Hello Friends, Furry, Feathered and Otherwise,
It’s Alberto with my Wednesday feline news. I have my purrsonal assistant purrr-use the web to bring you what I feel are the most interesting stories of the week. Without further ado, here they are, enjoy!
A Restaurant Just for Cats – Animals4.com
I’m sure many of you have seen the viral video of the cats ringing a bell for food but this video takes it to the next level. Watch this fastidious feline select and order his favorite menu items. I am waiting for such an establishment to open in my community!
Vet has Unique Approach to Soothing Post Surgery Feline – Animals4.com
Now I am not a fan of the place of the white coats, although our place is set up to make us fearless and to actually enjoy the experience. (The Tribe of Five all visited and blogged about their experiences.) If any felines find themselves in this place, I hope they have a vet as kind and innovative as Dr. Ross Henderson!
Matilda, the former Algonquin Cat
The Algonquin Hotel, NY Hires A Fabulous New Feline – New York Post
Those of you who wander with me on Wednesdays know how much I like to feature working cats. This story is purrrticularily interesting to me. Matilda, the Algonquin Cat has retired after seven years with the hotel. Matilda first came to the notice of The Tribe of Five as she resembles our very own Alpha, Tucker. Take a look and let what you think. But. I digress.
- Tucker, Alpha of The Tribe of Five
About a month ago, an orange tabby, about a year old, was sighted in a feral colony, scrounging for food. He was immediately selected as Matilda’s replacement and now plays with toy mice, receives love from his human “staff” and visitors and has been officially hired as the newest Algonquin cat.
He has been dubbed Hamlet and his is the epitome of the rags to riches tale. Hamlet is the 12th Algonquin cat and its first male mascot in 
more than 40 years.
Hamlet, the handsome marmalade tabby will make his official debut tomorrow (August 3) at the hotel’s annual Cat Fashion Show which is a fund raiser for the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals. My only questions is, “Hey Algonquin, where is my invitation??!!”
Ricky, the Distillery Cat – 89.3 WFPL (Ashlie Stevens)
I’ve reported on cats who work in breweries, hardware stores, for police and fire fighters and even Russian cats who work in a museum but this is my first report of a cat working in a distillery. Ricky often greets visitors in a baby blue tie. Brett Connors, the distillery’s brand ambassador, adopted Ricky when he learned that the feline had FIV — feline immunodeficiency virus — which resulted in folks passing up adopting him as they were concerned about his medical costs.
Ricky’s initial job was to be security but he is so friendly and outgoing, he managed to write his own new, job description as head of hospitality.
Hiring cats for distillery work has a long tradition, as these businesses have a lot of grain on site and where there’s grain, there are mice.
Ricky is so successful in his hospitality role that the distillery is planning on hiring a few other felines, all with Ricky’s medical condition. Not only will they have more feline ambassadors but they’ll provide a home to cats that otherwise would not find a forever place to live. Bravo to Castle and Keys Distillery! I have requested the humans to try the product from this feline friendly company and they were quite happy to oblige!
Cat Draws Pension Without Lifting a Paw – SwissInfo.ch by Susan Misicka
I have wondered about all the working cats I write about, what do they do when they retire? Is there a retirement for them? We know that Matilda the Algonquin cat has retired but nothing is said about what kind of retirement she received. In this story, we find out what retirement is like for a Swiss Army cat.
This feline began hanging around the military base in Lyss in 2004. She was a bored house cat and wanted to find excitement that only life in the military could provide.
The soldiers in the barracks provided her snacks between meals and dubbed her “Broccoli” after the tabby ate some of the green vegetable when a soldier offered it to her.
Despite the fact that Broccoli had a home, she preferred hanging out with the soldiers and was added to the official roster of army animals about three years ago. This roster includes search and rescue and guard dogs, 57 riding horses and 200 pack horses but until Broccoli, no felines.
The feline’s owner and the military came to an agreement that she could enlist. The soldiers contribute to a fund so that she can have healthy meals. She shares an office with Werner Holzer who says she’s a polite and curious office mate. Since she is an official army animal she receives medical treatment from the army vet.
