Cats

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Jones on Fire, by a Denver games developer, sets mobile gaming aflame

Endless runners -- if you've played Temple Run or Jetpack Joyride, you know the routine: Collect coins, jump over stuff, die, rinse and repeat. Jones on Fire, made by Denver-based developer Glass Bottom Games for iOS and Android, is a little different. Its low-fi graphics and little blocky kittens ... More >>

The Amazing Acro-Cats: Is my Munchkin cat Hollywood material?

Take a look at these cats: These are the Amazing Acro-Cats, which have skills that make even the cutest of house cats look like Garfield's fatter, more sarcastic cousins. The second I saw this photo, I wondered (and then doubted) whether my cat has similar chops -- whether she's secretly a showcat w ... More >>

Renaissance Festival in Larkspur safe from wildfires and open this weekend

The Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur is safe from wildfires and will be open with free admission for children 12 and younger this weekend only. We'll be there photographing our favorite costumes and chowing down on our latest obsession, turkey legs. Festival-goers can enjoy a 16th century ... More >>

Galaxy's Universe

Miller moths: Top five ways to make use of the invading little buggers

Miller moths are back, molesting porch lights, swarming cars and generally pestering the good citizens of Colorado earlier than usual this year due to our recent warm weather. Pest control companies are helpless in the face of these flapping demons; their best advice is to suck them up with a vacuum ... More >>

Danielle Blankenship: Charge for killing cat by blowing heroin smoke in its face dropped

Blankenship.​Last month, Danielle Blankenship, 21, was accused of misdemeanor animal cruelty for allegedly killing her cat by blowing heroin smoke in its face -- and Boulder authorities talked about upping the charge to a felony if any heroin turned up in the cat's system. But none did, prompt ... More >>

Kelly Oxford makes us want to be a cool mom

​Yeah, yeah. We're a little late on the Kelly Oxford Twitter train -- so sue us. The Canadian stay-at-home mom and tweeting goddess has been working with CBS over the last year to produce a show about her life -- which, by all accounts, is funny. Even if you don't have kids or like kids, Oxfor ... More >>

Baby Cats Having Other Baby Cats Syndrome in Denver: How you can "Beat the Heat" (VIDEO)

Video below.​The Rocky Mountain Alley Cat Alliance is at it again. The Feline Fix organization, which has promoted spaying and neutering via unique campaigns involving Tom Cat condoms applied by the indefatigable Nurse Nancy is now tackling B.C.H.O.B.C.S.I.D. -- Baby Cats Having Other Baby Cat ... More >>

Ask the Bartender: Meet Allie Geppert, Colorado Cocktail contestant

​Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource ... More >>

Rock the catsbah: Denver's competitive cat scene is a subculture all its own

Welcome to the cat show.​While you were outside enjoying the beautiful springtime weather in Denver this last weekend, people from around the country were showing off their pussies. That's right. Hundreds of cat owners and breeders gathered for the Springtime in the Rockies all-breed cat sho ... More >>

Comment of the day: "She was the spawn of Satan"

Spawn of Satan?​Cats are weird. As a rule, they pretty much just do what they want all the time, and what they want to do is usually spastic and inscrutable and occasionally evil -- which is why, when we heard about the Springtime in the Rockies Cat Show this weekend, we knew we had to go (don ... More >>

Contest: Tell us your cat stories and win two free tickets to the Springtime in the Rockies Cat Show

Yep, they are some weird-ass looking animals.​Here's a fun fact: Bald cats can get sunburned. Like, really sunburned. I know this because I used to live with a bald cat; my ex-wife randomly decided she wanted one for reasons I never really figured out. His name was Frances. He was a bizarre cr ... More >>

Top five cookies to show up your crazy friends at their cookie-swap party

A Flickr PhotoDid you use conventional flour in those? That's so 2006​The holidays bring out the crazy in multi-tasking moms. As the seasons turn and after all the "My kid didn't fail third grade English" bumper stickers have been purchased, they turn their attention to cookie-exchange parties ... More >>

Kitties Galore

Tom Cat Condoms: Don't try putting them on your pussy

Full-sized photos below.​Putting on a condom can be tricky, what with all the strategic placement and careful unrolling at a time when your mind is on other things. So imagine how difficult it would be to put one on your cat. He can't do it himself, since the love glove could get punctured by ... More >>

PETA's ten-worst publicity stunts -- until the chicken

​The City of Denver will decide today whether PETA can install a 250-pound, bloody and butchered chicken sculpture -- dubbed "McCruelty," but really looking like a worse-for-the-wear Foghorn Leghorn -- on the 16th Street Mall. This isn't PETA's first stunt, of course. Last year, Jason Sheeh ... More >>

