You can become part of the largest pet adoption drive in history by bringing a new cat or dog home this holiday season? You can find a wonderful new pet through the Iams Home 4 the Holidays pet adoption drive! Partner shelters will work together to match the needs of the pets with the desires of their new families.

Iams is celebrating its 10th anniversary and their Home for the Holidays program has set a new goal to find loving homes for 1 million orphaned Cats and Dogs this holiday season.

Between October 1st, 2008 and January 5th, 2009 you can open your heart and give a cat or dog a happy home this Christmas.

Iams Home 4 the Holidays is among the world’s most successful pet adoption programs with almost 3,000 worldwide partner animal organizations.

Since 1999, Home 4 the Holidays has found happy homes for 2 millions pets. Last year they found homes for nearly 500,000 cats and dogs and this year they plan to double that number.

With 8 million homeless pets and as many as 4 million orphaned pets euthanized this year it’s time to do you part and help save a life. Imagine the look on your new pets face when you bring them home for the first time. Imagine how wonderful you’ll feel opening your home to an orphaned animal.

Each adopted cat, dog, puppy or kitten goes home with an adoption starter kit containing food samples, coupons and important information about pet care, behavior, training and nutrition.

Call 1-800-421-6456 to sign up right away or go to the Home 4 the Holidays web site for more details and to learn how you can adopt a new pet this Holiday Season.

There have been a run of stories recently about cats that have survived unbelievable situations. I always hate to hear about bad things like this happening to any animal, but it’s always nice to read a story with a happy ending.

The first story I read was about Stewie the Cat. A victim of animal cruelty, Stewie survived unbelievable odds after being shot in the head with an arrow!

Then I saw a story about a stray kitten who survived a 22-mile car ride under the hood of a car.

A few days later, I read a tragic story about a cat that accidentally fell 17 stories. He was badly injured but miraculously survived the fall.

Next was a story about a cat that people where calling the luckiest cat in Britain. Bob the Cat was cruelly thrown out of a moving train and survived.

It’s horrible to hear about the vicious way people treat animals and the terrible situations our four legged friends have to deal with. Unfortunately some cats aren’t as lucky as these ones which is very saddening. On the other hand, it’s thrilling to see when a cat, or any animal for that matter, manages to overcome impossible odds.

You can read the original stories here.
Auburn Cat Lives After Being Shot
Kitten survives 22-mile ride under car’s hood
Cat Falls 17 Stories In Mississauga And Lives
Is this the luckiest cat in Britain?

Let us know what you think of these stories. Do you you have a Miracle Cats Story that you’ve seen in the news? Share it with us in the comments.

That’s right, a 4 eared cat! It’s no joke or a photoshop trick. This is Yoda, the 4 eared Cat. His vets have never seen anything like it before, and neither have we. He’s a cool looking cat. Maybe he’ll be cast in the Batman film?

Yoda, the Cat with Four ears

He lives in Chicago with his owners Ted and Valerie. They found him in a local bar where they were passing around a kitten in a cage in hopes of finding someone to take him home. When Ted and Valerie walked in, the kitten crawled up on Ted’s shoulder and fell asleep. It seems that Yoda chose his new owners without giving them a choice in the matter.

But all was good as Ted and Valerie fell for the kitten on the spot and the rest is history.

Read the full story here out Yoda, the cat with four ears.

A modern day Rat Patrol has been created to rid the streets of rats in a program designed to save the lives of these cats and put them to work doing what comes naturally.

The Working Cats program is a Los-Angeles based animal rescue group and has placed feral cats in a handful of rat and mice infested areas. Rather than killing the rats the scent from the cats drive them away. It’s a very humane way of dealing with the problem.

Holly scares the rodents away at home, a deli in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The Los Angeles Police Dept has started using feral cats in parking lots and building of various divisions with great success. Read more about feral cats in the Los Angeles Police Dept.

You can find out more about the Working Cats program here.

More about Feral Cats in New York city.

Find more cat stories in the Cat Articles section.

This is a heart warming story of 2 brother cats that received a great amount of support from their community. They were placed in a foster home through Cat assistance and after numerous calls and donations eventually found their way home.

Here is the full story:

ARDSLEY - Two blind cats who took refuge at an Ardsley animal shelter have found their way home.

The two domestic short-hairs - Mr. Peaches and Mischief - were placed in a foster home through Cat Assistance until the shelter received a flood of calls inquiring about the two brothers.
See more Pictures of Cats in - Two blind cats find their way home.

Jeter the cat is being called a hero for alarming and waking up his owner early Saturday morning.

Morris said that Jeter pounded on the bedroom door, eventually waking him. Morris said he woke to sounds of wind and could see flames. He escaped the fire, but initially could not find his cat.

Eventually, Morris was reunited with Jeter at a shelter. The cat only suffered singe marks on its whiskers and soot on its paws. Morris and Jeter have settled into a new apartment and are both doing OK.

Volunteers are helping to reunite other owners with their pets.

Read the full story here.

More articles on this story.
Man reunited with hero cat
Dozens of pets lost in Norwich fire

Find more cat stories in the Cat Articles section.

Cat pulls a fast one on firefighters

MIAMI - It was the stereotypical firefighters-try-to-rescue-cat story, but with a twist. Firefighters from the South Florida city of Weston spent a sopping hour in pouring rain Tuesday trying to extract a kitten squeezed in the undercarriage of a stranger’s Volvo.

The crew tried jacking up the car and taking off a wheel, all for naught. The feline ducked out of reach at each attempt to grab it.

At some point, the cat escaped undetected, prompting the crew to spend another hour peering in bushes and scouring a Walgreens parking lot.
See more Pictures of Cats in - Cat keeps Miami Firefighters on their toes.

This may be the closest you’ll get to owning your own Tiger. This is a purebred cat that has been registered with the International Cat Association (TICA) under the name “Toyger”.

The Toyger was created by Judy Sudgen to inspire more people to help more with wild tiger conservation.

The image above is from a National Geographic New Photo Gallery that was one of the top ten news photo galleries of 2007.

Click here for the ”Toygers” vs. Tigers” news photo gallery.

It would be interesting to see how the Band of Cats would react to a Toyger in the house. It would definitely take some getting used to for them and things would, well, be rather ‘interesting’ for a while to say the least.

Prices start around $800. and go all the way up to $3500. for ‘show quality’ toygers. With those prices I don’t think Spooky, Dax, Jasmine and Jade have to worry about any Toygers around here for a while.

Primaeval Cattery is a breeder of Toygers. Check them out for more great pictures and if you’re interested in learning more about these mini-tigers.

You can find a complete list of Toyger breeders at the Toyger Cat Society web site.

Do you know of anyone with a Toyger? Send us a comment and let us know what you think of this relatively new breed of cat.