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Gothamist doesn't want anyone to turn into one of those crazy cat people with fifty feral cats running around the apartment, requiring the ASPCA to come and set things straight, but the Animal Care and Control of NYC center has a spring cat adoption special: Adoption fee of $45 for two cats, and $30 for one cat. The city's shelters are overrun with cats born during the breeding season. One shelter representative told NY1, "I've been doing this a long time and I haven't seen a season like this yet. It's kind of scary."
Go to the Animal Care and Control website and ooh and aah. This male kitten's information is here; he's at the Brooklyn shelter.
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The second link to NYACC goes to .com, not .org (which is the NY Amateur Computer Club, and not cute kittens.)
Adopting a stray is a great Idea. My cat Harry was a stray kitten and I've had him since 1997.
In my limited experience (4 stray adoptions That I know personally), Most strays adapt very well to living in a home.
I hear they're also offering for adoption unlimited pints of rum raisin Haagen Dazs and used DVDs of Sex In The City Season One to attract that all-important commitment-phobic Lonely Girl cohort who'd rather consort with feline allergen ferries than have actual contact with living, breathing heterosexual men (all of whom are notoriously allergic to cats)
Mr. Big, you are a loser.
Cats suck.
The city should employ a team of cats to work for a newly-formed rodent/pigeon control department. Kind of like k-9, but instead of chasing down perps, they can collar rats and pigeons.
Mayor Bling needs to think outside the (litter)box.
My gf and I adopted two kittens from AC&C's Upper Manhattan (Bronx?)center last summer. The volunteer staff clearly love animals and enjoy helping potential "parents". They allow you to spend time with the animals and give you the time you need to feel comfortable with your selection.
Be aware that the Center can get VERY busy on sunny weekends.
petfinder.com 's another good site, and AC&C links to it.
Yay More Kittens to add to my bonsai kitten collection!
http://www.bonsaikitten.com/
Mr. Big:
HAHHAHAHAHAHA
You could NOT have said it any better. I applaud you sir. You forgot to add that
"no, your cat does not act like a dog"
"no, it's not cute when they scratch"
I can only surmise from "me's" attack that he is a homosexual and thus NOT allergic to cats. All heterosexual men are. That's why we are so amazed at the bewilderment of ice cream-inhaling, urban soap opera watching cat owners when they belly down their fourth tub of chocochoco crunch and wonder why no guy will have them
Mr. Big,
How did you come to the conclusion that "me" is male? There is nothing in me's posting that specifically indicates the gender of the poster.
Question: Mr. Big, are you a misogynist or just a cat hater?
YES!!!! Where do I sign up????
Mr. Big is misogynistic, misanthropic and a cat hater. Only someone small (if you know what I mean) calls himself "Mr. Big." Because obviously no woman ever will.
Thanks for including this in your blog.
Tom
San Jose, CA
I am not a misogynist any more than Captain Midnight is a ct loving Homosexual. . . Ummm. . .I'm not a misogynist.
I am however a deep observer of human behaviour and have witnessed the insane predilection of a large cohort of single women who prefer the company of their disease-inducing felines to that of men who might actually touch them physically, mentally and emotionally.
Sorry if this hits too close to home. And Captain Midnight, I hope you enjoy that Edith Piaf festival this weekend.
If anyone is thinking aobut adopting, please do, because cats are so great and will bring so much love and satisfaction to your life. I just lost my cat, "Cat" who for 22 years was the apple of my eye, and yes mr big, I have a husband and children and this cat ran rings around all of them. She was smart and sweet (and even threw up her hairballs in her litter box.) What I'm saying is she was never any trouble at all. I will go to the shelter and look for a new pet.
Puking hair balls. Delightful.
And how clever of you to name your cat, "Cat."
Typical cat owner mentality.
What's all this anger about? Adopt a cat if you want one. Don't if you don't.
Where is the Edith Piaf festival?
"Mr. Big," has it occurred to you that perhaps women don't want to be "touched" physically, mentally or emotionally the way you seem to do so around these parts? Believe me, when a woman finds a great catch in a man, she'll latch right on, cat or no cat. If you can't see the flaws you're so proud to flaunt around here, then you'll just never get it.
Joclyn, my theory is that Mr. Big just can't handle cats. Anything he can't dominate, he hates. Any wonder that he rails against women, gays, cats and just about everything else?
Of course, Cap'n is in some felline addled fury. Perhaps a lil too much Memorial Day catnip.
It doesn't make any difference how a cat=owning gal feels about any given heterosexual guy. Because cat allergies are TOXIC. That means at the very least someone who is allergic could get very sick or possibly undergo anaphylactic shock and require emergency medical treatment. So even if she's swell, the typical cat-allergic guy will be unable to capitalize.
Of course your typical cat-ownig chickadee--as well as your blog-posting supehero wannabe, can't dig that so ends up spending their lives horribly, horribly alone with just some aloof tuna-snarfer for company
At the very least someone with a cat allergy will go into anaphylactic shock? So, at worst he will get watery eyes, I suppose.
Are cats peanuts?
Yes, Jocelyn, cats can be just as toxic to someone with a cat allergy as peanuts are to someone with a food allergy. Is that really news?
Which makes it all the more amazing that so many of our cities fair single females would rather keep a cat than keep a man.
