Sparta the Mean Kitty
The videos above are from YouTube, and feature Sparta. Click on them to watch these clever videos his owner has posted on YouTube. He is an Egyptian Mau, though he looks like a Bengal. (Bengals are a cross between an Asian Leopard cat and a domestic shorthair). In one video, you'll notice how Sparta fetches. (it's because they are VERY smart). I Hope you enjoy these short clips.
(PS. Sometimes weird videos will appear. Refresh the browser until the kitties show up).
Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Cuba on Saturday.
The quake struck at 1:08 p.m. (2:08 p.m. ET) 22 kilometers (14 miles) below the surface and was centered 44 km (27 miles) south-southwest of Guantanamo, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
"So far, there haven't been any reports of major damages or injuries," a civil defense official in Havana told CNN nearly an hour after the quake. "It's still early."
There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage in Santiago de Cuba, which is 57 km (36 miles) from the epicenter, but a woman who runs a bed and breakfast there felt it.
"It was very strong," the woman said. "We ran and stood in the doorway. Neighbors were screaming and ran into the street. ... I haven't heard of any damages. Everybody is back inside." Read More: Source/CNN Cuban Earthquake
I said that there would be more earthquakes after the Chilean Earthquake. First Haiti, then Chile, then LA, and now Cuba. I haven't seen this many is such a short time right after another. What IS the earth trying to tell us?
Aruban divers to inspect site where couple says they saw human remains.
(CNN) -- An Aruban police dive team will search the site where an underwater photograph was taken that might show human remains, a spokeswoman for the Aruban prosecutor said Saturday.
The picture has renewed interest in the nearly 5-year-old Natalie Holloway case.
Officials first heard of the picture, taken in October by a vacationing American couple, on Thursday, Ann Angela, a spokeswoman for Aruban prosecutor Peter Blanken, said.
"We have received the picture, and the diving team of the Aruban police will start doing preliminary work at the spot where we believe it was taken," Angela told CNN.
She declined to identify the location, saying authorities want to avoid attracting onlookers during the search. Read More: Source/CNN Natalie Holloway
Veterinarians, shocked by one of the most extreme animal neglect cases they have ever seen, are looking for the owners of a Pekinese dog that they say died after becoming immobile, trapped by his own fur.
The male Pekinese was found abandoned and unable to move or walk because of severe matting of its fur in Waltham on March 6. The dog was taken to the Good Samaritan to Kindness Animal Hospital for care but could not be saved and died a few days later.
"This is probably one of the most extreme cases of neglect we've encountered in our practice," said Susan Rosenblatt, chief of staff at Kindness. "We're concerned that there may be other animals in the same household that are being similarly neglected."
The Pekinese was between 9 and 12-years-old, tan and blind in his right eye. The left eye had been surgically removed. The dog's fur had grown and become so completely matted around its body that the dog was trapped within itself.
"The mats were so big and thick that an open safety pin, which appeared on an X-ray we took, couldn't be found after we clipped his fur," Rosenblatt said.
"His ears, which are normally less than 3 inches long, were nearly a foot long with the mats. Matted fur also pulls on the skin, causing a great deal of irritation and pain," she said.
The dog's muscles had atrophied because it was unable to move for so long and his nails had grown in a complete circle because they had not been cut in years, the vets said. The dog's teeth were also rotten and he had pneumonia.
The veterinary staff at Kindness and other animal welfare advocates asked for the public's help to find the dog's owners. A reward is being offered for information. Anyone with information can contact Kindness Animal Hospital at 718-893-2800 or e-mail kindnessah@gmail.com.
This has got to be the most cruel act of abuse that I have heard about. Shame on the Shit for brains human responsible. Karma MF....one day you will get yours!.
(PEOPLE.com) -- Freshly minted Oscar winner Sandra Bullock has abruptly pulled out of the London premiere of her film "The Blind Side."
"Due to unforeseen personal reasons a trip abroad to support 'The Blind Side' has been deemed impossible at this time," Bullock, 45, said in a statement Wednesday. "I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank you for your continued support of the film."
The scrapped premiere comes amid reports of marital trouble between Bullock and husband Jesse James, 40.
The usually red carpet-shy James had been a constant fixture by his wife's side during the recent awards season, and the pair repeatedly expressed their mutual affection.
Bullock "is old-school Hollywood," James told PEOPLE at the Oscars on March 7 just after her win. "Nobody deserves this more and works harder. I'm so proud of her."
by Darcy Lockman/The Daily Cat
When Abby, a 5-year-old tabby, was adopted by a California couple after the cat's first family lost their home in Hurricane Katrina, Abby's new caretakers were determined to keep the feline indoors for its own protection. After years of roaming free in New Orleans, however, Abby began to respond to her confinement by urinating just about everywhere other than her litter box. Her owners spent a year trying to change Abby's behavior with no success, so they called Dr. Kenneth Martin, a New Orleans-based veterinary behaviorist also known as the cat "psychiatrist."
Martin treated Abby with a combination of behavior therapy and antidepressant medication. "We gave her the cat version of Prozac and enriched her environment with toy rotation," he says. "We put the litter boxes in different areas. We made the areas she had been soiling unattractive to her. Within two weeks, the marking had completely dissipated." Read More: Source/KHQ Pets Cat Psychiatrist
