Archive | September, 2010
The Whimsical Cats of Sara Pulver
Artist Sara Pulver paints our feline friends with a wonderful whimsical style that captures their quirkiness and charm. She plays with the idea of role reversal (cats are large and people are very tiny) and has a series of paintings featuring her Odd Couple, a cat and a crow, soon to become a picture book. [...]
Continue reading...Behind the Scenes
28. September 2010
What an exciting day in the Moderncat household! CBS Sunday Morning was here filming me, my condo, and the cats for an upcoming story. I even got to hang out with the lovely Serena Altschul! Some of the cats were nice enough to demonstrate various beds and cat trees (they did get their fill of [...]
Continue reading...Enter to Win a Custom Cat Portrait from allPopart.com!
26. September 2010
If you’re like me, you have hundreds, or maybe thousands, of photos of your cats (seriously, I have 4,000 cat photos on my iPhone right now.) Well, one thing you can do with those photos is use them to create custom cat artwork, and the folks at allPopart.com can help. They offer the coolest service [...]
Continue reading...Tiny Cat Pendant from Everything Tiny
24. September 2010
Purchase one of these cute cat pendants from Everything Tiny, and you’ll not only be getting a great piece of jewelry, you’ll be helping the folks at Liberty Humane Society in Jersey City, NJ who desperately need a new industrial dryer for their shelter. The pendants come in a variety of colors and sell for [...]
Continue reading...Enter the Neko Flies Funniest Video Contest and Win Free Toys for Your Favorite Shelter
24. September 2010
The folks at Neko Flies are running a funniest video contest and you could win a great prize package for your favorite shelter. All you have to do is make a funny video of your cat playing with the Neko Flies interactive cat toys and post it to YouTube, then send a link to Neko [...]
Continue reading...New! ModKat Litter Scoop with Innovative Packaging Design
22. September 2010
The beautifully designed, ergonomic ModKat litter scoop is now available separately, and they’ve done something very innovative with the packaging. Once you remove the scoop from the package, follow the instructions to fold the package into a mini litter pan. Now you can use the brush on the side of the scoop to whisk away [...]
Continue reading...Feral Felines 2011 Calendar by Troy Snow Now Available
22. September 2010
We featured the stunning photography of Troy Snow during TNR week, and now you can have your very own 2011 calendar featuring some of Troy’s amazing feral cat photos! The new calendar is available through Lulu.com for $17.49 and $2 from the sale of each calendar will go directly to Alley Cat Allies. What a [...]
Continue reading...BOOK REVIEW: The Confessions of a Catnip Junkie PLUS BONUS GIVEAWAY
21. September 2010
Guest book review by Peter J Wolf There are, it seems to me, two approaches to writing a good adventure story. A writer can either draw the reader anxiously along toward an uncertain ending, or disclose the outcome up front and let the reader settle into the adventure itself. I don’t imagine either approach is [...]
Continue reading...Help Sneaky Pablo Help Animals in Need!
20. September 2010
Etsy seller Sneaky Pablo is spreading the word about adopting a shelter pet with these cute silkscreened Ts, tanks, and totes! Plus, she’s donating 25% of the proceeds to an animal shelter in the Philadelphia area! Sneaky Pablo’s mascot cats, Franny (fluffy tuxedo) and Zooey (fluffy calico) both say “Get one today!” And next time [...]
Continue reading...Crate & Barrel Caters to Four-Legged Customers
19. September 2010
Crate & Barrel has a new line of stylish pet accessories, including some fabulous feline finds. A cute porcelain food bowl with kitty conversation bubbles is available in red or white. There’s also a cool black and white graphic feeding mat and a matching treat jar to stylize your kitchen, and don’t forget the toys! [...]
Continue reading...Technical Difficulties
19. September 2010
Some of you may be aware that the site was hacked on Friday. The hackers installed a virus, which was removed right away and the site is now secure, however there are still residual difficulties being reported. You may still receive a virus warning if you try to visit the site. We are working to [...]
Continue reading...TNR Week Wrap-up & Feral For Life Giveaway Winners
18. September 2010
We hope this week has been enlightening and informative. I have a few things to share to wrap-up TNR Week. First, I want to thank everyone who helped with the posts this week including Justine Pimlot, Ellen Perry Berkeley, and Becky Robinson. I’d also like to thank Alison Grasheim and Elizabeth Parowski from Alley Cat [...]
Continue reading...TNR Week: The Controversy
17. September 2010
Guest post by Peter J. Wolf Over the past week, we’ve touched on the origins and history of TNR, explained a bit about how it works, showcased some success stories, and much more. We would be remiss, though, if we ended TNR Week without at least mentioning the controversy surrounding TNR. TNR Controversy It’s not [...]
