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Art the Cat Needs a New Home

1209artthecat.jpg In October we were all introduced to Art the cat, a stray that somehow got himself into the engine of an SUV where he was taken on a two-mile drive, ending in the Bronx. He was extracted by Emergency Service Unit detectives, and was down one of his nine lives. Now Art needs a human's help again — the Daily News reports that he's doing well and is looking for a home.

Siobhan Healy, animal care coordinator for the Mayor's Alliance, has been aiding in Art's healing process, and says he's now up ready for adoption. She notes, "He's always going to be a little skittish and a bit of a scaredy-cat. But he just needs love to get over the trauma he's been through."

Art is around 2 years old and is currently living at the Murray Hill Pet Hospital. Do you want to give him a more permanent home? You can email the Mayor's Alliance at info (at) animalalliance (dot) org. More info and recent photos can also be found here. And on a related note, here's an amazing story of a coyote that survived a similar trip under the hood of a car.

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  • Pachinko

    Cats are dumb.

  • FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

    Anyone can tell you that other species feel pain and pleasure as we do. They are vulnerable. What is remarkable is kind and loving they are to them own and to us. Not every one wants companion pets. I respect that. What I find deplorable are the sick miserable ignorant cowards the harm them for NO reason. Leave them alone. Just let them live their lives as you want to live yours. Stop hating and stop being an asshole.

  • FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

    Anyone can tell you that other species feel pain and pleasure as we do. They are vulnerable. What is remarkable is HOW kind and loving they are to theIR own and to us. Not every one wants companion pets. I respect that. What I find deplorable are the sick miserable ignorant cowards thAT harm them for NO reason. Leave them alone. Just let them live their lives as you want to live yours. Stop hating and stop being an asshole.

    I just woke up. But I find it so sad how mean and ignorant people are. This is why their misery and ignorant is not only harming other species but also destroying this society.

  • pudeljung

    i have wanted a kitty for probly 10 years and now is finally my time... mr art is mine!! please mr art, come live w/me?

    ps who is the dick who keeps posting hate about felixes the catses??

  • FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

    animal abusers most likely.

  • just saying

    Lame

  • Correction: I imagine Dead Himmler could stand to be around you, pot smoker. Miserable people. Y'all can sit around and play video games, eat cheese and not get laid.

  • Pot smoker: the only thing hilarious about you is how hilarious you think you are all the time. I can't imagine how anyone stands to be in the same room with you.

    I hope this guy finds a home. I have three of my own already, otherwise I'd take him in.

    Felix, I find your compassion for animals admirable.

  • potsmoker

    simple solution to the cat problem, triple the price of cat litter.

  • just saying

    Yeah, and the simple solution to the potsmoker problem would be to triple the price of pot.

  • potsmoker

    sorry mommy is not letting you get another cat, besides you havent cleaned up your bedroom in the basement for months. when was the last time you took a bath felix?

    licking yourself like a cat is not funny anymore!!!

    i love the animal rescue fantasy, everyone is a clickivist and an keyboard activist, but when the reality hits home, these disease ridden kitties should just be euthanized and the money instead placed to greater social good creating a better planet, not one full of cats for lonely losers who live in mommy's basement watching animal planet all day.

  • FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

    You're very ignorant and miserable.

  • FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

    You're can't be a pot smoker. Most likely a crackhead.

  • chlyn

    Hey, I don't live in mommy's basement, I'm an Animal Planet-watching loser who OWNS HER OWN HOME, thankyouverymuch!

  • mellow_fellow

    What happened to felixthecat2? I thought that Gothamist commenter was the original felixthecat?

  • FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

    I was felixthecat but the same person who created all those alias had my account suspended. So I reregister as Felixthecat2. However my friend Valierob created felix3,4,5,,7,8,9,X and too. Back NOw my original account Felixthecat is no longer suspended. Ironic.

  • Snoopy

    Leave Felix alone. It's not fair to think he could have yet another animal in his 1 bedroom apartment. Do you know how much room three ex-carriage horses, three cats, a dog and a large gaggle of geese take up?

  • FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

    I did have room for sadl rat but those UWS didn't even help him. Shame on them to walk by and ignore a living being's suffering.

  • Boogie Down

    He is so cute, but I don't think my two old male cats would agree. I hope he finds a good home.

  • Mr. Shankly

    Perhaps he can be trained to chase sidewalk rats.

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