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UPDATE: See two rounds of added pictures at the bottom. __________ It is with the utmost sadness, and tears in my eyes, that I must report that Frank the Kitten died in surgery yesterday. It’s especially sad because we all had great hopes for him, because a CT scan had shown that he had an … Continue reading Frank the Kitten died
A few weeks ago I made one of my sporadic appeals for funds for the Official Website Charity™: Feline Friends London. This was a cat-specific appeal, meant to raise about £1000 for an operation to save Frank, a 15-week-old kitten with a liver issue that caused seizures. His owners, who didn’t have the dosh, turned … Continue reading You helped save Frank the Kitten’s life
As you may recall, our Official Website Charity™ is Feline Friends London, a stray-cat rescue organization that relies entirely on volunteer work and which uses 100% of donated funds to rescue cats, foster them, and adopt them out, with most of the dosh going for vet bills. I am a patron of this organization. Today … Continue reading An appeal for funds to save the life of Frank the kitten
How about looking at a few pictures of kittens this afternoon? Although Anna (the British human, not Anna the Duck Farmer) didn’t intend to keep Frank, the kitten she fostered before his liver surgery, she was shattered when he died under the knife; and it’s pretty clear she would have given him a forever home … Continue reading After Frank’s death, his fosterer adopts a new kitten
Yesterday I appealed to readers to donate just one or a few pounds to save the life of a kitten, Frank, who needs an operation that will almost certainly save his life. If you can spare as little as one pound to give to Feline Friends London (FFL), please read the post and dig down … Continue reading Please donate to save Frank the Kitten’s life
Top o’ the week to you, as it’s Monday, May 17, 2021: National Cherry Cobbler Day. It’s also National Walnut Day, Income Tax Day (pay up!), International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, National Mushroom Hunting Day, Pinot Grigio Day, World Hypertension Day, and World Information Society Day. News of the Day: Well cut off … Continue reading Monday: Hili dialogue
On July 1, I asked readers to contribute a few pounds toward saving the life of Frank the Kitten, who had a fatal liver issue that could almost certainly be cured with an operation. In fact, his owners, who could not afford the operation, sadly gave their beloved kitten to Feline Friends London (FFL; our … Continue reading Donations to Frank the Kitten more than double the amount requested; his life saved and many other cats helped
I got more cats from readers than I expected, which is great. Here is the promised panoply of readers’ cats in Christmas poses (and one video). Each reader has named their cat and provides a bit of information (indented): From Paul T. Please find attached my Christmas cat shot. This is one of our cats, … Continue reading Caturday felids: Christmas edition with readers’ kitties!
It’s still the Labor Day Holiday in America this Monday, September 5, 2022: National Cheese Pizza Day (you can sneak a little sausage in there, too). And of course it’s Labor Day, the reason for the three-day weekend. There’s a special Google Doodle celebrating the Labor part of the day, although everybody is taking the … Continue reading Monday: Hili dialogue
This article from Insider gives a brief history of cats on ships, and has a lot of cool photos of maritime moggies. Click to read (excerpted text is indented) Much of the information comes from Scot Christenson, director of communications for the US Naval Institute and the author of “Cats in the Navy.” British, French, … Continue reading Caturday felid trifecta: Cats in the U.S. Navy; are cats liquids? ; how to call a cat; and lagniappe
