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Category Archives: Advocacy
IHC Mugs and Magnets Benefitting The Kitties of Staten Island
**UPDATE WE RAISED $67 FROM PROCEEDS OF MUG AND MAGNET SALES FOR THE SIFI** Usually the folks at Staten Island Feral Initiative are busy with TNR (Trap Neuter and Return), but lately they’re on a rescue effort to help the … Continue reading
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Blind Mama and Her Kittens Need Our Help!
***10/1/12 UPDATE*** Thanks to all the generous cat lovers and IHC fans, we were able to raise enough money to take Mama and her kitties to the vet to be vaccinated. Mama was fixed this past Friday, and fingers crossed … Continue reading
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Let’s Strike “Less Adoptable” From Our Vocabulary
September 17-23 is Petfinder’s Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable Pet Week. And while I’d like to see the term “less adoptable” become obsolete, it’s important to raise awareness around the discrimination suffered by animals who are viewed as defective and wait for homes almost … Continue reading
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Reason #101 For Becoming a Cat Foster: It Could Save Your Life
If you needed yet another reason to be a cat foster Mom or Dad, here you go. Having a foster cat can save your life. Or as Gothomist rather crassly put it, “There are some heroic pussies out there doing their darndest to save the humans … Continue reading
(Foster) Pets Add Life
Pets Add Life (PAL) is a campaign dedicated to increasing animal adoption by highlighting the many ways pets enhance our lives. Once a year they ask bloggers to get in on the act. Last year I wrote about the … Continue reading
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Cat Lovers Deserve To Die (Hipsters and Crazy Aunts Too)
Having recently seen the tasteless Jezebel post “Fuck You, Cats,”* I expected the article in my Google Alerts titled “Cat Lovers Deserve to Die,” to be a similarly poorly written rant of a post. Instead, I found a tasteless campaign for the … Continue reading
Levitating Cat Promotes Pet Adoption
You may or may not love – or even like – the ASPCA, but you’ll love the latest video they created promoting June as adopt-a-shelter-cat-month (and not just because it features a cute cat man). “Hovercat,” features one very … Continue reading
Cat Hipster (Bag) Worthy of a New York City Hipster – GIVEAWAY!
An extra special giveaway to celebrate reaching 20,000k FB fans! ENJOY and GOOD LUCK! The giveaway is over but good news! You can purchase a Tiniest Tiger Hipster total! When fellow cat blogger Joanne McGonagle, told me of her plans … Continue reading
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Gifts in a New York Minute: The Charitable Cat Lover
Now that you have gifts for the wine-lover on your list all sorted, it’s on to the do-gooding cat lovers. Do you have someone on your holiday list who loves cats but can’t have one because of allergies or building regulations? … Continue reading
CATvertising with a Cause
Despite working in advertising, I’ve only written about commercials twice in my 2+ years of blogging. Once, about my obsession crush on the actor who played the Russian Oligarch in the DIRECTV spot I worked on, and another about a … Continue reading
Color Me Vegan
I’m super excited about my plan to attend ThanksLiving at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary with a few friends today. ThanksLiving is a fundraising event for the Sanctuary in which Turkeys are the guests of honor and bi-pods dine on … Continue reading
What is “Less Adoptable” Anyway?
This guest post was written by Claudia Tietze, an amazing woman I had the opportunity to meet in the flesh in DC last year, after several months of corresponding online. I often wonder what “less adoptable” means. As the owner … Continue reading
Moki the Wobbly Cat
In honor of Pefinder’s Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week I’d like to share the story of Moki the Wobbly Cat as told by his Mommy Crystal. I “met” Moki and his Momvirtually this past year and hope you find their story as touching … Continue reading
You Like Me, You Really Like Me!
“You like me. Your really like me.” I’m not sure why, but that’s the quote that rose from the deep recesses of my mind when I learned I HAVE CAT had become a finalist for Dogtime’s Pettie Award for Best Social … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Social Integration Pet Blog, City Critters Inc, dogtime.com, Petties
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A Pettie for Petie
The Dogtime Petties are nominated by, voted for, and presented to individuals in the pet blogging community. Winners receive a $500 donation to the charity of their choice (my donation would go to City Critters Inc in NYC). With so many … Continue reading
Ex-Boyfriend Redux
It’s that time of the year again. Yup, Ex-Boyfriend time. For the second April in a row artist and (married) cat lover Matt Snow is raising money for the Maryland SPCA. Just order any keychain bottle opener or magnet before … Continue reading
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Cat Sponsorship (The perfect last minute gift!)
Still haven’t purchased a gift for the animal lover in your family? Do not fear I HAVE CAT is here to help! There’s still time to give the gift of kitty sponsorship. Tabby’s Place is a cage-free sanctuary in New … Continue reading
Gifts That Give Back (to animals)
Maybe the person your shopping for this holiday doesn’t have pets, doesn’t like animal-themed items (I can relate to that), or (gasp) isn’t an animal lover. You can still get them beautiful handmade gifts that give back to animals (they’ll … Continue reading
Gifts for Cats (and their people)
Just in time for the holiday season, I HAVE CAT’s cat-lovers gift guide. Every single artist or company listed here either donates a percent of proceeds or their products to animal causes or cares for abandoned or feral animals. And … Continue reading
Clueless in Manhattan
I’m not an avid “Curb Your Enthusiasm” fan, but I’ve enjoyed quite a few episodes. So when I heard Jeff Garlin and Susie Essman were the headliners at “Unleash Yourself! A Night of Comedy to Benefit the ASPCA” I bought … Continue reading