Read more cat stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23228/cat.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:29:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74282/beverly-hills-la-ban-cat-declawing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFurniture beware: Los Angeles and Beverly Hills have become the latest California cities to outlaw the declawing of cats. Santa Monica and San Francisco recently passed similar bans and others are considering banning declawing before next year, when a new state law on the regulation of veterinary medicine will effectively...http://www.newser.com/story/74282/beverly-hills-la-ban-cat-declawing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 3:44:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73988/thatcher-has-died-but-not-that-thatcher.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen a Canadian official's beloved cat died, he texted a friend with the sad news: "Thatcher has died." See where this is going? That friend happened to be at a diplomatic dinner, and next thing you know, word had spread lickety-split that Margaret Thatcher had passed away. Canadian PM Stephen...http://www.newser.com/story/73988/thatcher-has-died-but-not-that-thatcher.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 10:39:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73329/iowa-cat-catches-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth officials in Iowa have diagnosed the nation's first cat with swine flu. The 13-year-old indoor cat apparently caught the H1N1 virus from a member of its household of the human variety. Such human-to-feline transmissions have occurred with other strains of flu, so it's not all that surprising, a health...http://www.newser.com/story/73329/iowa-cat-catches-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 14:41:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73298/peta-drove-me-to-kill-my-cat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBuried on the last page of an article about the shiny, happy PETA interns (or, as one passerby called them, “those crazy PETA people”), the Washington Post relates a story of how they contributed to one cat’s untimely demise. Lydia Netzer, who lives next door to the Norfolk interns, says...http://www.newser.com/story/73298/peta-drove-me-to-kill-my-cat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 11:40:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73140/in-eco-terms-dog-hummer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA dog has about the same impact on the planet as an SUV, according to a study out of New Zealand. The authors of Time to Eat the Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable Living claim the environmental footprint of a Toyota Land Cruiser is smaller than the ecological impact...http://www.newser.com/story/73140/in-eco-terms-dog-hummer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 17:50:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72631/pets-carbon-pawprint-cause-for-alarm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForget the gas guzzler—it's Fluffy and Fido who are delivering a carbon blow to the global environment. That's the odd warning from a pair of New Zealand professors who claim the carbon pawprint of a large dog delivers twice the impact of a Toyota Land Cruiser driven 6,000...http://www.newser.com/story/72631/pets-carbon-pawprint-cause-for-alarm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 3:38:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66382/fla-man-nabbed-for-child-porn-my-cat-did-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Florida man has been arrested on charges of possessing child pornography, but he claims the cat did it, reports WPBF-TV. Keith Griffin told police that his feline companion would habitually mash the keys on his keyboard while he was away from his computer, causing strange things to appear. More...http://www.newser.com/story/66382/fla-man-nabbed-for-child-porn-my-cat-did-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 16:13:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65263/cats-are-left-or-right-pawed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCats may appear ambidextrous when pawing a ball of string but actually lean lefty or righty when it comes to tough tasks, the New Scientist reports. It comes down to sex: girl kitties are mostly righties and boys lefties, say researchers at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. Hormone levels...http://www.newser.com/story/65263/cats-are-left-or-right-pawed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 18:57:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65243/mount-washington-mascot-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMount Washington’s mascot of 12 years died last week at 19 or possibly 20, the Boston Globe reports. Nin the cat “brought a little piece of home” to the New Hampshire mountain’s observatory, says its executive director. He wasn’t much bothered by the site’s vicious weather, occupying himself by following...http://www.newser.com/story/65243/mount-washington-mascot-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 14:10:01 CDT