Sophie Cat

Police have released a video of an over affectionate cat climbing all over an officer as he tries to issue a driver a ticket.

As officer Keith Urban, from Taylor Police Department in Texas USA, stood next to the car a cat can be seen approaching him in footage shot on a camera in his patrol car.

While he goes about his job the black cat climbs up his leg and onto his notepad - before reaching the top of his head. Officer Urban repeatedly shakes off the cat and somehow manages to keep a straight face.

Police Chief Jeff Straub said Urban never mentioned the feline encounter until he became concerned that the cat might have been injured when they parted ways.

Straub said the video shows "incredible patience on the part of the officer and had certainly cheered up the other officers in the station".

The kittie was fine and greeted news crews as you can see in the video......

See the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjN54-4EWnM

This cat, named Yoda, was born with an extra set of ears. Valerie and Ted Rock took him in two years ago after visiting a bar near their home in Chicago, where he was being passed round by curious drinkers.

He was one of a large litter and the owners were looking for a home for him. The couple immediately fell for the freaky feline and asked the owner if they could adopt him. He agreed and the couple named the cat Yoda, after the pointy-eared Jedi knight in Star Wars.

Valerie, 65, said: 'We were at a pub on the south side of Chicago with a group of friends when we noticed a small cage sitting on the bar and people passing around a kitten.He had been part of a large litter and the owners were looking to find a home for him.Ted and I had just lost a cat that was our pet for over 20 years, and we were sure we were done with cats.When he was passed around he reached for Ted, crawled up into the crook of his neck and fell asleep - Ted was a goner. It was a done deal when the kitten made himself at home on Ted's shoulder. We decided to name him Yoda. I understand the Star Wars character was based on George Lucas' cat.'

After adopting the eight-week-old kitten into their Illinois home, Valerie decided to have Yoda checked out with the local vet but the vet was mystified by his unique appearance.

'The vet had never seen anything like it before,' explains Valerie. 'He immediately went to the internet and found the four-eared cat in Germany. We have spoken with other vets in our acquaintance, and they likewise had never encountered anything like this.We began to realise that we had something very special'.

'As a result, he has been an indoor cat and has a chip installed in case he gets lost. Yoda is so different that we were concerned that he might be catnapped.'

Yoda's extra 'flaps' are separate to the base of his skull, with one placed slightly behind the other.Yet despite his unusual looks, Valerie is sure Yoda's behaviour - and hearing - are  quite normal.

'Yoda's hearing is normal as far as we know,' says Valerie. 'People do a double take when they see him or his picture. It is great fun showing him off.We have actually had people ask if we had his ears cut to look this way. He is a perfectly normal affectionate, curious cat and is a joy to have around. He is not afraid of anything and is very sociable unlike some of the other cats I have owned. But he does have an interesting obsession with bread - I can't leave bread on the counter for a moment'.

'When he purrs, it is not audible. The only way I know that he is purring is to put my finger on his throat to feel the vibration. He also is not very vocal. He meows, but only softly, and not very often which is a good thing.'

This cat has come up with a unique way to slow down the jet of a water tap – stick his head in it. Woody tries drinking straight from the fierce stream but soon opts for his preferred method. He dunks his head straight under the water and then simply laps up the drops falling off his nose.

His owner said: 'He loves to be patted on his head, so he is using water to do the job.'

Watch Woody's video on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KswnjMa-MQ. Cutest thing ever!!

Humphrey is a real-life Garfield, who will only eat lasagne. The picky cat's love affair with the pasta dish began after sneaking a bite of his owner's leftovers.

'For a week he wouldn't eat anything I gave him. But a few days later I cooked some more lasagne and he came running,' said 30-year-old Sophia Atrill, from north London. 'I have no children - he is my baby and if it's lasagne that he wants then it's lasagne he will get', she said.
She has now entered the stubborn seven-year-old for the Boomerang TV Pet Personality Awards.

A cat owner got a big surprise when her pet tom gatecrashed a live broadcast of Question Time.

Jackie Ellery received a phone call from a friend to say Tango could be seen on BBC1 strolling around the set.

As presenter David Dimbleby, politicians and pundits discussed the situation in Iran and MPs' expenses, the ginger cat crept in through a back door at Treviglas community college in Newquay, Cornwall.

The one-year-old pet was able to wander up behind the panel before a stage manager shoo'd him outside once more.

Ms Ellery, who works in the school canteen, said: 'He's so mischievous.

Because we live so close to the school, he's often in the grounds. The sixth formers know him really well.'

After his brush with fame, she said she's often asked for his 'paw-tograph'.

And here's the proof!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyEyx7zsxfc

June 2009. An 8-yr-old Oregon tabby, currently cared for by the Willamette Humane Society, has earned the moniker “The Donald” for a furry pouch that hangs over his face like an ill-conceived combover, similar to billionaire, Donald Trump!

