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Watch Guests on a British Comedy Show Sing a Song About Oregon’s Exploding Whale

All you really need to know is that on the Feb. 18 edition, Domino played a tune from an alleged (read: totally made up) West End-style musical he’s writing about the incident, as told from the perspective of George Thornton, the late engineer who came up with the brilliant idea to blow the carcass to bits using dynamite.

Multnomah County’s Kitties for Hire Programs Finds Homes—and Jobs—for Antisocial Cats

Not all cats who come to the animal shelter are up for becoming indoor pets. As a last resort, truly unsociable felines become a part of Kitties for Hire, a program that places cats in farms and rural warehouses, where they act as deterrents for mice, rats and other vermin.

Purrington’s, Portland’s Only Cat Cafe, Cashed In One of Its Nine Lives Last Year. Does It Deserve the Second Chance?

A hybrid cat shelter and cafe (the first, and so far only, one of its kind in Portland), Purrington’s nearly closed for good at the end of 2018 after three years on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., until new owners Garrett Simpson and Helen Harris swooped in to buy the business from its founders.

In Portland, Animals Aren’t Just Fodder For Likes and Memes—They’re Active Members of the Community

Don’t judge a dog by her collar.

Terrence Malick’s Latest Wartime Masterpiece is in Your Weekly Roundup of New Movies

Neutered Cats, Dazzling Little Women and Career-Best Sandler: Your Weekly Roundup of New Movies

Five Years and 1,200 Miles Later, a Portland Man Is Finally Being Reunited with his Missing Cat

After five years of being away from home, Sasha the black cat has resurfaced in Santa Fe. The cat traveled from Portland after sneaking out of the house, and apparently traveled over 1,200 miles to New Mexico. For the moment, Sasha lives at the Santa Fe Animal Shelter after someone picked the cat up roaming the city streets. The animal is soon on its way home.

Who Is Your Favorite Celebrity Cat?

Our favorite looks from the Pop Cats Festival at the Oregon Convention Center.

R.I.P. Tali, One of Moshow the Cat Rapper’s Furless Cats

Tali was one of the first cats that Molock adopted, and is the mother of two of Molock’s other pets, Queen Sushi and MegaMam. She’s appeared in most of Molock’s videos, including in his recent video “Catta$tic,” which features Tali perched on Molock’s shoulder, and Queen Sushi and MegaMam crawling on his head.

The Portland Trail Blazers Just Improved That Weird-Ass “Cats” Trailer

Naturally, a trailer that messed up was always going to inspire some memorable memes and parodies. But only one sports team dared to go out and actually fix its biggest problem—by casting an actual human-cat hybrid in a starring role.

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