Feral cat problem: An update about fixing it

Photo by Anthony CameraKristen Des Marais, on the prowl. ​The last time I saw Kristen Des Marais, she was trying to track dozens of feral cats that had set up a fast-breeding colony in the crawl spaces under a Denver apartment complex. Des Marais and volunteer Carol Tudor were trapping the cat ... More >>

From the week of November 26, 2009

Feline Fetish: How cat lovers turn into cat hoarders

Fixers, feeders, and the strange, hidden world of feral cats

Top ten grossest Halloween party foods

The meat skull. Yummy.​So you're headed to a friend's Halloween party or hosting one of your own and the pressure's on to find the perfect party food to delight and entertain. You've done cute mashed potato ghosts, are bored with spider web cheesecakes, and are so over doll hands reaching ... More >>

Wondering how to give your dog mouth-to-mouth resuscitation? Here's your chance to learn

A Flickr photoOpen wide...​A new Associated Press-Petside.com poll reveals that 63 percent of dog owners and 53 percent of cat owners surveyed would be at least "somewhat likely" to perform CPR on their pets in the event of an emergency. But undoubtedly the number of people who'd actually know ... More >>

Five things to do on Feral Cat Day

​Today, October 16, is National Feral Cat Day. This is not really a day of celebration; it's more of a day of scolding and sobering statistics, since the growing phenomenon of feral cats has a lot to do with the human capacity to abandon domesticated animals. Thirty thousand cats are euthanize ... More >>

That's some expensive poop: Hike in fines for animal-related violations on the horizon

A Flickr photo."My poop? Not my poop." Your dog's poop could cost you a lot more come September -- if you don't pick it up, that is. The Denver City Council last night passed a bill that allows the city's Department of Environmental Health to set fees and fines related to animal control and care. ... More >>

Colorado's puppies and kitties at risk after Amendment 54 ruling

A Denver Metro Young Republicans ad supporting three 2008 amendments, including Amendment 54. Yesterday, Judge Catherine A. Lemon granted a temporary injunction against Amendment 54, a measure passed by Colorado voters in 2008 that makes it illegal for any entity that gets a six-figure or higher no ... More >>

Denver wins cat-olades for its microchipping tuna-flavored sidewalks

A Flickr photo.Mmmmm, Denver. If you're furry, sleepy and sort of bitchy, Denver is apparently where you want to be. The Mile High City was recently named one of the top 10 cat-friendly cities by the national CATalyst Council, a group dedicated to championing the house cat. (If you fit the above de ... More >>

The Denver Zoo asks: I can haz Valentinez Dey card?

Cute cats rule the Internet, as documented in the February 10 Salon.com article "The Internet Is Made of Kittens." And in the hierarchy of kitty-cuteness-overload, the LOLCATS reign supreme, mostly because the combination of furry adorableness and cheeky spelling mistakes is enough to turn the world ... More >>

PETA in the news again: "Sea Kittens" campaign making me hungry

There is almost nothing I can say about this that wouldn't get me picketed.  Direct from the PETA website at www.peta.org: People don't seem to like fish. They're slithery and slimy, and they have eyes on either side of their pointy little heads--which is weird, to say the least. Plus, the smal ... More >>

Dressy Bessy's out-of-print debut made available

Hey, cats and kittens, got ten bucks? Dig Dressy Bessy? Want to be the envy of every discriminating pop fan in your neighborhood? Than you better high tail it over to the Kindercore Shop with a quickness. There's a limited (we're presuming they're limited, anyway) number of white vinyl copies of Pin ... More >>

Denver Metro Young Republicans come up with best campaign ads ever

Funny Girl

Paula Poundstone stands up for KBDI-TV at the Newman Center.

Show Your Pussy

Go, Dog, Go!

PETCO seeks the nation's fastest Chihuahua.

Jitterbug Jingles

Cat's Newest Accessory

Lee "Scratch" Perry

Thursday, November 16, Fox Theater, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Oh, the Humane-ity

Help the Colorado Humane Society celebrate its birthday.

Kittie

Tuesday, April 11, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

Best Place to Learn to Talk to the Animals

The Whole Cat

Pet Peeve

If one schnauzer is nice, what's wrong with 150?

Kittie

Wednesday, August 18, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-2525.

Best Bargains on Broadway

Big Lots

Pet Heaven

Animal Planet reaches out to the furry

Best Snarky Movie Reviews

Reconstructed Bellybutton

Best Free Critter Counseling

Animal Behavior Helpline

Best Place to Pamper Your Pussy

Cat Cradle Cattery

Good Girls Do

Hard-rocking Kittie specializes in smashing expectations. Starting with yours.

Best local TV newscast -- morning

Channel 9

Best place to worship your cat

The Cat Hospital of Wheat Ridge