Upon our return from the Global Pet Expo, my mom came down with a cold and we are not sure but maybe a touch of the flu. So she and I have been huddled together reading about Korean Pine Forests and the Amur Tiger. This is super interesting stuff, so we sometimes read for a few hours at a time…
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Bissell MVP Pet Photo Contest Week 10
Super Hurrah for Sugar and Tigger taking the top two spots in Week 10! Cats Continue to Rule! Calling all Cats! Here we go Week 10! We Cats have rulled the contest so far. But before we celebrate too extensively, let’s not forget we have 3 more weeks. I say let sleeping dogs lie, and let’s continue our winning streak!…
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Adopt the Internet day!
Congratulations to Fiona, our winner of The Tiniest Tiger Logo Canvas Bag! Super Hurrah! Thank you to everyone that participated in Petfinder’s Adopt the Internet Day! March 15 is Petfinder’s Adopt the Internet Day! So today a whole clowder of cat bloggers are going to join paws with stories about pet adoption and happy endings. And as if that isn’t…
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Tigers Need You!
The wild tiger’s shrinking numbers are due to habitat loss caused by human encroachment, poaching fueled by greed, and starvation from lack of prey. Wild tigers need plenty of room to roam and the tiger’s contiguous territory is shrinking. Human populations and economic expansion has led to the razing of tiger habitats for plantations, mines and other agriculture. Over development by…
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Tiger Eyes Through the Leaves
Friends, I have had some time to prepare for my latest tiger imitation. This particular imitation took longer than usual due to the inaccessibility of the plants in my habitat. All of the snow and rain of late, made me long for sunny days when the grass is green and the trees have leaves. One thing led to another and…
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Bissell MVP Pet Photo Contest Week 9
Cats Continue To Rule!! Congratulations to Clover and Sugar Bear for taking the top two spots in Week 9! Calling all Cats! Here we go Week 9!
Save Our Big Cat Cousins
This morning I was a cat in a little bit of trouble when I threw a hissing fit about getting my blood glucose tested. Most days I just take getting my ear pricked in stride, but there are those days, and today was one of them, that I just didn’t feel like being tested. I admit that I behaved badly….
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The African Lion Hope through Protection
On March 1, 2011, an alliance of wildlife protection and conservation groups petitioned the Secretary of the Interior to list the African lion as an endangered subspecies pursuant to the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA). These groups included Born Free USA and Born Free Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife, The Fund for Animals, Humane Society International and The Humane Society of…
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Cat Obituary. Farewell Eastern Cougar
Cat Obituary. Farewell Eastern Cougar The Eastern Cougar, a subspecies of one of North America’s largest cats, was declared extinct by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on March 2, 2011, after a very long and protracted review process. The USFWS gathered information on the elusive cat subspecies from both scientists and government authorities in the 21 states…
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Bissell MVP Pet Photo Contest Week 8
Congratulations to April’s Ruby for winning 1st Place in Week 8 of the contest! And Congratulations to Krysta L’s Pippin for Second Place. Super Hurrah!
Habitat Injustice!
Habitat Injustice Revisited! Who remembers when my dad decided that the sun room had an 8 pm curfew? Well he got a little lenient in the rule of late but now tonight for no particular reason, I heard the dreaded “clatch” sound when the lock is turned on my sun room door. AND it was only 7:30 pm. grrrrrr. So…
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The Last Lions
I had the honor of watching The Last Lions, An Incredible True Story of Survival from National Geographic Entertainment. National Geographic was so nice, they sent me a copy to watch here in my habitat. The film was made by Dereck and Beverly Joubert, award-winning filmmakers from Botswana, Africa. The Jouberts have been National Geographic explorers-in-residence for over four years….
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The Tiniest Tiger Stalks the Office Cactus
I am sitting waiting patiently, like a tiger, for the opportunity to pounce, I mean check on the condition of the office cactus. It might be in need of water you know. This type of plant, the Christmas cactus, is not a true cacti, but originates from the tropics. So we must be careful not to underwater this plant. This…
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