Thursday, November 12, 2015
Alley Cat Allies Presents the 2015 Internet Cat Video Festival
Alley Cat Allies is celebrating 25 years of saving cats by
presenting the wildly popular Internet Cat Video Festival, curated and produced
by the Walker Art Center, at AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland on
November 12 and 15.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Doors open at 6 p.m.; Film screening from 7–8:40 p.m.
Get tickets online. ($12 General Admission, $7 Child, $10
Senior, Military & Student)
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Doors open at 10:30 a.m.; Film screening from 11
a.m..–12:40 p.m.
You’ll be treated to a 75 minute reel of the internet’s
best cat videos, selected from public nominations in the categories of comedy,
drama, action, and more! Following the show on Thursday, enjoy a Q&A
session with Will Braden, famed creator of the Henri, Le Chat Noir films and
the curator of the Internet Cat Video Festival.
Doors will open early at each event so you can visit Alley
Cat Allies information tables, learn more about local cat adoption groups, and
meet and pose for a pic with our mascot Frank the Feral!
Four Young Men from Glen Burnie, Maryland Have Been Fined $200 Each for Killing and Grilling a Timber Rattlesnake
Four young men from Glen Burnie have been fined $200 each
for killing and grilling a timber rattlesnake in western Maryland.
Online court records show the teenagers pleaded guilty
Tuesday in district court in Cumberland to possessing or destroying the snake,
a state-protected species.
Each was fined $500 with $300 suspended. All received
probation before judgment, meaning their convictions can be expunged after
probationary periods ranging from 14 to 28 months.
Maryland Natural Resources Police say the men were camping
in the Green Ridge State Forest in August when they killed the snake with a BB
gun and grilled it.
The defendants are 18-year-old Austin Golas and Travis
Luedtke; and 19-year-old Paul Lafon and Erick Reffitt.
A fifth defendant, 19-year-old Jared Holt, is scheduled for
trial Dec. 8.
Cat Treats Recalled Due to Chemical Contamination
Written by BEA KARNES (Patch Staff)
Blue Buffalo Company has voluntarily recalled Kitty Yums
Chicken Recipe Cat Treats because they contain propylene glycol, a solvent not
approved for pet food, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
The treats were sold in 2 oz., plastic stand up pouches.
Only these specific code dates of this product are involved:
Blue Kitty Yums Tasty Chicken Recipe, UPC: 859610007820 -
Best If Used By: April 24, 2016.
Blue Kitty Yums Tasty Chicken Recipe, UPC: 859610007820 -
Best If Used By: July 24, 2016.
No other pet foods or treats are affected by the recall.
To read more on this story, click here: Cat Treats Recalled Due to Chemical Contamination
Friday, October 30, 2015
Meet Hank the Obese Pooch Who Travels First Class
An obese dog was wheeled on to an American Airlines flight
and treated like a king first-class style this week, as onlookers stood by,
amazed at the pampered pooch's size.
The dog, named Hank, then sat in the front row of first
class on the LAX flight on Saturday, with his owner, Kari Whitman, an interior
designer who founded Ace of Hearts Dog Rescue in Beverly Hills, California.
Due to an illness, Hank, who is Whitman's support animal,
has gained weight and can only move with the aid of his luxurious,
pillow-topped cart.
A fellow passenger of the flight out of Los Angeles took a
photo of the dog and uploaded it to Twitter under the username @madeleinedoux.
The photo has been retweeted more than 4,200 times.
Hank seems indifferent in the photo, as several American
Airlines employees gathered around to admire the dog and take photos.
It appears that this isn't Hank's first flight, however, as
there is an Instagram for the dog, @hankthetank, that shows him traveling with
his owner.
On the feed he is seen at Denver International Airport,
lying next to his padded cart, and in another photo Whitman took a selfie with
the pooch while in the air, captioned, 'Hank flying first class from Denver to
LA'.
In an interview with Mashable, @madeleinedoux said it
appeared that Whitman had bought two first class tickets on the LA flight - one
for her and one for Hank.
“Everyone, both while boarding the plane and on the plane
before takeoff, was speculating as to how the dog got so fat,” she said. “You
could legitimately hear hushed whispers of "He's riding first class.”
The traveler added, however, that Hank stayed quiet for the
entire flight and spent most of his time on the floor in front of his seat.
A very large dog named Hank was wheeled on to a an American
Airlines flight on Saturday as onlookers admired his size
Hank, who is a support dog for interior designer Kari
Whitman (right), rode in the front row of first class alongside his owner
Hank has an illness that limits him to his wheeling bed. He
appears to travel regularly with Whitman, who bought two tickets for the LAX
flight on Saturday
In the Denver International Airport earlier this year,
several fellow travelers gathered around Hank to take photographs
George Clooney and wife Amal, Adopt an Adorable Basset Hound from an Animal Shelter
The happy couple adopted the four-year-old rescue pup from
San Gabriel Valley Humane Society shelter on Wednesday.
