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Jonathan Rosenberg made his money on the internet. He now spends that money helping cats in need.

A few years ago Rosenberg created Tabby’s Place in honor of his family’s beloved cat who died of cancer in 1999. When he found out about Tabby’s diagnosis, he began questioning his purpose in life and whether or not he was doing enough to give back. He then resigned from his job and committed himself to creating the cat sanctuary, which offers an adoption center, a hospital and a hospice center.

As the story below points out, sometimes animals with the worst problems, can bring out the best in people.

So far this is my very favorite photo from Icanhascheezburger.com

You have to watch it to the end! Too funny!

After losing his two rear paws in an unlucky encounter with a combine harvester in October, Oscar, a green-eyed black cat, has been given metallic pegs for legs.

After Oscar’s farming accident, which happened when the 2 1/2-year-old-cat was lazing in the sun in the British Channel Isles, his owners, Kate and Mike Nolan, took him to their local veterinarian. In turn, the vet referred Oscar to Dr. Noel Fitzpatrick, a neuro-orthopedic surgeon in Eashing, 35 miles southwest of London.

Together with biomedical engineering experts, Fitzpatrick gave Oscar two metal prosthetic implants that are a bit wobbly, to imitate a cat’s natural walk. But first, he covered the brown implants with black tape to match Oscar’s fur.

Fitzpatrick said he and biomedical engineers designed the artificial paws so that they would be fused to the bone and skin. “That allows this implant to work as a seesaw on the bottom of the animal’s limbs to give him an effectively normal gait.  Oscar can now run and jump about as cats should do.”

The veterinarians then inserted the peg-like implants by drilling them into Oscar’s ankle bones in his rear legs. The metal implants are attached to the bone where Oscar lost his paws and were coated with a substance that helps bone cells grow directly over them. Oscar’s own skin then grew over the end of the peg to form a natural seal to prevent infections.

“This is a pretty lucky cat,” said Dr. Mark Johnston, a veterinarian and spokesman for the British Small Animal Veterinary Association. “Giving a cat artificial limbs is a very novel solution.”

Here is a photo of Aggie, a blind cat from Mechanicsburg, PA

This is an amazing story of how a cat saved her family from possible harm by attacking an intruder, causing him to flee in fear.  CLICK HERE to read the story!

This cat is standing for quite a long time, I think this is amazing:

This little baby otter was rescued and now has a temporary home. Seems like he found a new little friend too.

Here is a short video about the world’s tallest domestic cat, MAGIC (and probably the biggest - yet to be confirmed at 27-9-09) and Andreas Stucki the son of Martin and Kathrin Stucki.

MAGIC is a Savannah cat bred and raised at A1 Savannahs and now owned by Bella Gattini Cattery which is owned and run by Lee and Kim Draper.

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

I know it’s possible to “train” cats…or is it?  Maybe this cat has trained it’s human to give him treats?

Both the cat and the “crazy cat lady” are quite unique.

I don’t know about you, but I’m a sucker for cute animals being all lovable

Hi there folks, this is Yours Truly, King Taco.  It has come to my attention that this blog focuses entirely too much on how “adorable” we cats are, without much thought to proper education for cats.  I mean, if you are a Cat Lover, surely you would want your cat to be an expert in the fine art of Human Training, no?

So, with the aid of my well-trained human, I will commence this series with a most important topic: Waking Your Human.

Be aware that Waking Your Human on time, every morning, is not only your duty as a responsible Human Owner, it can be both a challenge and a pleasure.  And, as we all know, it is vitally important that our food and water bowls be filled by the prescribed time of day and attention be given to us as we demand it, even if that may be quite “early” (by silly human standards) in the day.

For starters, choose the time that is the most convenient for you, say 5 or 6 in the morning.  Of course we don’t need those silly “clock” things, our ability to “tell time” is far superior to Humans.

1) Try gently nuzzling your Human, with a few quick mews added in for effect. This may work well and get your Human up in a relatively good mood…unless she’s doing the horrible “sleeping in” thing-NOT ALLOWED, it SPOILS them.

2) Walking on your Human is quite effective, though if you get nudged off the bed repeatedly it’s time to move on to more obvious and annoying tactics.

3) If there are blinds in your Human’s room, definitely go for the pawing and clawing at the blinds effect.  This can be quite loud and should do the trick.

4) If your Human is still asleep (more likely pretending to be asleep in the hope that you’ll go away) it’s time to get serious.  Jump on every piece of furniture and look for the easiest stuff to push off onto the floor.  Your Human might be getting a bit cranky by this time.  Ignore it.  If you’re still not getting results, try swatting bigger, heavier, more breakable stuff.  Trust me, it’s a waker-upper.

5) If your Human is not panting heavily swearing under their breath at this point, there is one other option: ripping and shredding!  My very favorite is pulling the calender off the wall and shredding it to bits.  Well usually I don’t get that far, since I have accomplished my goal.

Now, if you get tossed out of the room, of course the only option is to scratch frantically at the door.  You can get other cats to aid in this and other ventures (more than one cat makes for MUCH faster results) and Mango is my scratching at the door expert.  He gets down low and claws the heck out of the bottom of the door, while I lean up over him and claw the upper part.  It works!

Mango has another trick that works well for him, clawing on the carpet right by the bed.  Mango can do it really LOUDLY and I have to give the boring old boy credit for that!

Anyway, your Human should be up and moving (albeit grouchily) towards the food bowl by this time, so take the time to show thanks by acting loveable and “happy”.  This is a good control measure, and your Human should respond well (though slowly) to some well-thought-out “cutesy” antics.  This also ensures an affable atmosphere in the home.  Remember: Humans are easily distracted, and more easily controlled.  Just purr, “chirp” and do some silly stuff and your Human will be placated and ready to do your bidding.  We are all unique and have our own little “tricks”.  Mango, for instance, does somersaults when he sees the Mommy.  He’s got her wrapped in his own little old-fart Mango way.  Experiment and use your unlimited imagination!

Wishing the cat blogosphere much success in Human Training, next topic will be “Five Ways To Sneak Outside” so watch for another post coming soon!

Yours Truly:

King Taco

This is one of my favorite funny videos.  Whoever made this has a great sense of humor, wish I could figure out how it’s done.

There just is nothing more entertaining than a cat!

This kitty’s a champ!

Now this is one either very brave or very insane chipmunk!

This is easily the the strangest way to drink water, you really have to see this…