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The go-to for generations who wish to help care for and house animals. The humane Society is a national Non Profit Organization that has been in operation since 1954 and has been a a key player in providing medical options for stray animals across the United States.

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With campuses in Portland and Salem, Oregon Humane Society is an Oregon-based nonprofit that relies on donor support for its animal adoption, education, medical, and humane law enforcement programs.

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With campuses in Portland and Salem, Oregon Humane Society is an Oregon-based nonprofit that relies on donor support for its animal adoption, education, medical, and humane law enforcement programs.

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Founded in 1995, the Feral Cat Coalition has acted as a community effort to assist strays in local areas through neighborhood outreach. Low income households and people without medical expertise may still want to assist their feline neighbors, and through this program, animal healthcare is accessible to all.

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A group of veterinarians in Portland, Oregon studied the local feral cat population problem and determined that a trap-neuter-return program was the only effective way to reduce feral cat population in the area. In March 1995 these veterinarians founded the Feral Cat Coalition of Portland (FCCP), and had 501c3, non-profit status by May.

FCCP started with $1,000 from private donors, 15 surgical packs and an anesthesia machine donated from our local animal control. At the first clinic, held in June 1995, we spayed/neutered 16 cats and it took us all day! For nearly three years, FCCP held monthly spay/neuter clinics at various Portland area vet hospitals on Sundays when they were closed.

In June 1997, FCCP received a $82,000 grant from the Leonard X. Bosack and Bette M. Kruger Foundation which enabled us to purchase and fully equip a mobile veterinary hospital to serve feral cats - the first of its kind in North America. With the delivery of the mobile clinic in February 1998, we officially changed the name of the organization to the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon (FCCO). Our new name reflected our dedication to caring for cats throughout the state. We held clinics in eight different cities, helping cats from more than 20 counties in Oregon and Washington.

From 2008 through 2015 we shifted from being mobile to operating a free-standing clinic. This allowed us to improve our efficiency and nearly double our capacity, and to be more sustainable.

In March 2015 we purchased our first building with funds from an angel donor. Our first clinic in this new location in South Portland took place in January 2016. In April 2016 we began offering low-cost services for pet cats (these services are currently on hold). Today we help more than 7,000 cats per year.
We are proud of the volunteers, donors and staff that make this program a success and improve the lives of cats in our community.

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Who We Are - Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon

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A group of veterinarians in Portland, Oregon studied the local feral cat population problem and determined that a trap-neuter-return program was the only effective way to reduce feral cat population in the area. In March 1995 these veterinarians founded the Feral Cat Coalition of Portland (FCCP), and had 501c3, non-profit status by May.

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There are Multiple options for low cost animal treatments across Oregon. I recommended this for spay and neuter services to those on a budget. Interaction with these groups is also a great way to get involved with the community.

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This page provides information about a variety of low cost services in the Portland Metro area. Some services are available to the general public, while some may require pre-qualification and/or proof of government assistance. Please contact individual programs directly for details and current information.

Low Cost Spay & Neuter

Spay & Save: $20 spay/neuter for cats. A limited number of dog spay/neuter surgeries are offered at $80.00. The Spay and Save program is available through Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland (ASAP) to residents of Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas and Clark who receive government assistance (Medicaid, WIC, SSI, etc). Reduced fee spay ($35) and neuter ($30) are also available to low-income residents who do not receive government assistance. Call (503) 802-6755 to sign up. Additional services such as vaccinations and microchipping are offered at additional cost. License fees will be collected at the time of surgery for all dogs and cats of Multnomah County residents.

Oregon Spay/Neuter Fund: A non-profit organization dedicated to ending the suffering of animal overpopulation. Download coupons that can be used at a number of local veterinary offices.

SNaP- Spay Neuter at Pongo: Offering Spay & Neuter Services on a case by case basis. Visit their website for more information.

Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon (FCCO): Dedicated to the humane treatment of feral cats and to the prevention of future generations through spay/neuter programs and education, FCC offers spay/neuter services for feral cats as part of their trap-neuter-return (TNR) program. There is a suggested donation of $40 per cat. There may be a waitlist for services.

Low Cost Vaccinations & Vet Care

PAW Team: For homeless or very low income people. Prequalification appointment is required. Call for an appointment. Located at 1718 NE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR 97220. (503) 206-6033

Vetco Clinics: Low-cost vaccination clinics at Petco locations. Appointment required.

Good Neighbor Vet: Low-cost vaccinations are various locations, dates and times. 1 (888) 234-1350

JOIN: Must be homeless to qualify for services. Located at 1435 NE 81st Ave, Suite 100, Portland. Call (503) 232-2031. Temporarily suspended.

Pixie Project: Offers some low cost medical/surgical services and spay/neuter. Inquire by email to surgery@pixieproject.org.

The Pongo Fund Veterinary Care: Offering lifesaving veterinary care on a case by case basis. Visit their website for questions and qualifications for service.

Financial Assistance for Pet Care

Training & Behavior Advice

Pet Food Assistance

If you are struggling and need help to feed your pets, resources are available. Portland area groups operate pet food banks and support services to feed the pets of those in need.