The stray has been at the shelter since early April, and the shelter’s veterinary staff have never seen anything like it. The fur-covered 3-inch pouch seems to be composed of fatty tissue that could be a remnant of an abscess. It completely covers The Donald’s face.

According to Kara Kuh, a spokeswoman for the humane society, “When he drinks water his pouch gets in the water bowl,” Kuh said. “He has to kind of fling it aside.” It does not prove to be an obstacle in eating, however; The Donald boasts a healthy weight. “He’s a normal cat, aside from that funky flap,” she said.

Surgery has been scheduled to excise the flap. It does not appear to be causing The Donald any pain, Kuh said.

He’ll be placed in foster care after the surgery and before he is up for adoption. Kuh says that The Donald is very sweet and friendly.

The Donald has undergone surgery which was very successful, let's hope he's now found a great forever home. 

April 2009. A cat in China has adopted two orphaned puppies - and is trying to teach them how to catch mice.

The female cat, named Tom. nurses the puppies and washes them with her tongue, reports the Yaxin Network. Owner Ms Shen, who lives in Urumchi, said the puppies’ natural mother, Mao Mao, died delivering them a month ago. She hoped that Tom might take care of the puppies as she had just given birth to three kittens and had been close friends with Mao Mao.

“We didn’t dare put the puppies in Tom’s basket at first, but just outside of it. Unexpectedly the puppies crawled over to Tom and started to fight for breast milk with the kittens,” Ms Shen said.

She said Tom was treating her adopted children very well, even feeding them first, before the kittens. And, each day, Tom was trying to show the puppies how to catch mice, including how to jump onto the sofa and hide in a corner before pouncing on them. However, the two puppies lacked the cat’s agility and generally failed to jump on to the sofa and just bit and scratched the cover instead.

The following story has hit the headlines and this report is from the Daily Mail. Hopefully the kittie in question, Timmy, is well as it's as dangerous to be overweight for cats as it is for humans, and it brings all the same sort of health problems.

Timmy the monster moggy is so fat he has to live in a kennel and sleeps in a dog basket. The owner's of the pudgy pet, the Langley family, are already claiming that he is the fattest cat in town. Weighing in at a massive two stones, he has caused quite a stir since moving with the family from Ireland to Monkwearmouth, Sunderland.

Sean Langley, 37, said: "When we take him to the vets to get his jabs, he has to have ones designed for dogs because of his size. He's 10 kilos, towers off the ground and he's pretty long too. I'm sure he's the biggest cat in Sunderland."

Sean and wife Gillian, 38, moved into their new home in Nawton Avenue, Sunderland, with daughter Nicole, 14, after leaving Northern Ireland. They have had to keep Timmy in the house for the past seven days while he becomes accustomed to his latest surroundings.

Sean, a cleric in the Army, added: "It's sometimes a race to get into bed, because if he's lying there, there's no room for anyone else." Now, that he's finally allowed out Timmy has started taking an interest in local nature.

But, while most cats arrive back from a long day out with the odd field mouse between their jaws, this prowler has brought back pigeons, magpies and even a raven.
Sean, who has owned black and white Timmy for the past eight years, added: "It' s not like he eats too much, we only give him a tin of cat food a day.

"It must be in his genes. We got him when he was about one from a cat sanctuary back in Ireland and he was even pretty big then."

The Langley family are now just hoping Timmy fits in with the other cats and his size doesn't frighten off other pets.

What's this strange phenomenon that's occurring? Wall climbing cats, really....here they are!!! Things are getting very weird......

This is Charlie the latest daredevil: http://www.scotsman.com/video.aspx?VideoPath=SCOT/spidercat.wmv&VideoID=36181&ArticleID=5279618

But there seem to be others too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRk_C9c8xYc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y-UjCB3On8

I hope Sophie never tries this - we live on the 11th floor!!!! 

We knew cats rocked but now they actually do! Move over Pussycat Dolls, meet pop's newest sensations The Rock Cats.

The 3 cool cats play their own instruments and have toured for three years. Okay playing their own instruments might be taking it a bit far – Bach or Beethoven they ain't. But these pretty pussy cats sit there looking cute and give it a good go.

According to the Chicago rockers MySpace page, Tuna is The Rock Cat’s biggest star. The lead-guitarist manages the band as well as balancing the books. Fellow band members Pinky also plays guitar while Dakota is the band’s “talented drummer,” and Nue is the keyboard warrior.

Like all acts however, they have come in for some criticism. Even their promoter, Samantha Martin, sometimes has to paws for thought. She said: ‘They’re not very good, in fact, their music sucks.’

Weeeelllll judge for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JahpW77Qg84

Proof! Cat's really are little Angels!!!

