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Hitler Kitten Can't Find a Home

Tim Karan — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:00:00 CDT

Adolf Hitler's legacy of evil is taking its toll on an unlikely victim—a 6 week-old kitten in England. "Kitler," an abandoned black and white cat with markings that make her resemble you know who, is struggling to find a home, reports the Telegraph . The kitten was found alone and...

Newborn Kitten Has Two Faces

M. Morris — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:55:00 CDT

A newborn kitten is turning heads because she has an unusual birth defect—two faces. The funky feline, inventively named Two Face by her startled owner, has a condition called diprosopus , her veterinarian tells WCHS , the ABC affiliate in Charleston, WV. "I gave her about a 50-50 prognosis, and that...

Kim Kardashian in Catfight With PETA

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:10:24 CDT

Congratulations, Kim Kardashian: You managed to piss off PETA without wearing fur or eating meat! After the reality TV fixture tweeted a photo of herself holding a kitten by the scruff of the neck, the animal rights organization was quick to respond: “Kim Kardashian isn't the only person who mistakenly...

Kitten Dies After Being Glued to Highway

Nick McMaster — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:21:49 CST

A $1,000 reward is being offered for information on whoever glued a young kitten to a remote stretch of highway in southern Minnesota. A woman found the animal glued by the nose and "extremely stressed out," the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. She took it to a shelter, but the...

Man Stomps Kittens to Death

Nick McMaster — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:28:24 CDT

A California man faces felony animal cruelty charges after stomping three kittens to death in a grocery store parking lot, KSBY of San Luis Obispo reports. David Pierce is in Santa Barbara County Jail on $20,000 bond after witnesses saw him take the animals out of a plastic bag...

Cardinals Not Cute Enough? Try the Puppy Bowl

Harry Kimball — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:09:22 CST

Those uninterested in watching hulking giants meet on the gridiron Sunday have a decidedly cuter alternative: the fifth annual Puppy Bowl. Animal Planet broadcasts the event, which will feature puppies engaging in football-like action, a parrot singing the national anthem, and a halftime show where kittens are just kittens, the...

Tabby Adopts Red Panda Cub

Rob Quinn — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:39:14 CDT

A newborn red panda rejected by its mother has been adopted by a zookeeper's cat, the BBC reports. The panda and its sibling were first put on an incubator at the Dutch zoo but the tabby cat, who had recently given birth, proved willing to take the kitten-sized panda cubs...

Purr-fect Kitty Survives Subway

Peter Fearon — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:18:36 CST

A scared black kitten lost in the New York City Subway system more than three weeks ago has been found safe and well. Georgia escaped from a carrying case 25 days ago and scampered into a subway station to survive passing trains, the electrified third rail and some of Manhattan's...