Low Cost End of Life Services

Oregon Humane Society: End of life services, including euthanasia and cremation fees, vary from $14 to $581 depending on your pet's weight. Appointments are needed. Please call (503) 285-7722

Dove Lewis: Euthanasia services for very sick and declining pets only. Application and low-income criteria apply. (503) 228-7281

Family Animal Services: Communal cremation services are $30 for a pet up to 30 pounds (animals over 30 pounds are $30 plus 60 cents per pound). (Ashes not returned.) Tell them you were referred by MCAS to qualify for this offer. (503) 665-8300

For additional options, contact your vet or see our "Deceased Animals & End of Life Services" web page.

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This page provides information about a variety of low cost services in the Portland Metro area. Some services are available to the general public, while some may require pre-qualification and/or proof of government assistance. Please contact individual programs directly for details and current information. Spay & Save: $20 spay/neuter for cats.

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Fighting overpopulation and euthanasia: A history of spay-neuter pract

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1893 “A Veterinary Surgeon,” in the anonymous Diseases of Dogs and Cats, describes neutering a male cat by rolling it in a blanket and carrying out the operation without anesthetic such as chloroform or ether.1 1929-1933 Records at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) in New York City s

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Since I was 8 years old, I have been passively or actively working in various feral cat communities to provide unhoused cats with shelter, food, medical resources, and if possible, a family to care for them. I started Volunteering for the Humane Society and eventually got an interneship at a vet.

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a group founded in 1990 which works to both help stray cats and also advocate for feline rights

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Get the latest cat news, information, and ways to take action and save cats' lives!

Alley Cat Allies has protected and improved the lives of cats for 30 years. Today more than 650,000 people look to Alley Cat Allies for leadership on saving cats' lives, developing communities that safeguard cats, and helping shelters embrace feline-friendly policies. Help us continue our work for cats: Join our online community and become part of the movement to save cats' lives!

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Alley Cat Allies has protected and improved the lives of cats for 30 years. Today more than 650,000 people look to Alley Cat Allies for leadership on saving cats' lives, developing communities that safeguard cats, and helping shelters embrace feline-friendly policies.

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- Standards for stray animal handling involves pounds capturing and euthanizing strays

-Humane shelters are formed in 1868 and began focusing on assisting stray animals as an alternative to pounds

-Beginning in the 1980's, a movement known as the "No kill movement" successfully shifts policies to limit euthanasia as a standard for handling stray animals.

-Today, Trap aneuter release (TNR) has become the new standard, and the traditional pound is increasingly hard to find.

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I currently house 1 cat who used to be a stray, and assist in taking care of 3 more that I have helped find homes for. I work primarily with the Oregon humane society and the Feral Cat Coalition, while networking with several vet technicians in order to offer resources to others in need

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Join CAT as a volunteer, donor, or foster family and help save lives with your time, love, cash donation, supplies. Your worthwhile support and contribution to CAT gives our precious cats a fresh start, essential vet care, and a chance to find loving homes.

Together, we can help homeless cats land on their feet and live happy, healthy lives.

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Cat Adoption Team | Sherwood Cat Rescue | Cat Adoption Center

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Domestic cats are considered the leading cause of death in wild bird populations. This becomes a more significant problem when unhoused cat populations are left to multiply, and certain birds, regardless of their dwindling numbers, act as one of their preferred prey. the best course of action then is to ensure spaying and neutering of the stray population for the safety of the ecosystem.

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How Feral Cats Cause The Extinction Of Native Wildlife | Feral

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Why Humans Are Obsessed with Cats | Annals of Obsession | The New Yorker

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There's a lot to do for first-time pet parents. From figuring out the best kind of food to feed your animal to ensuring they're up to speed on their vaccinations, it can be overwhelming to make sure you're taking every step to keep your pet happy and healthy. An important part of this process is visiting your local veterinarian or animal clinic to have your fur-baby spayed or neutered, and our friends at the Animal League Wellness Center are here to walk you through everything you need to know.

Spay vs. Neuter

The difference between spay and neuter comes down to the gender of the animal. Both terms refer to the surgical sterilization of an animal, but sometimes neuter is used for both genders. Spaying involves removing the uterus and ovaries of a female animal, and neutering removes the testicles of a male animal. This procedure ensures your animal won't reproduce, and helps reduce pet overpopulation.

Why should I spay or neuter my pet?

Spaying or neutering your pet benefits both your animal and your community. According to the ASPCA, animals who have been spayed or neutered are typically less aggressive since their instinct to mate has been eliminated. Many unwanted behaviors such as fighting, roaming, spraying, and crying will go away after surgery, and most pets become even more affectionate to their owners. Additionally, spaying females prevents breast cancer and eliminates both uterine infections and cancer, and for males, neutering reduces the chance or testicular cancer and prostate problems.

Everyone loves cute and cuddly puppies and kittens. Why wouldn't the world want more? The reality is there are only so many people who want to have a pet, and most animal shelters are already reaching their capacity to care for homeless pets. By spaying or neutering your pet, you are helping to reduce overpopulation in these shelters, and giving other animals a chance to find their forever homes.

When should I spay or neuter my animal?

To decide an accurate time to spay or neuter your pet, you should reach out to an animal hospital and veterinarian to determine this for your animal. According to the ASPCA, puppies are typically spayed or neutered between six and nine months, but can be as young as eight weeks if your veterinarian decides they are healthy. Cats are usually spayed or neutered any time between eight weeks and five months old.