Millie was found homeless and begging for scraps outside a
restaurant earlier this month, and was taken in by the shelter.
According to the website, George, 54, and Amal, 37, 'were
searching for a basset hound and saw Millie’s picture on Petfinder'.
They also have a Cocker Spaniel, named, Louie, another
rescue. They made sure that the two pooches got along before making the
adoption official.
They did a "meet and greet" with her and spent
time introducing her to their other rescue.
It was good news that Millie and Louie hit it off and the
happy, new family headed home together!'
George has made no secret of his love of animals over the
years, and is also a pet parent to a cocker spaniel mix named Einstein.
The senior dog, who the actor says has 'a beautiful life',
features in the newly released book My Old Dog: Rescued Pets with Remarkable
Second Acts.
George adopted Einstein in 2010, and had been nervous that
the pooch wouldn't take to him during their first meeting.
“I start to panic that Einstein is not going to like me,”
he previously admitted to Esquire. “So I ran into the kitchen, grabbed some
turkey meatballs, and I rub them all over my shoes,” He said.
George has also admitted he had a pet pig named Max who
died at the age of 18 in 2006.
New addition to the family: George and Amal Clooney adopted
rescue pup Millie, a basset hound mix, from San Gabriel Valley Humane Society
shelter on Wednesday. They are also seen here with their rescue dog Louie
Cool customer: The four-year-old pooch was sadly found
begging for scraps of food outside a restaurant earlier this month
Animal lovers: Both of the couple's other dogs - Einstein
and Louie - are rescues. They are pictured here visiting George on set of Money
Monster in April
Homeward Trails Animal Rescue, Arlington, Virginia, Needs Your Help with an Urgent Puppy Situation – Please Share
From: Homeward Trails Animal Rescue, Arlington, Virginia
We have an URGENT puppy situation! We are trying to save
this litter of 6 week old Border Collie mix puppies TOMORROW. Their mother was
killed after being hit by a car and these little ones are stuck in a high kill
shelter and have to get out tomorrow if we are going to save them! We are
looking for 4 fosters to take 2 puppies each. (The puppies are young and must
go out in pairs - much easier to care of for puppies in pairs as well, as they
entertain themselves!) If you can help or send an email to
HTARAlicia@gmail.com. We're in a time crunch and really want to save these
lives! Please help!
Website: Homeward Trails Animal Rescue
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Today is National Cat Day
Your kitten will probably mark the day with a nap, a romp
with a paper bag, a nibble of kibble and another nap.
But you can be as ambitious or as low-key as you like with
your own National Cat Day celebrations.
Watch cat videos in a big way
Consumption of internet cat videos is bound to spike on
National Cat Day. The Internet Cat Video Festival will showcase the best of the best on October 29 at 7:30 at the Berklee
Performance Center in Boston.
The event, which launched in 2012 at the Walker Art Center,
is a live showing of a curated collection of about 100 cat clips -- from Vine
videos to short films. Admission is $8 in advance and $12 on the day of the
event.
Adopt a feline or treat a cat to something nice
National Cat Day organizers want cats to find good homes,
and the occasion is a fine time to consider adopting a cat from a shelter or
pet rescue organization.
Volunteering at a local shelter or donating blankets, pet
food and toys are also nice ways to celebrate the kitties of the world.
#!celebrate/c1x0f
Uber is delivering 15-minute kitten cuddles ($30) to offices in 50 cities, and the
kitties in most of the cities are eligible for adoption.
Have a warm beverage at a cozy cat café
Cat Town Café in Oakland,
California, is a non-profit rescue operating in partnership with Oakland Animal
Services.
The space features a cafe and separate cat zone where
between six and 20 adoptable cats roam freely. Food and beverages from the cafe
can be brought into the cat zone, where up to 14 people are allowed to get to
know the felines each hour.
Walk-ins are welcome, but Cat Town recommends reservations,
which are available with a $10 donation.
Curl up on the couch
Revel in your role as warm furniture as you and your feline
peruse cat books together.
Take some inspiration from "Artists and Their Cats,"featuring human-kitty pairings, including Salvador Dali with his pet ocelot
Babou and Matisse with sleek black stunner la Puce (the flea).
Then dive into the hard-hitting "Cats on the Job", which profiles felines who don't have time to lounge around looking at cat
books.
While your cozy companion is sleeping, tune in to DVRed
episodes of "My Cat From Hell"
on Animal Planet and catch up with the Internet's most famous felines.
Take a nap
It's been a busy day. Rest up.
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