To celebrate National Black Cat Appreciation Day this August 17th, we thought we’d share a few reasons why we love our ebony kitty friends: Black cats were worshiped in ancient Egypt. Black cats have had starring role on TV shows and in the movies, such as The Simpsons, Star Trek, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Black cats are so elegant. They’re always ready for a fancy black tie affair! Black cats are like mini ninjas, practically invisible at night. How cool is that? The richest cat on earth is a black cat. His Italian owner bequeathed him $13 million when she [...]

Architects for Animals “ Giving Shelter” 2016 on March 10 was a spectacular event that celebrated the artistic and innovative designs of LA’s top architects and designers. These creative geniuses compassionately donated their time to conceptualize and build state-of-the-art cat structures that any homeless cat would be lucky to inhabit.  These works of art were exquisitely photographed by the gifted product photographer, Meghan Beierle-O'Brien who also generously donated her time. “It was fun to work on an event like that where you are giving back and shooting something precious but something that’s really cool.  The architecture was pretty impressive. To [...]

Her name was Angel despite playing her hellacious self in writer/director Nicholas Tana’s soon to be released feature film based on his hit webseries Hell’s Kitty, a comedy-horror web series about a Hollywood writer and his possessed cat. Hell’s Kitty is based on Tana’s real life experiences dealing with his lovable but unruly cat. The series has a devoted following of ardent cat lovers and horror fans alike.  Tana attributes the series success mostly to his magnetic star. "It’s not so bad when you have a star like Angel in your show." What was the impetus for creating Hell’s Kitty? [...]

When most of us think about Israel, images of bombs exploding in markets and public squares come to mind. It is a beautiful but deeply conflicted, war torn country.  Most people living there are understandably consumed with their day-to-day survival much less caring for the livelihood of millions of their country’s homeless cats. Conversely in a small town outside of Tel Aviv Israel, Riva Mayer, a cat welfare specialist and Founder of The Cat Welfare Society of Israel has selflessly made it her life’s work for the past thirty years to fight for the plight of Israel’s homeless cats. In [...]