Mr. Big, you said that "at the very least" someone with a cat allergy will die of anaphylaxis.
"At the very least" refers to the least significant thing that can happen. Anaphylactic shock is not on the lower end of any allergy spectrum. Most people with cat allergies get itchy and their eyes turn red and maybe they start sniffling. Annoying, yes; not to be tolerated, sure; but deadly?
Only bee stings have the potential to be just as deadly as a peanut allergy. That's why people with peanut allergies carry with them at all times at least one EpiPen. People with cat allergies don't carry synthetic adrenaline to open up their throats/restart their hearts.
It sounds like you have had a really bad experience with a woman who owned a cat. Maybe you should suck it up and ask out a woman who owns a dog.
It's obvious why "Mister Big" isn't gettin' any, and never ceases to amaze me how the subject of cats ignites such anger in some people. I can't understand why a few of you fellas are so threatened. I gotta ask, what if a gal chooses a dog? You've still been replaced. :)
I stepped in a dog pile yesterday, as the result of one of many irresponsible dog owners in this city. My cat is box-trained, and I'll never have to step in her poo. In addition to being a fine companion with astute perception, her mere presence ensures I'll never see rodents. She also like to chase the centipedes!
One other benefit to having a cat - they repel bitter, judgemental men. Chicks love a guy with a cat (unless you're allergic).
Thanks for the Engllish lesson, Pointdexter. It's a friggin' blog not the New York Review of Books. Save the syntactical sanctimony for the editors of the OED.
As for your disquisition on anaphylactic shock and cat hair, you're just wrong and I have the doctor's notes to prove it. Cat dander and cat allergies are toxic. Although for many, the symptoms can be mild, for others, the allergy can cause an asthma-like reaction that without treatment can be deadly. Just like a food allergy.
The reason why "chidks" might go for a cat-owning dude is simple. The fact that you're a male and you own a cat means you're a homosexual. And chicks dig homosexuals. They're so good with grammar--and not a threat at all.
"English" not "Engllish"
"Poindexter" not "Pointdexter"
"Chicks" not "Chidks"
Ohhhh, so you're one of those people who gets sick all the time and has doctors' notes for every occasion. Listen, man, they don't call it dis-ease for nothing. You're one unhappy fellow.
stop arguing... And just enjoy this beautiful weather...
Thanks for the corrections, Jock Lynn. They're called typos and happen all the time when you're writing in non-spellcheckable comment fields.
Of course you've demonstrated the sort of compassion typical of the cat owner, she who would rather cause disease and distress rather than ameliorate her lonelliness and kick her feline, pint o' choc choc chip and feline habit.
I hope you never suffer a day of ill health in your life, Jock Lynn. Because just your luck, you'd have someone take care of you who has the same point of view about dis-ease as you do.
Go back to your solo stroking of your kitty. It's the only satisfaction you'll ever have.
I have a cat and a dog. Even though I love my crazy ass beagle, I happen to like cats better because of their intelligence, finesse, and ability to calm you when you’re stressed out. Being a guy, whats wrong with that?
This entire thread is ridiculous and retarded. Don't any of you have anything else to do but tempt Mr Big, even though hes a prick?
Its Fleet Week, hit a Comedy Club, see the ships, hit a strip joint, anything...
Of course you have a cat "Kojak". What sort of heterosexual man would be looking forward to Fleet Week? Guess we know what sort of lollipops you'll be sucking on this week, "Kojak." Who loves ya, baby? Clearly the sailors do, you cat-owning poofter.
Okay, who took down the "Please Do Not Feed The Trolls" sign?
Oh Mr. Big, Don't tempt me you big hunk of a man.
You’re very tense and in obviously need of some 'relief'.
Better hit a few clubs before the sailors leave, I'm sure they can help you 'swab the deck' with some man lather. Maybe even take you for a ride down below.
AAAOOOOGAAAAA
Not much of a riposte there, Kojak you lollipop sucker. And I thought those with your "preference" were supposed to be witty.
Before you continue, with the baiting, let me remind you that YOU'RE the cat owner, proof-positive yer a poofter.
I don't really feel the need to prove my manhood to you. Who are you to even make all these assumptions anyway? You’re probably just some little pipsqueak who likes to refer to himself as 'Big' to make himself feel more like a man.
This shall be the last post on this matter I will write since I have already wasted precious minutes reading and responding to your posts.
My name is a reference to the typical distaff feline owner likes to watch while she pets her pussy with one hand and scarfs down that tub of Frusen Gladje with the other.
I'm glad that Kojak the Kat owner will take some time away from the keyboard to face the truth about his sexual orientation.
Gosh Mr. Big, you are SUCH A POSITIVE GUY--what a CATCH! I can't imagine why some girl would choose her cat over you. And all that scientific backing to your allergy claims. I'm sure runny eyes are just as bad as someone's throat swelling shut. I imagine you must be the only person in this lovely city who has ever suffered an allergy--pet related or otherwise!
And your point Erika is?
mr. big is clearly quite a catch. and I don't even own a cat!
Yo, Nutgobbler Biggie, I don't have a cat.
Or much of a brain either, Jock Lyn considering the lameness of your riposte. Consider yourself an honorary cat owner.
Yeah, yeah, but what about the Edith Piaf festival?