What is the cost to spay or neuter my dog or cat?

The Animal League Wellness Center offers low cost spay and neuter services for your dog or cat. The cost depends on what type of animal you have, their size, and gender, and a complete spay/neuter price breakdown can be found here.

To give you an idea, at our animal hospital, the total cost to spay or neuter a dog could be estimated between $55 and $130, depending on the size and needs of your animal. While the cost to spay or neuter a cat can range between $30 to $70, also depending on the needs of your cat during and after the surgery. These prices are estimates, and you will need to contact the Animal League Wellness Center and talk to a veterinarian for an accurate price reflecting exactly what your pet will need.

While there will always be a cost associated to spaying and neutering, the benefits are worth it - both to you and your pet. Before you adopt an animal, it's important to consider these costs into your budget, so that you can be a responsible pet parent.
Cover model: Lex, a miniature dachsund blend rescued by The Animal League.
To learn more about how to have your pet spayed or neutered, schedule an appointment at the Animal League Wellness Center.

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This was a law enacted as a response to the inhumane treatment of animals in pet stores and animal shelters, serving as what became a new standard in caring for sheltered animals, this act was later added to in 1990 where euthanasia practices were switched from a gas method to a much more humane injection. This served as a model for the Animal Protection Act of 2000, providing a nationwide standard for ethical practices.

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Social media has turned household pets into international sensations. adding this spotlight has allowed people who have previously garnered indifferent or negative attitudes towards house pets a chance to witness animal interactions that would otherwise be unavailable to them. Many rescues have even become celebrities. Leading theories suggest that this exposure to pets has led to a significant increase in pet ownership across the united states and an increase in pet adoption rates

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Images and videos of domestic cats make up some of the most viewed content on the World Wide Web. ThoughtCatalog has described cats as the "unofficial mascot of the Internet".

The subject has attracted the attention of various scholars and critics, who have analysed why this subject has reached iconic status. Although it may be considered frivolous, cat-related Internet content contributes to how people interact with media and culture. Some argue that there is a depth and complexity to this seemingly simple content, with a suggestion that the positive psychological effects that pets have on their owners also hold true for cat images viewed online.

Research has suggested that viewing online cat media is related to positive emotions, and that it even may work as a form of digital therapy or stress relief for some users. Some elements of research also shows that feelings of guilt when postponing tasks can be reduced by viewing cat content.

Some individual cats, such as Grumpy Cat and Lil Bub, have achieved popularity online because of their unusual appearances and funny cat videos.

Humans have a longstanding relationship with cats, and the animals have often been a subject of short films, including the early silent movies Boxing Cats (1894) and The Sick Kitten (1903). Harry Pointer (1822-1889) has been cited as the "progenitor of the shameless cat picture". Cats have been shared via email since the Internet's rise to prominence in the 1990s. The first cat video on YouTube was uploaded in 2005 by YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, who posted a video of his cat called "Pajamas and Nick Drake". The following year, "Puppy vs Cat" became the first viral cat video; uploaded by a user called Sanchey (a.k.a. Michael Wienzek); as of 2015 it had over 16 million views on YouTube. In a Mashable article that explored the history of cat media on the Internet, the oldest entry was an ASCII art cat that originated on 2channel, and was a pictorial representation of the phrase "Please go away." The oldest continuously operating cat website is sophie.net, which launched in October 1999 and is still operating.

The New York Times described cat images as "that essential building block of the Internet". In addition, 2,594,329 cat images had been manually annotated in flickr.com by users. An interesting phenomenon is that many photograph owners tag their house cats as "tiger".

Eric Nakagawa and Kari Unebasami started the website I Can Haz Cheezburger in 2007, where they shared funny pictures of cats. This site allowed users to create LOLcat memes by placing writing on top of pictures of their cats. This site now has more than 100 million views per month and has "created a whole new form of internet speak". In 2009, the humour site Urlesque deemed September 9 "A Day Without Cats Online", and had over 40 blogs and websites agree to "[ban] cats from their pages for at least 24 hours". As of 2015, there are over 2 million cat videos on YouTube alone, and cats are one of the most searched keywords on the Internet. CNN estimated that in 2015 there could be around 6.5 billion cat pictures on the Internet. The Internet has been described as a "virtual cat park, a social space for cat lovers in the same way that dog lovers congregate at a dog park". The Daily Telegraph deemed Nyan Cat the most popular Internet cat, while NPR gave this title to Grumpy Cat. The Daily Telegraph also deemed the best cat video on YouTube as "Surprised Kitty (Original)", which currently has over 75 million views. Buzzfeed deemed Cattycake the most important cat of 2010.

In 2015, an exhibition called "How Cats Took Over The Internet" opened at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. The exhibition "looks at the history of how they rose to internet fame, and why people like them so much". There is even a book entitled How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity: A Guide to Financial Freedom. The annual Internet Cat Video Festival celebrated and awards the Golden Kitty to cat videos. According to Star Tribune, the festival's success is because "people realized that the cat video they'd chuckled over in the privacy of their homes was suddenly a thousand times funnier when there are thousands of other people around". The Daily Telegraph had an entire article devoted to International Cat Day. EMGN wrote an article entitled "21 Reasons Why Cats And The Internet Are A Match Made in Heaven".

