $70.00 extra to make sure their kitten Snickers was taken off the plane quickly, but ,unfortunately ,it took close to an hour before the kitten was taken inside.

The owner Heather Lombardi rushed her kitten  Snicker's to  Connecticut Veterinary Clinic in West Hartford, an emergency center open 24-7 and was treated by Veterinarian Caroline FLowers.  The kitten was bleeding from the mouth and nose and Flowers indicated that all symptoms pointed to extreme hypothermia as the cause of death. 

According to Department of Transportation over 2 million pets and other live animals are transported by air every year in the United States.  Between November 2009 and October 2010, 33 animals died. 11 were injured and five were lost  while being transported. Dave Sacks spokesman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees animals that are transported by air cargo  indicated that there will be an investigation as to Snicker's death.

New No-Kill Animal Shelter opens in Bloomfield

The Simon Foundation is  now operating a new 36,000 square feet animal shelter in Bloomfield, CT.  It will be able to accommodate 130 dogs and 50 cats. As a no-kill shelter it will care for animals brought to the shelter until adoption.  Municipal shelters often euthanize animals after holding them for adoption for a certain time period. This shelter will hold an open house and holiday bazaar on December 12, 2010. 

Feline Care Awareness Week

August 16 through August 22 is Take Your Cat to the Vet Week . Cats need an annual veterinarian exam. They are more likely than dogs to mask the signs of sickness/injury. Things to look out for : Cat spending the day under the bed who normally does not, a cat with a previously healthy appetite eats much less or not all, or an active pet that no longer seems interested in playing with toys. These maybe signs of more serious problems.

Cat survived a 70 feet fall from Allen Street Bridge in Kelso, Washington

Woman saw the a tabby cat leaping off the Allen Street Bridge in Kelso, Washington on June 3, 2010 and called the Humane Society of Cowlitz County.

The cat was taken to a vet who gave the cat pain medication and sent her home for the night with a foster family. That same evening this cat miscarried a litter of kittens.  The following day Lower Columbia Veterinary Clinic treated the cat for a broken palate which resulted when the cat’s head struck the pavement.

After taking an X-ray of the cat's leg at the clinic, it was determined it was broken. Cat then had leg placed in a cast. It was also later spayed at the Humane Society facility.  All work was donated by the Veterinarians in attempt to help this cat get back on it’s feet . This cat was placed in foster home awaiting adoption.
 
Cat and Bird Under the Same Roof Leads to Tragedy.

 The Hartford Courant on April 22, 2010 reported that a Glastonbury man, Gregory W. Lesco,49 year old father was arrested on Monday, April 19th for suffocating the family cat after the cat killed his pet bird.  Bird was regularly let out of the cage and would keep Lesco company. On March 25,2010, when the bird flew out of his cage, the family cat caught the bird.The cat would not let go of the bird after several attempts by Lesco to retrieve  the bird. In desparation, he threw a baseball bat at the cat but the cat ran away with the bird. When cat later came out of hiding, Lesco noticed that the cat had blood coming out of his ear and thought it was best to put the cat out of its misery, thus, suffocated the cat. Lesco is now scheduled to appear in Manchester Superior Court on April 28  to be arrainged. He faces one count of cruelty to animals. 

Jury Call for Cat Sal
Cat Sal Esposito of East Boston, Massachusetts is expected to show up for jury duty at Suffolk Superior Court on March 23, 2010, as reported by the National Ledger.

Sal was served with a jury summons to report for court. His owners Anna and Guy Esposito  attempted to disqualify Sal, but jury commissioner would not do so according to MSNBC News.  Sal’s owners think that error occurred when Sal was inadvertently considered as a person when his owners on  their last census form wrote  "Sal Esposito" under the pet section where asked for the  name of pet .

We will have to wait and see if Sal get’s off serving  jury duty or if Sal will be forced to be the purrrfect juror.

Is your cat right handed or left handed?

Other News

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Books about kitties worth reading (mostly recently published books)

"I am a Cat" by Galla Bernstein. Delightul book about a pudgy gray housecat hero named Simon. He meets with bigs cas like the lion, puma, panther tiger and cheetah. He announces that he too is a cat. Good read for children ages of 3-7.

 "Really Important Stuff my Cat Has Thought Me" by Cynthia L. Copeland . Book sold by Workman at workman.com 

"Lost Cat" by Caroline Paul . This book is based on a true story of love, desperation and GPS technology. can  be obtained through www.bloombsbury.com/us

"From a Cat's Perspective" ...How to raise a well-adjusted cat . Book by Pam Johnson-Bennett.Can be obtained at www.penguin.com

My Cat's Life (Chicken Soup for the Soul) by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Jennifer Quasha.  101 stories about all  ages and stages of our feline family members.  A book about human-feline bonding offering a collection of cat tales that will surely warm your heart and soul.  To purchase see www.chickensoup.com

"Tumford the Terrible" by Nancy Tillman. A wonderful book about a bulky feline with an innocent face but a "cat causing trouble" . This is a children's book for ages 4 to 7.

" Won To: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku" by Lee Wardlaw. Children's book ages 8 to 11. This is a story of a cat and his boy, which starts in "The Shelter", and ends with a "Home".

 "Hairballs in the Morning "by Lesley Bistline. A book that is described as being a real help for all cat owners. Covers many topics from advise  on adopting a cat, to ,dealing with different cat personalities in a multi-cat home and  to saying good buyes to a sick or aging cat. Book can be purchased through www.amazon.com  

"The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside" - Beautiful animated cat illustrations.  Visit    http://www.comeinsidekitty.com

"Stories from the Animal Whisperer" by Trisha McCagh.Book that talks about human-animal relationships. Reveals how animals have same feelings and emotions like humans. Better understanding of your pet. To obtain this book go to  www.ipgbook.com 

"Pets Gone Green" by Eve Adamson.  A book on how to live a more eco-conscious life with your pets. Best choices for food, veterinary visits,groming,recycling, etc. Book available through www.animalnework.com

"Gotta Love Cats" by Fran Penock Shaw is a collection of cat and kitten photos accompained by clever poems and proverbs and can be obtained via www.barronseduc.com 

 "you Can Train Your Cat" by Gregory Popovich. Wonderful training tips can be found in this book  such as teaching your kitty to stop scratching furniture. Book is available through  www.macmillan.com 

 "Making rounds with OSCOR" by David Dosa, M.D. True story about a cat with extra ordinary sense of intuition.The cat knows instinctlvely when end of life is near. 

"Homer's Odyssey" " A fearless Feline Tale, or How I learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat" by Gwen Cooper.   It's a wonderful story about how "Homer "the cat learned to compensate for and even overcome his disabilty of being blind and how he helped Cooper find her future husband.

"The Holistic Cat" by Jennifer  a. Coscia. Complete guide for a healthy and happy cat. 

On the best seller list is a true story about a kitty that was found in a library and became it's resident cat. The book is called "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicki Myron and Brett Witter

 " 101 Reasons to Dump your Man and Get a Cat" by Molly Katz.    Quite a bit of comedy here.

"All I Need to Know I Learned from my Cat." A humorous book by Suzy Becker. This book has been around for a while since it was published in the 1990's.

 "Do people walk their dog?" by medium Concetta Bertoldi. A wonderful book on spirituality which talks much about animals souls  and references kitties. This is not just about dogs but all animals. Wonderful reading in time when kitty passes on.