Topic: cats

On The Note Of Justin Bieber’s Hamster Giveaway, Please Do Not Gift People Pets For Christmas (Almost) Ever

On The Note Of Justin Bieber's Hamster Giveaway, Please Do Not Gift People Pets For Christmas (Almost) Ever

In the event you haven’t heard, Justin Bieber decided to give a completely unsuspecting fan his pet hamster. No provocation, no background information checked — just handed over his hamster PAC to an 18-year-old fan identified as Victoria Blair.

“That’s all you,” he says in the grainy video, “You gotta take care of PAC.” The young woman replies through fits of screaming with a confirmation that she will, indeed, take care of the little creature. More »

Poll: Would You Drink Coffee Made From Kitty Poop?

Poll: Would You Drink Coffee Made From Kitty Poop?

Don’t clean your cat’s litter box, you fools! Those aren’t droppings, they are nuggets of pure gold, I tells ya. At least, according to Urban Coffee Company, a café in the United Kingdom that has started serving Civet Coffee, which is made from the beans of coffee berries that have passed through the digestive tract of an Asian Toddy cat. If that one sentence alone isn’t enough to disgust you, there’s more: one cup of the stuff costs around $18, because of the rarity of the beans and the low amount produced each year. I’m all for recycling, but this is just too much. Who looks at cat poop and thinks to themselves, “I really want to drink that. To the espresso machine!”?

Sorry! This poll is now closed.

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Doggone It: 10 Weirdest Halloween Costumes for Pet Owners and Their Pets

Doggone It: 10 Weirdest Halloween Costumes for Pet Owners and Their Pets

Remember our feelings about Halloween costumes for couples? Well, those are nothing compared to costumes for pet owners and their four-legged friends. Sure, a clever pet/owner Halloween ensemble is the perfect way to disguise the underlying sadness, desperation, and warped priorites that one often associates with dressing up your pet in costume and parading it around with you like a human on October 31. (If you happen to be an older single woman with a pet cat, this problem is multiplied.) We know you love your pet (we love ours, too), but shouldn’t your poochie just stay home and take Halloween night off…relaxing, not eating chocolate, and barking at trick-or-treaters at the front door? If not, here are 10 ways to humiliate him or her this Halloween: More »