In 2015, there were more than 2 million cat videos on YouTube, with an average of 12,000 views each - a higher average than any other category of YouTube content. Cats made up 16% of views in YouTube's "Pets & Animals" category, compared to dogs' 23%. The YouTube video Cats vs. Zombies merged the two Internet phenomena of cats and zombies. Data from BuzzFeed and Tumblr has shown that dog videos have more views than those of cats, and less than 1% of posts on Reddit mention cats. While dogs are searched for much more than cats, there is less content on the Internet. The Facebook page "Cats" has over 2 million likes while Dogs has over 6.5 million. In an Internet tradition, The New York Times Archives Twitter account posts cat reporting throughout the history of the NYT. The Japanese prefecture of Hiroshima launched an online Cat Street View, which showed the region from the perspective of a cat.

Abigail Tucker, author of The Lion in the Living Room, a history of domestic cats, has suggested that cats appeal particularly because they "remind us of our own faces, and especially of our babies ... [they're] strikingly human but also perpetually deadpan".

Jason Eppink, curator of the Museum of the Moving Image's show How Cats Took Over the Internet, has noted the "outsized role" of cats on the Internet. magazine felt that the cuteness of cats was "too simplistic" an explanation of their popularity online.

A scientific survey found that the participants were more happy after watching cat videos. The researcher behind the survey explained "If we want to better understand the effects the Internet may have on us as individuals and on society, then researchers can't ignore Internet cats anymore" and "consumption of online cat-related media deserves empirical attention". The Huffington Post suggested that the videos were a form of procrastination, with most being watched while at work or ostensibly studying, while IU Bloomington commented "[it] does more than simply entertain; it boosts viewers' energy and positive emotions and decreases negative feelings". Business Insider argues "This falls in line with a body of research regarding the effects that animals have on people." A 2015 study by Jessica Gall Myrick found that people were more than twice as likely to post a picture or video of a cat to the Internet than they were to post a selfie.

Maria Bustillos considers cat videos to be "the crystallisation of all that human beings love about cats", with their "natural beauty and majesty" being "just one tiny slip away from total humiliation", which Bustillos sees as a mirror of the human condition. When the creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, was asked for an example of a popular use of the Internet that he would never have predicted, he answered, "Kittens". A 2014 paper argues that cats' "unselfconsciousness" is rare in an age of hyper-surveillance, and cat photos appeal to people as it lets them imagine "the possibility of freedom from surveillance", while presenting the power of controlling that surveillance as unproblematic. magazine felt that cat images tap into viewers nature as "secret voyeurs".

The Cheezburger Network considers cats to be the "perfect canvas" for human emotion, as they have expressive facial and body aspects. Mashable offered "cats' cuteness, non-cuteness, popularity among geeks, blank canvas qualities, personality issues, and the fact that dogs just don't have 'it'" as possible explanations to cats' popularity on the Internet. A paper entitled ""I Can Haz Emoshuns?" - Understanding Anthropomorphosis of Cats among Internet Users" found that Tagpuss, an app that showed users cat images and asked them to choose their emotion "can be used to identify cat behaviours that lay-people find difficult to distinguish".[relevant? ]

Jason Eppink, curator of the "How Cats Took Over the Internet" exhibition, explained: "People on the web are more likely to post a cat than another animal, because it sort of perpetuates itself. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. []" Jason Kottke considers cats to be "easier to objectify" and therefore "easier to make fun of". Journalist Jack Shepherd suggested that cats were more popular than dogs because dogs were "trying too hard", and humorous behavior in a dog would be seen as a bid for validation. Shepherd sees cats' behavior as being " cool, and effortless, and devoid of any concern about what you might think about it. It is art for art's sake".

Cats have historically been associated with magic, and have been revered by various human cultures, the ancient Egyptians worshipping them as gods and the creatures being feared as demons in ancient Japan, such as the . magazine has suggested that the popularity of cats on the Internet is culturally-specific, being popular in North America, Western Europe, and Japan. Other nations favor different animals online, Ugandans sharing images of goats and chickens, Mexicans preferring llamas, and Chinese Internet users sharing images of the river crab and grass-mud horse due to double-meanings of their names allowing them to "subvert government Internet censors".

Lolcat images are often shared through the same networks used by online activists.

The cute cat theory of digital activism is a theory concerning Internet activism, Internet censorship, and "cute cats" (a term used for any low-value, but popular online activity) developed by Ethan Zuckerman in 2008. It posits that most people are not interested in activism; instead, they want to use the web for mundane activities, including surfing for pornography and lolcats ("cute cats"). The tools that they develop for that (such as Facebook, Flickr, Blogger, Twitter, and similar platforms) are very useful to social movement activists, who may lack resources to develop dedicated tools themselves. This, in turn, makes the activists more immune to reprisals by governments than if they were using a dedicated activism platform, because shutting down a popular public platform provokes a larger public outcry than shutting down an obscure one.

Because of the relative newness of this industry, most owners of famous cats found themselves stumbling into Internet stardom without intentionally planning it.

