The Catuday Report – Silly and Serious Edition

I was really hoping to fill the Valentine’s Day edition of the Caturday Report with all sorts of kitty love news, but most of what I came across was pure silliness!

At least I start off with something cool… and as always, my blogging friends come through with great posts.

The latest place to have a cat cafe? The United Arab Emirates! The Ailuromania Cafe is scheduled to open in Dubai a the end of the month.
YouTube often cracks down when music copyright is being infringed, but this is ridiculous: the video site claimed this clip of a cat purring constituted piracy.
A teen impressed a group of scientists by proving that the type of cat litter made no difference in the bacteria it created. I think cats will be less than impressed by his findings, however, since it does matter to us which litter we use.
Do you want to make sure your cat has an awesome Valentine’s Day? These tips from the Pawesome Cats blog will set you in the right direction!
Has someone close to you recently lost a feline friend? The Fur Everywhere blog examines grief, and how to help friends and family cope with loss.

Even though I spent much of the week party planning, I did get other things done!

I started off the week by listing five things that Sparkle didn’t teach me.
I also got to go out on the back patio for the first time — and made an awesome discovery!
I started a series on how to harness and leash train your human! Lesson One was picking out a harness.
I looked back on my first few days with my human… was I ever that small?
And of course, I ended the week with my big Valentine’s Day party, giveaway and commenthon! The great news is that I’ve already hit my commenthon goal — but there is still time for you to enter the giveaways, if you haven’t yet.

If you see a good cat-oriented news item around the internet, send me a link and I may include it next week!
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Having problems with your human or the other cats in your house? As the internet’s “Dear Abby With Claws,” Sparkle had answers to many annoying problems in her two award-winning books! Visit her author’s page on Amazon to buy one or both of her awesome Dear Sparkle books!