PAWS NY

Posted on May 3, 2010 by janine

Long-time readers of this site know that I’m on the board of a start-up nonprofit in NYC (PUPP) whose mission is to help people by helping pets.

Well, our big update is that PUPP has officially changed our name to PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support). This change reflects a partnership with PAWS San Francisco, an organization that has been providing services to pets and their people for 24 years.

So please check out the PAWS NY website! You can also become our fan on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, donate, or if you’re in the NY area, volunteer! And if you haven’t already, sign up for our e-newsletter.

A man and a… goat?!

Posted on April 22, 2010 by janine

Yes, you rely on Menandcats.com to bring you the cutest man-cat combos around, but this man-goat combo of Michael and Chauncey is so special I had to share it!

Michael Patrick Welch is made of awesome. I met Michael through my husband, and I was fortunate enough to get an autographed copy of Michael’s first novel, The Donkey Show, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Michael has lived in New Orleans for the past nine years, and is currently working on a new book, Transport Instinct, which he says is “about evacuating with my pet pygmy goat, Chauncey, and living on an odd goat farm in Houston, TX.” He’s also an amazing musician who, among other things, teaches music to children in New Orleans. You can help him self-publish his new book by donating via his Kickstarter page. After the jump, a FAQ about Chauncey the famous goat, and a bonus Chauncey pic.

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Horse and Cat!

Posted on March 11, 2010 by janine

Sorry for the slow posting lately, folks. Note that I finally got around to making a favicon for the site, a pawprint.

From cat-friendly website The Awl, a horse + a cat. All together now: Awwwwwww.

Cat-loving man of the week: Ken Wahl

Posted on January 20, 2010 by janine

According to USA Today, Ken Wahl, “an award-winning Hollywood actor is joining the effort to find whoever glued a cat to a southern Minnesota highway last month.” He will be donating his Golden Globe (won in 1990) to the existing reward fund to go to the person who turns in the cat abuser. USA Today quotes Wahl as saying that “his heart belongs to his main love, Sweetest, a rescue cat from the Stray Cat Alliance.”

What a guy!

Bookstore cat in NY needs a home

Posted on January 8, 2010 by janine

According to Gothamist, the long-time store cat from Manhattan’s Skyline Books needs a new home, as they are is closing up shop at the end of this month (after being in business for about 20 years) and the owner has other pets at home that she believes won’t get along with the eight year-old bookstore cat, Linda. Update: The owner of Skyline says he’s taking the cat home with him. Unfortunately, I also must report that my favorite Brooklyn bookstore with a cat, Bookcourt, no longer has their resident store cat around. He developed some behavioral issues and it was decided he’d be happiest in a home and not a store. Oh well, they must do what’s best for the cat and their customers!