Grumpy Cat, a pet made famous through an image macro, on stage at VidCon 2014

Tardar Sauce (born April 4, 2012 - May 15, 2019), better known by her Internet name "Grumpy Cat", was a cat and Internet celebrity known for her grumpy facial expression. Her owner, Tabatha Bundesen, says that her permanently grumpy-looking face was due to an underbite and feline dwarfism. Grumpy Cat's popularity originated from a picture posted to the social news website Reddit by Bundesen's brother Bryan on September 22, 2012. It was made into an image macro with grumpy captions. As of December 10, 2014, "The Official Grumpy Cat" page on Facebook has over 7 million " likes". Grumpy Cat was featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal on May 30, 2013, and on the cover of magazine on October 7, 2013. In August 2015 it was announced that Grumpy Cat would get her own animatronic waxwork at Madame Tussauds in San Francisco. The Huffington Post wrote an article exploring America's fascination with cats.

Lil Bub (Lillian Bubbles) (June 21, 2011 - December 1, 2019) was an American celebrity cat known for her unique appearance. She was the runt of her litter. Her owner, Mike Bridavsky, adopted her when his friends called to ask him to give her a home. Her photos were first posted to Tumblr in November 2011 then taken off after being featured on the social news website reddit. "Lil Bub" on Facebook has over two million Likes. Lil Bub stars in Lil Bub & Friendz, a documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2013, that won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film.

Maru (まる, Japanese: circle or round; born May 24, 2007) is a male Scottish Fold (straight variety) cat in Japan who has become popular on YouTube. As of April 2013, videos with Maru have been viewed over 200 million times. Videos featuring Maru have an average of 800,000 views each and he is mentioned often in print and televised media discussing Internet celebrities. Maru is the "most famous cat on the internet."

Maru's owner posts videos under the account name 'mugumogu'. His owner is almost never seen in the videos, although the video titled is an exception. The videos include title cards in English and Japanese setting up and describing the events, and often show Maru playing in cardboard boxes, indicated by "I love a box!" in his first video.

Colonel Meow (adopted October 11, 2011 - January 29, 2014) was a male Himalayan- Persian crossbreed cat, who holds the 2014 Guinness world record for the longest fur on a cat (9 in (230 mm)). He became an Internet celebrity when his owners posted pictures of his scowling face to Facebook and Instagram. He was known by his hundreds of thousands of followers as an "adorable fearsome dictator", a "prodigious Scotch drinker" and "the angriest cat in the world".

This unnamed cat, first seen in a video shown on America's Funniest Home Videos, became famous for its growling resembling human speech. In the video, one cat makes aggressive noises at another, its vocalizations resembling "human-like gibberish". The video first appeared on the Internet in 2006 during a compilation video on YouTube featuring cats producing human-like sounds, and other standalone videos were later uploaded. The full clip shows a second, younger-looking cat in the room.

By 2012, the video of the cat had been viewed 6.5 million times. For a while it was a craze. The clip was included in the 2019 Cat Video Fest which was held at the Vancity Theatre in Vancouver on April 20. There were to be five consecutive screenings of the videos.

The video was referenced in the episode " Faith Hilling", where Johnson's speech pattern ended up causing several deaths related to "Oh Long Johnsoning".

Jorts is an office cat that was the centre of a December 2021 dispute between staff. Self-reporting of the dispute on a subreddit of Reddit attracted significant attention.

A lolcat (pronounced LOL-kat) is an image macro of one or more cats. The image's text is often idiosyncratic and grammatically incorrect. Its use in this way is known as "lolspeak" or "kitty pidgin".

"Lolcat" is a compound word of the acronymic abbreviation for "laugh out loud" ( LOL) and the word "cat". A synonym for "lolcat" is cat macro, since the images are a type of image macro. Lolcats are commonly designed for photo sharing imageboards and other Internet forums.

Nyan Cat is the name of a YouTube video, uploaded in April 2011, which became an Internet meme. The video merged a Japanese pop song with an animated cartoon cat with the body of a Pop-Tart, flying through space, and leaving a rainbow trail behind it. The video ranked at number 5 on the list of most viewed YouTube videos in 2011.

Keyboard Cat is another Internet phenomenon. It consists of a video from 1984 of Fatso, a cat wearing a blue shirt and appearing to play an upbeat rhythm on an electronic keyboard. The video was posted to YouTube under the title "charlie schmidt's cool cats" in June 2007. Schmidt later changed the title to "Charlie Schmidt's Keyboard Cat (The Original)".

Fatso (who died in 1987) was owned (and manipulated in the video) by Charlie Schmidt of Spokane, Washington, US, and the blue shirt still belonged to Schmidt's cat Fatso. Later, Brad O'Farrell, who was the syndication manager of the video website My Damn Channel, obtained Schmidt's permission to reuse the footage, appending it to the end of a blooper video to "play" that person offstage after the mistake or gaffe in a similar manner as getting the hook in the days of vaudeville. The appending of Schmidt's video to other blooper and other viral videos became popular, with such videos usually accompanied with the title Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat or a variant. "Keyboard Cat" was ranked No. 2 on Current TV's list of 50 Greatest Viral Videos.

