Tag: cats
Meow, Marietta is getting a Java Cats Cafe
The second location of Hadyn Hilton's cat cafe will have a lounge four times bigger than the original. We talked to her about her experience founding Java Cats and what she has planned for the future.
As two Atlanta animal shelters launch expansions, here’s how you can give back
Both LifeLine Animal Project and PAWS Atlanta are launching expansion projects to continue providing low-cost pet welfare services to the community. So how can you give back to them? (Hint: Some of them involve beer.)
How an Atlanta woman became the authority on Adventure Cats
Atlanta writer Laura J. Moss created AdventureCats.org (and the viral Adventure Cats Instagram) as a resource for people who love going on outdoor adventures with their cats. Her new book serves as the ultimate how-to guide for training your cat embrace its wild side.
How to commission a pet portrait, find a lost dog, and more
Learn how to commission a pet portrait, create a pet-friendly yard, board a pet while you're on vacation, get a dog DNA test, and more.
Faithful Friends: 11 Atlantans on why they love their pets
A look at 11 Atlanta pet owners and their very best fuzzy, feathered, and scaly friends—including the winner of our Pet Cover Contest.
What it’s like inside a cat show, a veterinary ER, and more
We spoke to Georgians with a variety of pet-related jobs about their day-to-day, including a ER veterinarian, a pet detective, a trainer, and more.
Why are we so crazy about our pets? Science.
Like parents of small children, though, pet owners are quick to explain, “If you have one, it’s all worth it.” And scientifically speaking, they’re right. Beyond the subjective—he’s so funny, he’s so sweet, he’s my best friend—there’s plenty of evidence that owning a pet is good for you, physically, psychologically, and socially.
3 ways the BuzzFeed partnership will influence CNN
Atlanta-based CNN (the world’s first 24/7 global news network) has formed a partnership with BuzzFeed (purveyor of cat GIFs and nineties nostalgia) to launch a video channel on YouTube.
Dog Days
I’m fond of telling people that my friend Lary has taxidermied bums in his basement, but that is an exaggeration. There is just the one taxidermied cat, and it isn’t so much taxidermied as simply mummified—and even that is not a proven fact, but I don’t see how the case could be otherwise.
Cat’s Got My Heart
I think my cat is cursed. For one, she doesn’t appear to age, and I know for a fact that she is twenty-one years old. I picked her out after my vet gave me the false prognosis that my other cat, Lucy, had six months to live.