Now that Broccoli is 14, she is officially retired with the rank of Brigadier but lest you think sh’e is unique, she isn’t the only Swiss animal getting a pension from public funds.
You can view a video of Broccoli on the original article or check out her own Facebook page
I’ve featured rail riding felines before and I am always interested when a feline decides to travel. This little guy gave his humans quite a fright. He hopped on a local train and traveled 30 KM (18.64 miles) to the next town. I guess the moral to this story is, if your cat goes missing, check the local train stations!
Well, I can’t think of anything better than having a sushi chef for your very own human. Jun Yoshizuki of Jun’s Kitchen prepared a fabulous hand crafted sushi meal for his cat Nagi’s birthday. He placed the beautiful sushi platter with a plate of canned cat food next to it and waited to see what Nagi would choose. I know what I would choose! If you want to see Nagi’s choice you’ll have to watch 
The Belmont firehouse in Greenville, SC has experienced a parade of strays who come and then leave but not Flame, the orange tabby. Flame wandered in as a kitten and when the Fire Chief noticed that the firemen were playing with Flame and had created a place for him to sleep. It was obvious that Flame was there to stay. Flame has his own 
The bold heading of this article caught my eye,
When we sent the feline human to #BlogPaws in May she had a mission, to obtain signed copies of books from her fellow members of the Cat Writer Association to decorate her table and donate to the auction for our local shelter, The 
A Dutch photographer moved to Hong Kong and noticed something right away, seems everywhere he went there were cats. I say two paws up to these feline loving folks in Hong Kong and I might suggest that the folks in my own beloved U. S. of A get on this bandwagon!
Friendship Between Cat and Dog in Tokyo – Lonely Planet
Firehouse Kitty Brings Love to Fire House – Monsters and Critics
Library Cat Loses His Job…and Then…- Cuteness
Step 1 – Clear the Way
Step 3 -Placing the Machine on the Mat
Step 5 -Turn the Human Loose
mean dangerous). You must remain until the walking is finished. We prefer two observation options, one is under the green chair and the other is as far away from the thing as we can get.
Step 7 – Cool Down Time
Step 8 -It Isn’t Just About The Human
Felines and Humans Now Can Have Matching Manicures – Bustle
Meet Four Professional Library Cats – Care2
Henry the Search and Rescue Professional Pet Detective – Cattime.com
My humans watch food programs on the big black screen. They also like to watch this thing called YouTube when they need to learn something (they recently used the YouTube to put together a treadmill for the female human). It stands to reason that felines can learn knew tricks with the YouTube thing as well. Case in point, watch this kitty master the art of dough kneading via video.
Kitty With Mad Bathroom Skills – UPI
Oliver here. I’m hosting the linky party this time so I got to choose my 3 faves from the last Linky Party posts. So here goes….enjoy and don’t forget to join the party! (Oh, and what do you of the fancy collar I scored from Teri’s Stylish Cats 
What I love about Erin, the Cat Princess, is that she will say things that many felines are just too scared to say. In this post she decries the idea that humans make plans and announcements without ever thinking through how these pronouncements will affect the felines in residence. I mean really, how rude! Thanks Erin, for being the voice of felines around the world!
Where do I begin with this post, it’s jam packed with good stuff. First, I love the Father’s Day tribute to the 15 and Meowing’s cat daddy. The Tribe of Five has a great cat daddy too and we showed ours special love on Father’s day and sat in his lap and loved on him, dropping quite an assortment of feline fur on his black t-shirt. I also love the Crotchety Cougars club for felines 15 and over. And those fantastic hats, don’t get me started! I w as going to tell Jasmine to enroll but she won’t be 15 until next year. She’s gonna’ look fancy in that hat and she’s already got the “crotchety” thing nailed!
This one is for the humans. Here at Feline Opines we talk about the world from a feline point of view and in this post the good folks at Dog Daz Zoo present the world from a feline’s visual point of view. Verrrrry interesting and you humans may learn a few things about how and why we respond to the stuff we see.
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