In 2009 Schmidt became owner of Bento, another cat that resembled Fatso, and which he used to create new Keyboard Cat videos, until Bento's death in March 2018. Schmidt has adopted a new cat "Skinny" or "Keyboard Cat 3.0", which has yet to become popular.

Cats That Look Like Hitler is a satirical website featuring photographs of cats that bear an alleged resemblance to Adolf Hitler. Most of the cats have a large black splotch underneath their nose, much like the dictator's stumpy toothbrush moustache. The site was founded by Koos Plegt and Paul Neve in 2006, and became widely known after being featured on several television programmes across Europe and Australia. The site is now only run by Neve. As of February 2013, the site contained photographs of over 8,000 cats, submitted by owners with digital cameras and Internet access and then approved by Neve as content.

"Every time you masturbate... God kills a kitten" is the caption of an image created by a member of the website Fark in 2002. The image features a kitten (subsequently referred to as "Cliché Kitty") being chased by two Domos, and has the tagline "Please, think of the kittens".

It was created in 2007 by Eric Nakagawa (Cheezburger), a blogger from Hawaii, and his friend Kari Unebasami (Tofuburger).[citation needed ] The website is one of the most popular Internet sites of its kind. It received as many as 1,500,000 hits per day at its peak in May 2007. ICHC was instrumental in bringing animal-based image macros and lolspeak into mainstream usage and making Internet memes profitable.

In 2015, the atmosphere among the community of Brussels, Belgium was tense when the city was put under the highest level state of emergency immediately following the Paris attacks; however, Internet cats were able to cut the tension by taking over the Twitter feed #BrusselsLockdown. The feed was designed to discuss operational details of terrorist raids, but when police asked for a social media blackout the hashtag was overwhelmed by Internet users posting pictures of cats to drown out serious discussion and prevent terrorists from gaining any useful information. The use of cat images is a reference to the Level 4 state of emergency: the French word for the number 4, quatre, is pronounced similarly to the word cat in English.

Pusheen is another Internet phenomenon about a cartoon cat. Created in 2010 by Claire Belton, the popularity of using emoji and Facebook stickers led to a rise in Pusheen's popularity. She now has 9 million followers.

Bongo Cat is another Internet meme about a cartoon cat that originated on May 7, 2018, when an animated cat gif made by Twitter user "@StrayRogue" was edited by Twitter user "@DitzyFlama", in which he'd edited the GIF to include bongos and added the music " Athletic" from the Super Mario World soundtrack. This cat has since been edited to many other songs, and many different instruments.

Peepee the cat was the star of a copypasta popularized on Twitter. The post, "i Amn just........... a litle creacher. Thatse It . I Canot change this" was posted on September 18, 2018, and has garnered over 38,000 likes. Over the years, he has become known on the site as a lolcat, and was popular for his seemingly random, but positive posts until his untimely and unfortunate death in April 2019 due to kidney complications related to Feline Immunodeficiency Virus.

Vibing Cat/CatJam

In April 2020, a video of a white cat from Québec, Canada named Minette bobbing her head as if dancing went viral. In addition to its popularity on social media sites like Youtube and TikTok, the cat was widely shared on livestreaming platform Twitch.tv, where it was enabled as a emote through third-party service BetterTTV on over 200,000 channels. In December 2020, the official YouTube Channel of the International Cricket Council posted a video named "Vibing cricketers, vibing cat" showing edited footage of the cat alongside various cricketers dancing to music.

Zoom Cat Lawyer/I'm Not a Cat

It refers to a viral video taken from a live stream of a civil forfeiture hearing, and being held on the video conferencing application Zoom in Texas' 394th Judicial District Court. The video features attorney Rod Ponton, who is struggling to disable a cat filter that shows a white kitten mask over his face, resulting in it appearing as if a cat is speaking.

Big Floppa is a caracal from Russia (real name Gregory or Gosha for short) who gained popularity as an internet meme after being posted by his owner on Instagram. Floppa can also more generally refer to a collection of images either portraying Big Floppa (also referred to as Gosha or Shlepa) or any caracals. The collection of images do not portray to a specific theme per se, but always hold Floppa as a centerpoint or personification of something.

A cat "loafing" with its paws and tail tucked under its body

Catloaf (also spelled as cat loaf and sometimes known as hovercat, tugboat or loafing) is a term used to describe a cat's sitting position in which its paws and tail are tucked under the body, forming a loaf-like shape. A speculation for the sitting position indicates that the cat is relaxed and feels unthreatened, and therefore has no need to sit in a position where it would have to attack. Another potential reason for this sitting position is for the cat to maintain a comfortable body temperature without having to move.

American cartoonist B. Kliban had noted the similarity between the shapes of cats and meatloaves as early as 1975. However, widespread popularity of the word had not gained peak popularity until the 2010s on social media sites such as Reddit and Twitter, as well as Facebook, where the sitting position is also known as "tugboat" in the "Tuggin'" group.

Bonsai Kitten was a satirical website launched in 2000 that claims to provide instructions on how to grow a kitten in a jar, so as to mold the bones of the kitten into the shape of the jar as the cat grows, much like how a bonsai plant is shaped. It was made by an MIT university student going by the alias of Dr. Michael Wong Chang. The website generated furor after members of the public complained to animal rights organizations, who stated that "while the site's content may be faked, the issue it is campaigning for may create violence towards animals", according to the Michigan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA). Although the website in its most recent form was shut down, it still generates (primarily spam) petitions to shut the site down or complain to its ISP. The website has been thoroughly debunked by Snopes.com and The Humane Society of the United States, among other prominent organizations.