Now this is strange, infact we had to check it wasn't 1st April - cats with wings.....

The kitties developed the furry flaps on their backs during a spell of hot weather in China's western Sichuan province. The harmless growths are down to a genetic mutation, according to experts (what on, winged cats???!!! ).

I really have seen everything now!

He goes by the name of Ugly Bat Boy - no prizes for guessing why. This follicly-challenged feline has become a tourist attraction because of his bizarre appearance.

Eight-year-old Ugly, whose breed is not known, spends most of his time keeping warm by sitting on a computer at the Exeter Veterinary Hospital in New Hampshire.

Staff at the veterinary hospital have even been forced to put up fliers saying he's perfectly normal  - just unattractive.

They claim he makes up for his terrible looks by having inner beauty and a nice disposition.
He's also turned into something of a tourist attraction in Exeter, New Hampshire, America. 'People come in and take pictures of him on their cell phones,' staff member Christie Hartnett said.

'He's just great. The impression from clients that come in is he's not real because he just sits so still. 'When he does move, he scares them, but they still think he's mesmerizing.'

Ugly and his sister, who only survived a few weeks, were both born without fur.

And although he may not look like an ordinary cat, staff at the hospital say he behaves exactly like every other feline they've ever known. He loves attention and is very friendly.

Watch a video of him here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIHv1rpUrSw

The unwelcome intruder was forced up a tree - twice - by the family pet, a tabby cat called Jack.

The terrified bear was only able to make its escape when owner Donna Dickey called the hissing cat into the house.

Ms Dickey said Jack liked to keep a close watch on his territory and often chased away small animals, but one of this size was a first.

"We used to joke, 'Jack's on duty', never knowing he'd go after a bear," Donna Dickey told local newspaper The Star-Ledger.

"He doesn't want anybody in his yard," she added.

The bear was first spotted in the tree by neighbours who thought the 15lb (7kg) cat was just looking up at it.

They then realised the bear was afraid of the cat.

After some 15 minutes, the bear descended, but was chased up another tree, before finally making its escape when Jack was called indoors.

Asbo kittie - Lewis is the name of a cat from Fairfield, Connecticut who garnered mass media attention for being placed under house arrest in March 2006. At the time of his arrest Lewis was five years old, placing his birthdate between the years 2000 and 2001. Several of Fairfield's Sunset Circle residents, along with an Avon lady, have accused the cat of attacking them.

There were witnesses to some of the incidents who stated the attacks were unprovoked. Lewis was ordered to be placed under house arrest, and his owner tried medicating Lewis with Prozac but could not contain the cat in the house. In July 2008, the judge dismissed the reckless endangerment charge against Cisero, concluding she had met terms of a special probation for first-time offenders. Lewis is now an indoor pet, allowed outside only in a cat carrier.

      Lewis and owner Ruth

CC for "Carbon Copy" or "Copy Cat" (born December 22, 2001), is a brown tabby and white domestic shorthair and the first cloned pet. CC's surrogate mother was a tabby, but her genetic donor, Rainbow, was a calico domestic shorthair.

     CC and owner

2009. A cat has been reunited with its owners in East Dunbartonshire after being found on a Scottish island - two years after it vanished.

Karen Ratcliffe bought Bengal tabby, Ozzie, and his sister, Ellie, for her children.

They put up laminated posters after Ozzie went missing from the family home in Bearsden in 2007.

He was found in Millport, Isle of Cumbrae. Cats Protection staff later identified Ozzie from a microchip.

Mrs Ratcliffe said that when Ozzie initially left the house the family was not unduly worried.

But this changed when he had not returned several days later.

She said: "We started getting worried and phoned the local vets and police.

When we found out it was Ozzie we were delighted. My daughter Hannah was weeping with happiness, she was absolutely delirious Karen Ratcliffe

Mrs Ratcliffe said her children were very upset when Ozzie could not be found.

As recently as this Christmas they had wondered what had happened to him.

Then, out of the blue, they received a call to say that Ozzie had been found scavenging for food in Millport by a woman.

"Apparently he had been terrorising her cat and she got a bit upset by this and contacted the North Ayrshire branch of Cats Protection," Mrs Ratcliffe said.

Mrs Ratcliffe said Ozzie had made himself at home again

"I then got a call on Friday asking if I had lost a cat but I said that was eons ago.

"When we found out it was Ozzie we were delighted. My daughter Hannah was weeping with happiness, she was absolutely delirious.

"Now we have him back he's exactly the same. He's really affectionate and he's very big. He's obviously been fed by people who have looked after him."

Mrs Ratcliffe said she had no idea how Ozzie managed to get away from Bearsden, never mind make it across the water to Millport.

