Peta's "Sea Kitten" campaign

PETA, everyone's favorite pro-animal organization (you know, the ones with the controversial ads and tactics that makes vegetarians ashamed to be associated with them) has started a new ad effort to make people stop eating fish.

Their idea? Call fish "sea kittens." They are using the fact that everyone loves kittens and no one could possibly eat one (except Koreans of course). I applaud their effort to try and capitalize on the cuteness of the kitten, but let's face it - a rose would smell as sweet by any other name, and a fish would taste as delicious (especially to a real cat) by any other name.

Before you vegans get all up on in my grill, trust me, i know that fishing is awful and that the oceans are really overfished and whatever. I just think this is a stupid idea. Here's a news article about the campaign.

Anyway, i made myself a sea kitten. a ramones sea kitten:

3 Legged Wonder

Came across this article recently:

3-Legged Cat Not Short On Elusiveness

Apparently, some (crazy cat) lady in Cincinnati has a 3-legged cat that likes to run away from her. She already has 6 cats in total, but "Hope" just wont stay put. The cat ran away from the crazy cat lady and is running amok throughout the neighborhood. Gee, I wonder why they can't catch it...maybe because they're using freaking dogs to find it. Give me a break, of course the cat is gonna run away from that.

Apparently they even hired a PET DETECTIVE to help out. The cat really just wants to be left alone, I'd say.


The article, which is a cross between extremely patronizing and just really horribly read had one shining moment:

"I thought I saw the glint of her eyes," he said. "But it was the shine off a beer can."

Cats on the rampage

I don't know what's going on these days but seems like the cat population is out of control. We've got the tiger on the loose in Indiana, the thief cat, the moshing cats... what's next??

Well, it is the holidays, so of course it's entirely approps to post about Santa and Christmas related things (Santa CLAWS anyone??)... but again, this heartwarming tale of a kitty and Santa turns into bloodshed as the kitty apparently felt threatened by sitting on Santa's lap, and bit him.

Santa did NOT have to get rabies shots, which is strange, considering that the cat that tried to eat him was a cross between a bobcat and a house cat.

Now I encourage people to get their cats out in public, at least in bursts. I mean, Brett used to take Pearl on walks around the block. But don't take your freakin' wild animal mix to a Santa event...come on.

Criminal Cats

The cat is often portrayed as a criminal in movies and books ("American Tale," the "Maus" graphic novel series, "Cats & Dogs," etc.), which may be an unfair assessment of the family on the whole. However, one could see how they would get this reputation - they are very sneaky and often loaners; some consider them unloyal or having a cold personality, or in general bad luck. Certainly, this generalization cannot be applied to all cats, just like we cannot make sweeping generalizations about or discriminate ethnic groups of humans.

Unfortunately, there is always the example upon which stereotypes are made. In this case, I'm speaking about the Cat Burglar.. Again, this term was coined to describe a burglar who is "especially skilled at stealthy or undetected entry of a premises." But now, we're talking about an actual cat who has taken it upon himself to go around the neighborhood stealing cat toys, presumably from other cats. This kind of cat-on-cat crime is casting a dark mark on the cat's reputation and all the advances the cat has made in the past years.



I highly suggest you read the article and see to it that cats like Frankie do not live in your neighborhood. Thanks to my dedicated researcher for this tip.

In a related note, there has been notable discrimination against black cats and dogs. but that post is to follow.