Founded by Laura Mieli in 2012, it has been running full time since 2017. It now has more than a million followers in over 100 countries. It contributes articles to American Kennel Club affiliate, AKC Reunite.

In July 2018, it sponsored the first ever "Meow Meetup" at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. The event was held July 21-22, was estimated to attract around 3000 people. It was the largest cat conference in the Midwest.

Founded by Lithuanian born Justinas Butkus who lives in Wellington, New Zealand, the site adds a cat element to news stories. Reporting on actual events, it changes the wording to a type of cat talk such as " kidney opurration" instead of kidney operation and " prepurr for major eruption" instead of prepare for major eruption. There were mixed reactions within the first week of the site's operation.

The Purrington Post publishes a newsletter. The first, Volume 1, Issue 1 came out on November 1, 2013. According to Natural Pet Science, The Purrington Post averages half a million page views per trimester. It was referred to in September 2018 as an award-winning cat blog by the Dow Jones & Company owned financial information service MarketWatch. Also that year it was rated No. 3 by KittyCoaching.com in a list of the 12 best cat blogs for that year. It was also highly rated by Cats.com in their Top 35 Cat Blogs You Should Know About list for 2018. The opinion of the Post on cat behavior has been valued enough to be quoted in articles.

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Parasites such as hookworms are common among stray animals and can easily be transmitted through prey animals and fellow cats alike. treating parasites can take time and resources as well, meaning that the best course of action is treat large areas whenever possible. for individual pet owners, there are often resources pooled by feral cat shelter communities to assist in treatment plans and area based de-worming

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Treating an individual cat for multiple days is not easy, and it's nearly impossible to do effectively in a cat colony! The feral cat colony is a herd, and cats are very social with each other. Therefore, when one cat has an infection or parasite, the rest have been exposed to it. This is true for ear mites, mange, lice, intestinal parasites and respiratory infections!

Some or most cats cannot be handled, and medicating only the individual and leaving the herd untreated won't be effective because the issue will return. Success is achieved by effectively treating all of the cats through their diet and getting all to take the medication.

How Get Rid of Worms in Feral Cats

Parasites are the first place to start when deworming feral cat colonies because they do the most damage and removing them is where you get the most results for your money! Parasites eat the cat's necessary nutrition, and they beat down the immune system, making respiratory infections more prevalent. The result is rough hair coats and skinny cats.

Treating Ear Mites in Feral Cats

Most feline ear mite treatment programs fail because of the mite eggs, not because the adults were not killed. Mites and ear mites in cats are easy to kill in the adult stage, but it's nearly impossible to get the egg. The eggs hatch in seven to 10 days and start reproducing. It is essential to get the mites that hatch before they can start reproducing. If you don't, the mites will repopulate and be just as bad in six weeks. Ivomec one percent is very effective at getting rid of ear mites, mange mites and lice.

Feral Cat Worms

Panacur™ (fenbendazole) is considered by most veterinarians a safe, effective, and cost-conscious ingredient for deworming cats. It can help control roundworms, hookworms, tapeworms (taenia species) and giardia. It has a very wide safety margin, so the chance of overdosing a cat is unlikely. Veterinarians must be consulted prior to using fenbendazole on cats. It is available in both granules and liquid, both of which can be mixed with milk replacer or canned food.

How to Treat Feral Cats for Worms with Milk

Treating and deworming feral cats with milk replacers is inexpensive and cats seem to like it. If a cat has never had milk replacer given to them in the past, it can take a little time for them to warm up to the idea. Most cats have a built-in trust "issue" that helps them to be such good survivors. It takes about three days of tasting something new for a cat to trust it. Start the process with unmedicated milk replacer to establish trust (most will drink it after three days of sniffing, testing, and looking at it).

The next step is to establish a count of how many cats are going to be treated. After feeding milk replacer in several pans at the same time for three days and all the cats are coming up for milk, get a count of how many cats are in the colony. Next, establish how much medication to add to the milk. The average feral cat weighs eight pounds, so multiply the number of cats by eight to get total weight. (For example, if there are 20 cats, then the needed dose of dewormer is for 160 pounds. We add that total dose to the milk replacer.) Be sure to use multiple pans if you have a large colony, or some might not get a chance to drink. If a cat does not get a drink or does not come up today, then make sure they get it tomorrow.

The first time deworming a feral colony, the 3-day fenbendazole protocol should be repeated in three weeks, then again in three months. Deworming feral cats should then be repeated quarterly, unless there is an issue with ear mites. You need to treat each cat, even if you have to trap them; otherwise the untreated cat will keep sharing his ear mites.

Confined Feral Cat Colony

If you are adding to a confined cat colony, be sure you treat before mixing. The last thing you want is to bring anything in once the colony issues are controlled!

The key to healthy feral cats is to treat all of the cats, and this can be done effectively and easily. This same milk treatment has been used for farm cat colonies and has had great results in getting them healthy.

