Cat Jokes, Volume II

• Why are cats such good singers? Because they're very mewsical.
• What do you call newborn kittens who keep getting passed from owner to owner? Chain litter.
• What is the cat's favourite magazine? Good Mousekeeping.
• How many cats can you put into an empty box? Only one. After that, the box isn't empty.
• Why do you always find the cat in the last place you look? Because you stop looking after you find it.
• If a cat can jump five feet high, then why can't it jump through a three foot window? Because the window is closed.
• What is a cat's favourite movie? "The Sound of Mewsic."
• What does a cat that lives near the beach have in common with Christmas? Sandy Claws.
• Where is one place that your cat can sit, but you can't? Your lap.
• Why did the cat put oil on the mouse? Because it squeaked.
• What side of the cat has the most fur? The OUT-side.
• What is a cat's favourite car? The Catillac.
• What kind of cat will keep your grass short? A Lawn Meower.
• Why did the judge dismiss the entire jury made up of cats? Because each of them was guilty of purrjury.
• What do you use to comb a cat? A catacomb.
• Why did the cat run from the tree? Because it was afraid of the bark!
• Why is it so hard for a leopard to hide? Because he's always spotted.

Cat Jokes, Volume I

• Did you hear about the cat who drank 5 bowls of water? He set a new lap record.
• Did you hear about the cat who swallowed a ball of wool? She had mittens.
• What is the difference between a cat and a comma? One has the paws before the claws and the other has the clause before the pause.
• What do you get when you cross a chick with an alley cat? A peeping tom.
• Why don't cats play poker in the jungle? Too many cheetahs.
• What is a cat's favourite song? Three Blind Mice.
• What did the freshman computer science major say when he was told that the work stations had mice? Don't you have a cat?
• What is a cat's way of keeping law & order? Claw Enforcement.
• How did a cat take first prize at the bird show? He just jumped up to the cage, reached in, and took it.
• Why did a person with an unspayed female cat have to go to court? For kitty littering.
• Why did the litter of communist kittens become capitalists? Because they finally opened their eyes.
• Why are cats better than babies? Because you only have to change a litter box once a day.
• What is the name of the unauthorized autobiography of the cat? Hiss and Tell.
• What do you get when you cross an elephant with a cat? A big furry creature that purrs while it sits on your lap and squashes you.
• What does a cat do when it gets mad? It has a hissy fit.
• What do you call the cat that was caught by the police? The purrpatrator.
• What happened when the cat went to the flea circus? He stole the whole show!
• What is a cat's favourite colour? Purrrrrrrple!
• Where does a cat go when it loses its tail? The retail store.
• What does a cat like to eat on a hot day? A mice cream cone.
• What do cats use to make coffee? A purrcolator.
• What do you call a cat that has swallowed a duck? A duck filled fatty puss.
• If lights run on electricity and cars run on gas, what do cats run on? Their paws.
• Why is the cat so grouchy? Because he's in a bad mewd.
• If there are ten cats on a boat and one jumps off, how many cats are left on the boat? None! They were copy cats.
• Is it bad luck if a black cat follows you? That depends on whether you're a man or a mouse.
• How does the cat get its own way? With friendly purrsuasion.
• What do you call a cat that lives in an igloo? An eskimew.
• What has more lives than a cat? A frog because it croaks every night.
• What is a cat's favourite subject in school? HISStory.
• What do cats like to eat for breakfast? Mice Krispies.
• How do cats end a fight? They hiss and make up.
• What's happening when you hear "woof... splat... meow... splat?" It's raining cats and dogs.

Cats Can Scare Bears?

So what happened when the 15 lb. cat chased the 350 lb. bear?

Full Story at: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060613-cat-bear.html

Want a Kitten? Get TWO!

"If you want a kitten, get two," said Samantha Shelton, founder of Furkids, a no-kill Atlanta area cat shelter. "Kittens really require a lot of interaction, and as much as you think you'll play with it, you're not a kitten and you can't be there all the time." Full story at: http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/pets/stories/2007/05/30/060348slpetdish.html

June is Adopt-a-Cat Month

During the month of June the Watauga Humane Society will be celebrating Adopt-A-Cat Month with a variety of special events going on throughout the month.

The first is the Cat and Kitten Adopt-a-thon, to be held at the Humane Society Shelter, located at 200 Casey Lane in the Perkinsville area. The adopt-a-thon will take place on Saturday, June 2, and will feature more than 100 cats and kittens from the Humane Society, Animals Control and Friends For Life...

See the full story at: http://www.mountaintimes.com/mtweekly/2007/0531/adopt_a_cat.php3

Why Cat Charity?

I've had pets all my life, from Kenzie Mouse and Aaron Mouse to cats and rabbits. (I would learn from my parents that studies have shown that the percentage of corporate leaders who grew up with pets is substantially greater than that of the general population.) By having been entrusted with the responsibility of pets, I was taught accountability at an early age.

I certainly learned that quickly as all the pets had to fed before I could have my breakfast or dinner. Animals come first, eh?

I have 3 rabbits, 8 cats, 1 mouse, and 3 cichlids (fish).

I have been a cat-mom for the local animal shelter, having taken in 4 kittens and learning about having to get up in the night to feed the babies.
It was hard not to get attached, and when it was time to take them back after a month of caring for them...well...I kept one.

Also, there was an experience I had at the shelter. When I brought them back to the shelter, I directed a person looking at cats over to my kittens telling them how wonderful these kittens were. To my surprise, he declined the offer. He then said that he was looking for a mature cat as he knew most people would take a kitten, but not a cat that had been sent to the animal shelter because the owner had to move. He went on to sat that if he didn't take a cat like that, no one would, and the cat would be put down.

I would go to the vet office and see how animal doctors could understand a creature that could not speak.

I discovered that they really can speak, but just not in English. You just had to pay attention to their body movements.

I also learned about the hidden expenses--the costs associated with caring for an animal - so many people have pets and then discover they can't afford them solely from the basic needs of food to the cost of health care.

I want to include on my site a place where people can take their pets if they no longer can care for them.

Furthermore, when I'm older, I plan on adopting old racing greyhounds. Often, when they grow too old to breed or race, they're put down. They need homes.

Later, I was talking with my parents about volunteering and my dad said to me that I could go 4 hours a week after school and after I had volunteered 100 hours, although I had given my time, there was really nothing left of my time, as it had been consumed in the moment.

But, if I took that same 100 hours and created a web site helping pets, my efforts could have a legacy that went far beyond the 100 hours I could spend building the site. There are multiple benefits to building a site:
1) When I am with a pet, typically only one pet benefits at the time. With a website, hundreds of people can be on the site, potentially being motivated to donate their time, or money, for the benefit of animals.
2) The 100 hours I spent will last as long as I keep up the website.

What is hard is having the personal initiative to control my own time and create something from nothing.

Nobody can speak for abandoned or unwanted pets. Somebody has to. I will, because I know that there are people who love pets, and I just want to be able to show them a way that they can help the pets of the world.

So, that is how I came about to wanting to create a cat website.