Tuesday 29 October 2013

National Cat Day: National Cat Day Continues: Check Out Some of the Cutest Reader Kittens and Vote for Your Favorite!






National Cat Day
I don't want to get all conspiracy-theory about this, but it's getting very clear that the internet is run by cats. First they took over YouTube, then they wrested control of internet meme-production. Now they have their own special day. Yes, in America, if not the world, it is National Cat Day.
How should people celebrate? Well, if you're in New York you could try getting on-demand car service Uber to deliver kittens to your office. For $20 the car service will bring you up 15 minutes of kitten love with all proceeds going to a local animal shelter. In the interests of research I spent an hour trying to get some kittens delivered to my office to no avail. Somebody at Uber needs to realise that, when it comes to kittens, you should never over-promise and under-deliver.
While National Cat Day was officially set up in 2005 with the laudable twin aim of "celebrating the love of cats" and helping find homes for thousands of shelter animals, every day since the birth of social media, is basically cat day. Our feline friends have effectively trounced dogs in the ratings war for most popular animal content online. So how did cats win the internet when most people find dogs more adorable? Nobody quite knows, however a few theories abound.
Six Maine Coon Kittens
Well it's official. You're all a bunch of crazy cat ladies (and dudes)!
And we mean that as a compliment, naturally. To celebrate National Cat Day, we asked you to tweet or Instagram us pictures of your cats. We received thousands upon thousands of pics.
We saw old cats and young cats and fat cats and furry cats and one cats and two cats and three cats and more! We saw Tabbys and Bengals, Persians and Siamese. We even saw a few hairless cats and one pink one.
And you go crazy for them! We don't blame you.

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