If you need help with how to deworm feral cats, call us at 800.786.4751.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - For the first time, Oregon ranks as the top state for animal protection laws according to the annual U.S. State Animal Protection Laws Ranking Report published by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the nation's preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals.

The longest-running and most authoritative report of its kind, the 18th annual year-end report (2023) assesses the relative strengths and weaknesses of each U.S. state and territory's animal protection laws, and ranks them accordingly.

Oregon is followed by Maine (2), Illinois (3), Massachusetts (4), and Colorado (5). In 2023, North Dakota sank to the bottom of the rankings in 50th place, with Alabama (49), Idaho (48), South Carolina (47), and Kentucky (46) rounding out the states with the weakest animal protection laws.

Oregon earned its top spot in the rankings because state lawmakers have led the way in passing important animal protection measures. For example, Oregon explicitly permits courts to include animals in domestic violence protection orders, ensuring that victims of domestic violence can retain custody of their beloved companion animals when fleeing abusive situations. Also in recognition of the link between domestic violence and animal cruelty, Oregon's laws provide sentence enhancements for animal abusers who have previously been convicted of domestic violence or child abuse. Oregon also requires veterinarians to report aggravated cruelty to animals and grants them immunity for doing so. Finally, Oregon has a mandatory post-conviction possession ban law, which prohibits anyone who has been convicted of an animal cruelty offense from owning or possessing certain species of animals for a set period of time: five years following a misdemeanor conviction, and 15 years following a felony animal cruelty conviction.

Even in Oregon, there is room for improvement. For example, although veterinarians are required to report aggravated animal cruelty, they are not yet required to report other, lesser forms of animal abuse and neglect. Additionally, although Oregon does have a mandatory post-conviction possession ban law, it only applies to domestic animals and animals who are the same genus as the animal who was the subject of the animal cruelty conviction, instead of applying generally to all species of animal.

A new trend highlighted in the report is "bond-or-forfeit" laws, which help alleviate the financial burden on cities and counties caring for animals who have been seized pursuant to an animal cruelty case. It may take months or even years before a criminal case is fully adjudicated. During that time, the animal victims are often left in a type of legal limbo, being cared for by a local city or county shelter while still technically being the property of the defendant. The costs of caring for these animals accumulate quickly, especially if the animals require extensive veterinary treatment to recover from their neglect or abuse. "Bond-or-forfeit" laws resolve this issue by requiring the defendant to either post a bond covering the costs of caring for the animal or forfeit their property interest in the animal so they can be adopted out into a new, loving home.

"Each year, the Animal Legal Defense Fund is encouraged to see many jurisdictions strengthening their animal protection laws to improve the well-being of animals," says Animal Legal Defense Fund Executive Director Chris Green. "However, this annual evaluation shows that, regardless of rank, every state and territory still has room to improve, and additional legislative progress is needed to ensure that all animals are afforded the same level of protection across the country."

The rankings track which states are taking animal protection seriously and are based on a comprehensive review of each jurisdiction's animal protection laws, including over 3,600 pages of statutes.

The full report, including details about each state, is available at www.aldf.org/staterankings.

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Groups like the Best Friends Animal Society have been working relentlessly in order to offer more humane care options and increased medical opporunities for animals. thier current goal has been To end the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters by 2025, and they have nearly completed their goal.

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With Best Friends, you’re working to save the lives of cats and dogs all-across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes.

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Pixie is currently operating by appointment with an approved application. (Learn about our adoption process and find our applications here.) Staff will be available by email ( info@pixieproject.org), phone (503-542-3432), and will be checking voicemail during normal shelter hours.

→With staff working from home, please utilize email as much as possible.

→Urgent cases and request for aid are our first priority -we appreciate your patience with non-emergency emails.

→DOG fosters: with some of our foster families headed back to work and school, we're looking for a few more people to add to our Foster Roster! We may not have the right dog for you immediately, but we want to make sure we have some extra homes available when we have dogs who need them! Fill out the foster application or email with any questions!

→If you are interested in fostering CATS (especially adult cats!) fill out an application or email us for more info.

→ Adoptions and intake will continue to take place, but all appointments must be scheduled in advance after filling out an adoption application- the shelter will not be open to the general public.

' → If you have Donations to Drop-off: Donations are accepted Tuesday - Friday 11-6 and Saturday 11-4. Please ring the doorbell and we will meet you at the door to bring the donations inside. If you have questions about what we can and cannot accept, learn more here: https://www.pixieproject.org/category/wishlist/

→If an adoptable animal has pending' in the title of their listing, it means they have a meet with a potential adopter lined up. Understandably, these are taking longer to arrange. If you are interested in meeting an animal, please email us your completed application and we will update you if that animal becomes available.

Thank You!
-The Pixie Project Staff

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What Makes The Pixie Project Special? | The Pixie Project is a non-profit animal adoption center and rescue. We offer a variety of services to the public including but not limited to: pet adoption services, pet owner education and support and low cost and free spay and neuter and veterinary services for homeless and low-income pet owners.

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the ultimate weapon in public health - cnn

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Cats, the ultimate weapon in public health

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With rat problems up 67%, Chicago is trying an old fashioned, low tech, solution to solve the problem -- $600 cats.