Feral cats, meet gentrification. more ›

Police are investigating more than 30 dogs and cats—and a large South American lizard—found dead in garbage bags along the Hutchinson River Parkway in Westchester. “It was disturbing,” Westchester County SPCA Chief Ernie Lungaro said. “Some were eaten by mice and bug-infested. It was obviously a very strong odor.” Maybe the person responsible was the same one who swung by Teddy's in Cobble Hill last week? more ›

Authorities arrested a man this week for bludgeoning a stray cat to death with a tire iron last month. Richard Ferrugio, 39, was tracked down by ASPCA agents on Friday after a lengthy investigation. Spokesman Joe Pentangelo said several witnesses—including children—watched as Ferrugio took the tire iron out of his car to kill the cat. The disgruntled tabby lobby will surely not be happy about this. more ›

Happy Friday, here's the story of Ripples the Cat, a freedom-lovin' feline who grounded an Air Canada flight for four hours yesterday after he bolted from his carrier and stormed the cockpit. Ripples's owner, Debbie Harris, tells the Associated Press the trouble started after she went through security and someone didn't properly close the carrier after taking Ripples out for inspection. Once inside the plane's cabin, Ripples made his move: more ›

We know that John Lennon loved to make music and bake bread... but did you know he was also a crazy cat lady at heart? According to Mental Floss, Lennon owned a number of cats throughout his lifetime, starting with his first childhood pet, named Elvis. There is also an adorable story involving a stray he saved, and trips he would make to the local fishmonger to buy treats for it! When he became famous with The Beatles, he would still call in to check on the cat (which he had named Tim). more ›

Sure, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff has overseen some big cases, but has any been as important as Arm & Hammer v. Clorox: Battle of the Kitty Litters? Rakoff wrote, " The court agrees with [Arm & Hammer]'s expert that it is highly implausible that eleven panelists would stick their noses in jars of [cat] excrement and report forty-four independent times that they smelled nothing unpleasant." more ›

Today, the Times runs an absolutely incredible, no-this-is-not-a-joke "trend" piece about the "rise" in cat agility contests. It's worth reading in its entirety, for these quotes alone: “When we first started it, everybody said, ‘Train a cat? Impossible!’ ” and "I think we let cats’ brains rot, and I think it’s really sad." more ›

Oh, the saga of Jack the Cat just won't stop! Two months after going missing from a baggage center at JFK, Jack was discovered there Tuesday night and quickly whisked away to a vet, but now word is that the poor kitteh is in critical condition having contracted a nasty case of fatty liver disease at the airport. Fatty liver disease is a treatable but potentially fatal illness that sets in when a cat stops eating. At least one vets say Jack's chances are about 50-50 right now. more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] Another feline has been rescued on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge! Back in July, hundreds of cat lovers applied to adopt an adorable kitten that some terrible excuse for a human being tossed out of the window of a moving car on the bridge. That lucky cat, dubbed Verrazano, quickly caught the eye of Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit star Whoopi Goldberg, who ultimately won him and renamed him Vinny. If you are one of the hundreds of nobodies who tried to adopt Vinny only to have your heart broken harder than Demi Moore in Ghost, you may be in luck, because now another kitten has surfaced on the same bridge. more ›

Today is full of good news for fans of frisky felines! First there was that kitteh saved on the Verrazano and now comes news that Jack the Cat, the adorable longhaired cat that was lost by American Airlines back in August, has been found! According to his Facebook page Jack was found in the JFK customs room and had his identity verified with a chip scan at a Queens vet. He's now under 24-hour care and is "dehydrated and has lost a good amount of weight, though [the vet] said that all things considered, he wasn't in bad shape." Yay for microchips! more ›

In perhaps the greatest innovation in cat fancying technology since the giant Cat Boat in Amsterdam, the Bideawee animal shelter in Midtown East has installed a system whereby people can play with pound kitties from the comfort of their home. For free. more ›

Watching cats do adorable stuff on your computer is so passe. Take your kitteh love to the big screen instead at Chat D'oeuvres, a feline-focused mini film fest at Anthology Film Archives this weekend, and prepare for cute overload! more ›

Proof that the internet is indeed made of magic, here is your preview of the 6 Packs 9 Lives 2012 calendar, featuring, as the name implies, buff men with freaking adorable kitties. Take a moment. Are you done yet? Good. more ›

A week after American Airlines lost Jack the Cat at JFK airport, the airline still has no promising leads in its search, and there have been no confirmed sightings. Jack's owner, Karen Pascoe, started the Facebook page "Jack The Cat is Lost in AA Baggage at JFK," after American Airlines baggage handlers didn't return her calls for three days. Now the Facebook page has 10,000 likes, and the airline suddenly finds itself grappling with a public relations debacle. So, uh, they're wondering if any other airlines would like to join the fun? more ›

Some 140 people applied to adopt the adorable kitten that some miserable P.O.S. tossed out of the window of a moving car on the Verrazano Bridge in July. Among the hopefuls was TV's Whoopi Goldberg, and it was announced today that Animal Care & Control has granted her wish, which we're sure has everything to do with her qualifications as a pet owner and nothing to do with her celebrity status. Animal shelter staffers had named the five-week-old Russian blue kitten Verrazano after it was rescued, but Goldberg has christened him Vinny. more ›

A new breed of supercoyote (okay, not really, just some smart ones) are apparently swimming across state lines to eat the housecats of tiny Fisher's Island, on the eastern tip of Long Island Sound. Ten cats have already gone missing! more ›