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New Australian Retailer: Modern Pet Shop.

17 November 2010

When I think of buying cat toys and things, I first look at the Cat Protection Society shop in Enmore, and then look online. Recently I’ve been able to add another retailer to my list of ‘awesome kitty things stockist’: Modern Pet. Best part? They’re Australian! At Modern Pet Shop we stock select items to [...]

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Love cats? Could be a parasite.

27 June 2010

I remember reading about this a little while ago. This article was published in SMH Online today: Gina Guirguis never liked cats before she was given Bella, a fluffy black Himalayan Mountain cat, for her birthday five years ago. “I think a lot of people don’t like cats until they have one,” said Ms Guirguis, [...]

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Interview with Wil Anderson – RSPCA Million Purrs Ambassador

18 May 2010

RSPCA’s Million Purrs is coming to a close at the end of this month and I thought it would be nice to post an email interview with Wil Anderson (this year’s Million Purrs ambassador). I must admit, I didn’t expect Wil to reply with all his commitments, so it was a nice surprise in my [...]

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Highway patrol engine ‘purrs like a kitten’

26 April 2010

It must be a slow news day when this makes it on to the ABC news website, but I’m never one to complain about a good kitten story. A four-week-old kitten that spent two hours stuck in a police highway patrol car bumper could well be Sydney’s luckiest cat. The kitten used up one of [...]

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Hundreds of abandoned kittens need homes.

30 March 2010

Article from The Daily Telegraph. EASTER may be about celebrating new life, but cats across Sydney have been celebrating a little too much and now there are hundreds of cute but homeless kittens just like these. The RSPCA’s shelters are so overrun by abandoned felines, it is taking the extraordinary step of reducing adoption fees. [...]

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Do you have a secret cat?

4 March 2010

Did you know that 40% of cat owners are secretly feeding a cat they don’t own? I love that there are so many lovely cat people out there helping kitties that aren’t theirs. While Mr. J and I don’t feed any cats that aren’t ours, we know the kitties that frequent the area and keep [...]

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welcome back

3 March 2010

I’ve been thinking about it for a while now and tonight I’m officially re-opening savvycat. I’ve dusted off the shelves, unlocked all the posts and reinstalled the pretty theme. The final push in this direction was a comment the other night by the lovely Laura saying that she missed seeing it in her google reader. [...]

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Just a little plug…

2 February 2010

savvycat is still on hiatus, but I am currently channelling my crazy cat lady energy into friendly miaows. friendly miaows is a collection of photos of the cats in my neighbourhood. And an excuse for me to say hi to them ;) If you’re interested, stop by and say hello :) savvycat x

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Cat survives 19 hours in freezer.

18 October 2009

From the NZ Herald: A pet cat has stunned an animal expert by surviving 19 hours in his owners’ freezer. Sarah Crombie, 27, discovered Krillen lying stiff and semi-conscious on a bag of dog food when she went to get a loaf of bread. I was looking in there and I heard this funny noise,” [...]

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Melbourne wins again…

2 October 2009

…this time in a survey that asked ‘How liveable is your city for your pet?’ According to the Australian Companion Animal Council’s survey of 1800 Australian pet owners, all Australian cities could be doing more to deliver liveability for people and pets. The survey looked into how liveable pet owners believe the city or area [...]

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