Cats

[go birds]

lol@the tennessee comment

[Mary1966]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/ ... _help.html

Last February, photographer Mark Makela traveled to Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, to photograph a reading group where the participants were grade-school students and a group of cats. The idea for the group, known as Book Buddies, was hatched at the Animal Rescue League of Berks County when the program coordinator Kristi Rodriguez’s 10-year-old son was struggling with reading. Rodriguez decided to bring him into the shelter, where he could be in what she called a “nonevaluative” environment in order to feel more comfortable practicing his reading skills. It worked.

According to ARL’s website, studies at Tufts University found that the more relaxed, nonjudgmental audience of cats helps students to sustain their focus, maintain a higher state of awareness, and develop an improved attitude toward school. In August of last year, ARL officially started the Book Buddies program, inviting students in first through eighth grades to read to the cats. As an incentive to continue, once the students complete five books, they receive prizes. “It’s one of those opportunities that is unique and humorous and so endearing,” Makela said about the assignment to document the Book Buddies program.

[sighyoung]

[Freed Roger]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-bas ... irst-pitch

stick to saving kids you stupid cat

[Jocephus]

and thru that link we discover that the family created a twitter handle for tara the hero cat. as much as i love cats, your 15 mins are over tara.

[Mary1966]

Depends on how Tara's hoomans handle her fame. Will she become another Maru or Grumpy Cat? Probably not, but you never know.

[go birds]

Hero Cat's throw still isn't as bad as the cinci's mayors':

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[cardinalkarp]

I'm sorry but I really hate people more and more these days. So, your cat did something really great which was caught on tape. Now the next step people think of is to create a Facebook page to somehow make this cat and their owners somehow "famous" (I'll use that term very loosely here). How pathetic has society become that they have to be noticed for everything these days.

[Mary1966]

I'm sorry but I really hate people more and more these days. So, your cat did something really great which was caught on tape. Now the next step people think of is to create a Facebook page to somehow make this cat and their owners somehow "famous" (I'll use that term very loosely here). How pathetic has society become that they have to be noticed for everything these days.

Most of the Facebook pages of cats that I have liked are for cats with disabilities. Blind, missing a leg, etc. These cats would almost certainly have been euthanized if they were not "famous." I think cat Facebook pages are a great way for people to raise money to help disabled cats receive the treatment they need to lead full and happy lives with owners who love them.

[StL Dan]

This video makes this thread worth opening. Eric Davis is like, WTFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU?????

Hero Cat's throw still isn't as bad as the cinci's mayors':

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