A polydactyl cat is a cat with a congenital physical anomaly, with more than usual number of toes on one or more of its paws as a result of a cat body type genetic mutation. In animals including humans, polydactyly (or polydactylism, also known as hyperdactyly) is the anatomical abnormality of having more than the usual number of digits on the hands or feet.

Normal cats have four toes and one dewclaw (thumb) on each front paw and four toes on each hind paw. Polydactyl cats may have as many as seven digits on front and/or hind paws, and various combinations of anywhere from four to seven are common, although each of the front and rear paws are typically the same. Polydactyly is most commonly found on the front paws only, with polydactyly of all four paws being less common. It is rare for a cat to have polydactyl hind paws only.

The true polydactyly - commonly called mitten foot, mitten cat or thumb cat condition - is a congenital abnormality, genetically inherited as an autosomal dominant trait of the Pd gene with incomplete penetrance. This type of polydactyly is not life-threatening and usually not even debilitating to a cat. Some polydactyl kittens initially have more difficulty in learning to walk and climb than normal animals. However in some cases it appears to improve the dexterity of the animal. For example, a common variation of polydactyly with six toes on the front paws, with two opposing digits on each (comparable in use to human thumbs), enables the cat to learn and perform feats of manual dexterity generally not observed in non-polydactyl cats, such as opening latches or catching objects with a single paw.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Jake, a polydactyl cat from Canada is the record holder for the most toes - 28!

Des of South Wales, pictured here has 26.

30^th March 2008

On a sad note tonight, America's oldest cat has passed away. Baby the Cat was 38 years old and was named America's oldest feline by "Cat Fancy" magazine last year. Owners Al and Mary Palusky of Duluth rescued the black kitten from a garbage can back in 1970.

Al said he considered getting the cat in the Guinness Book of World Records but the verification process required veterinarian records that have long since been lost.

Vickie Mendenhall thought she'd got a bargain when she bought a used couch for $27. It turned out that she'd actually got more than she bargained for, when the couch started making mewing noises.

After days of searching for the source of the noise, she found a very hungry calico cat living in the sofa.

The Spokesman-Review newspaper reported that her boyfriend, Chris Lund, was watching TV on Tuesday night when he felt something move inside the couch. He pulled it away from the wall, lifted it up and found the cat, which apparently had crawled through a small hole on the underside.

Mendenhall contacted the store where she bought the couch, but it had no information on who donated it. So she took the cat to the animal shelter where she works, so it could recover, and contacted media outlets in hopes of finding the owner.

Sure enough, Bob Killion of Spokane, Washington showed up to claim the cat on Thursday after an acquaintance alerted him to a TV story about it.

Killion had donated a couch on February 19, and his 9-year-old cat, Callie, disappeared at about the same time.

     Callie and Vickie

Friday, January 9, 2009

A cat wandered onto the set of a live weather forecast by Germany's leading meteorologist Joerg Kachelmann and waved its tail in front of the camera as it rubbed up against his leg. Kachelmann had just started his two-minute forecast after the news on Tuesday when the cat appeared.

Without missing a beat, he scooped Lupin up and finished his forecast while the cat pointed a paw at the weather map.

Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP4zaMvV__4

Some cats have a nasty habit of bringing dead mice into the house but this naughty pet enjoys turning up with cuddly toys.

Frankie has his owner in a flap - after bringing home 35 teddies and fluffy animals in the last year. Julie Bishop reckons the two-year-old is swiping the toys from homes in the neighbourhood but she cannot think why or how he does it.

The 52-year-old is feeling so guilty, she has plastered her town with posters to try to trace the owners.

'He's been going out of the house and coming back with all these toys for pretty much as long as he's been allowed out,' said Ms Bishop.

'Frankie looks very pleased with himself when he comes in with these presents. Sometimes he goes out and ten minutes later he's back with something.

'They're all soft toys for cats I think, although I could be wrong. About 15 of them are all the same leopard.'

The mother of two, from Swindon, said Frankie does not play with any of the toys but just dumps them down in the living room. In the past year alone his haul has included teddy bears, cuddly leopards and giant squeaky beefburgers.

And it's unlikely someone is giving the toys to him - the cat burglar has also come home with a range of old socks, nappy sacks, half-eaten beefburgers and chips - as well as the traditional dead mice and birds.

Two weeks ago he even stole two green witch's heads, presumably from a recent Hallowe'en party.

Ms Bishop, who lives with her partner Gary Witts, 47, said: 'It's a complete mystery where these toys are coming from.

'I think he must be sneaking in through people's cat flaps and then taking the cuddly toys and animals. Frankie is quite independent and comes in and out of the cat flap all through the day and night.

'He's quite a friendly cat and likes to sleep on your shoulder, although he lets you know if he wants to be on his own.

'But I'd be interested to find out what's happening when he goes out.'