Continue reading...TNR Week: Local Resources
17. September 2010
Hopefully by now, if you’ve never been involved with TNR, we’ve sparked an interest in you to join the thousands of other cat lovers who are working to help reduce the feral cat population through this important work. And if you’re already doing TNR or helping to feed a feral cat colony, perhaps you’re looking [...]
Continue reading...TNR Week: Q&A with Becky Robinson, President and Co-founder of Alley Cat Allies
16. September 2010
Becky Robinson is president and co-founder of Alley Cat Allies, the nation’s leading advocacy organization dedicated to the protection and humane treatment of cats. Based in Bethesda, Maryland, the mission of Alley Cat Allies is to end the killing of cats and lead the movement for their humane care. . . . If I understand [...]
Continue reading...TNR Week: Resources & Tools from Alley Cat Allies
16. September 2010
If you are interested in getting involved with TNR, don’t worry, there are lots of resources to help you get started. Alley Cat Allies has assembled a complete Trap-Neuter-Return guide on their website with guidelines for humane trapping, suggested trapping equipment, and helpful videos. This excellent video gives an overview of the full trapping process. [...]
Continue reading...TNR Week: Campus Cats Benefit from TNR
15. September 2010
University and college campuses are quite often home to many feral cats, and fortunately, organizations have been forming over the past 20 years specifically to care for campus cats. These groups implement TNR programs, feed and monitor the cats, and often rescue adoptable cats and find them homes. If you’ve ever strolled across a college [...]
Continue reading...TNR Week: A Brief History of TNR – Q&A with Ellen Perry Berkeley
14. September 2010
Ellen Perry Berkeley is a writer and editor who has written numerous articles for Cat Fancy, and is the author of Maverick Cats: Encounters with Feral Cats and TNR Past, Present, and Future: A History of the Trap-Neuter-Return Movement. . . . For those who’ve not read your books and articles, can you talk a [...]
Continue reading...TNR Week: Disneyland Views Feral Cats as “Partners”
14. September 2010
Over the last 25 years, feral cats have played an important role at the Disneyland Resort. When the gates close and the crowds are gone, about 200 cats walk the Disneyland property doing their part to control mice and other rodents. The cats have played this role for 25 years, but 7 years ago an [...]
Continue reading...TNR Week: Q&A with Cat City Documentary Writer/Director Justine Pimlott
13. September 2010
Justine Pimlott is an award-winning documentary writer, director, and producer, whose work focuses on a range of social and political issues. Her latest documentary, Cat City, which chronicles the plight of Toronto’s homeless cats and the people who care for them, was released in 2009. What prompted you to create Cat City? What kind of [...]
Continue reading...TNR Week: Enter to Win Free Stuff From Feral For Life!
13. September 2010
The awesome Brooklyn-based cat rescue organization Feral For Life is offering a special giveaway for TNR Week! One first place winner will get a Feral For Life T-shirt in their choice of green or black. This great graphic was designed by Martina Fugazzotto, and the t-shirt comes in both men’s and women’s styles. The first [...]
Continue reading...TNR Week: Haves and Have-Nots
12. September 2010
Guest post by Peter J. Wolf For many of us, spoiling our cats is something we’ve raised to an art form—an inalienable right, even. From gourmet organic foods to luxurious memory-foam beds, our feline friends seem to be living the easy life. And, as Moderncat readers know all too well, many of them are. Feral [...]
Continue reading...Moderncat Theme Week: Focus on TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return
11. September 2010
Starting tomorrow, we are going to take a break from fancy cat furniture and adorable handmade goodies for one week. Instead, we will feature a series of posts focusing on TNR, or Trap-Neuter-Return, which is an approach for humanely reducing the population of feral, or unowned, cats. Not all cats are as lucky as yours [...]
Continue reading...IKEA Cats!
11. September 2010
What could be more Moderncat than 100 cats in an IKEA store! This lovely commercial is the result of a night of filming in a UK IKEA where 100 cats were let loose for the night. Watch the behind-the-scenes filming of this video here. (If you can’t see the video above in your email, click [...]
Continue reading...Cat-powered Hybrid Humidifier
9. September 2010
Put kitty to work and she can reduce your electric bill! At least, that’s the idea behind this design concept from designer Yuan Gu. He came up with the idea for a hybrid electric and battery powered humidifier and air purifier. The device can be plugged into an electrical outlet, or it can run on [...]
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30. September 2010
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