Whimsy Cats

03/20/2022

Celebrate!

03/14/2022

It's National Napping Day...no worries, we've got this. 😸

03/12/2022

Stay warm tonight, Whimsy Cats friends!

03/06/2022

😹😹😹

Not cool, Clyde #cat #cats #wordle

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03/05/2022

A very long awaited, local Special Delivery 💛💛💛

02/25/2022

For our animal welfare friends

**UPDATE 27 Feb 22** We are still working hard to try and get verified information of shelters that need help in Ukraine and a trusted colleague, Darya, in the US who has been supporting Ukrainian rescues for many years has set up a fundraiser to support many rescues that have been verified at this time. Many of the shelters she is supporting are included in the shelter information you have sent to us and money is already being transferred to those shelters.

You can donate to the campaign for the shelters at the page Darya has set up below

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/raising-money-for-animal-shelters-in-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR1Li6Ox4-3QuOc9luFPm6UaFsUV17YvjW4lmr-dU5k6SrKB1WXLMmGmpBc#/

**UPDATE 26 Feb 22**

Kabul Small Animal Rescue have put together the list below for people who are leaving Ukraine with animals. The information has been verified as far as possible and states how it was verified. Please get this information out in the public domain.

We are still working with our rescue partners to establish who the animals shelters are that cannot leave and find out how help can be given. Right now banks are closed, paypal doesn't work, a key bridge has been blown up cutting some rescues off from being able to get out to buy supplies but we are working hard on trying to verify rescues and find ways to get help to them.

****This is a work in progress, and just the basics of export regulations as we can find them now--PDF coming****

VERIFIED INFORMATION ON REGULATIONS FOR COMPANION ANIMAL IMPORTATION

February 25, 2022

*All escorts for animals must be either female, or men not between 18-60 years of age*

POLAND
~verified by Chief Veterinary Inspectorate (wetgiw.gov.pl)
“Temporary procedure for the movement of companion animals from the territory of Ukraine to the territory of the Polish by persons who do not have a set of veterinary documents for dogs, cats and ferrets”
• Allowing entry without paperwork
• Animals can be vaccinated on arrival
• Allowing refugees to bring unowned/stray animals and providing care through DIOZ

ROMANIA
~verified by the National Authority for Veterinary Health and Public Sanitation (ansvsa.ro)
• Allowing entry without paperwork
• Form completed on arrival

HUNGARY
~verified by Hungarian National Veterinary Authority (https://www.nebih.gov.hu)
“Hungary ensures that those fleeing Ukraine can bring their companion animals with them”
• Allowing entry without paperwork
• Form completed on arrival

SLOVAKIA
~verified only by Slovakian Border Police Official Instagram page, not ministerial level
• Allowing entry without paperwork
• Form completed on arrival

SLOVENIA
~verified by the Slovenian State Veterinary Authority (https://www.svps.sk)
“In accordance with the guidelines of the European Commission and Article 32 of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No 576/2013 of 12 June 2013 on the non-commercial movement of animal animals and on the destruction of the Regulation (EC) No 2003 In the extreme situation of political unrest in Ukraine, the State Veterinary and Food Administration of the SR allows for the non-commercial transfer of animal animals to the territory of the Republic of Slovenia for the payment of fugitive refugees.”
• Allowing entry without paperwork
• Form completed on arrival and turned into Slovenian Ministry of Finance

GERMANY
~verified only by NGO at this time
• Animal documentation required most entry points
• Exception at Munich. To engage in this process, contact: https://tierschutzverein-muenchen.de

MOLDOVA
*Unofficially, women allowed to transit through Moldova with animals to Romania

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War Paws is getting many messages from caring supporters who are concerned about Ukraine and its people and animals. War Paws is devastated watching the news of Russia’s invasion on Ukraine. We see thousands of people fleeing the country with their pets and we are truly thankful that they have not left their pets behind but we are deeply concerned for the many animal rescues in Ukraine who are not able to move because they are caring for multiple animals in shelters with already stretched resources.

Rescuers are refusing to leave the animals in their care and are risking their own lives to ensure that they can provide the care these animals need but as we have seen so many times before in areas of conflict it does not take long for food, medicine and other supply shortages to take hold so we are speaking to rescuers on the ground in Ukraine to establish what we can do to help them during these dark times.

Orgs across the world are working together gathering information on how they can help the animals and rescuers of Ukraine as well as many European countries opening their borders to people and animals and we hope that this continues. Our rescue partners Kabul Small Animal Rescue and SPCA International are also gathering information to see what can be done to help but these efforts will take some time to co-ordinate how help can best be given and establish legitimate routes for donations before any fundraising begins.

Please keep the people and animals of Ukraine in your thoughts, as we have seen so many times in recent decades the cost to both human and animal life as a result of war is completely devastating.

If you know of a rescue org in Ukraine that needs help please do send us the information and we will be sharing this information with our rescue partners so we can try and get together valid information on how to make donations that will reach them and help them to continue their work.

#ukraine #animalsofukraine #rescuedogsofinstagram #rescuecatsofinstagram #dogsofchernobyl #kyiv #westandwithukraine🇺🇦 #dontforgetthem

02/16/2022

High praise! #cat #cats #work #performancereview

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CONTEST! In the comments, post a funny picture of your cat sitting on or in something. The person with the funniest/weirdest photo will get a free signed copy of my second book of cat cartoons, 50 Ways to Wake Your Human: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578758857?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Deadline to post a photo is Thursday, February 17 at 5:00PM (PST). Winner will be announced Friday morning. Good luck!

02/14/2022

😻

Happy Felintine's Day!

01/10/2022

😁

It's love

12/27/2021

Hoping everyone has been enjoying a lovely Christmas season. 💕

Squeezing in one more Christmas cartoon

12/24/2021

Happy almost Merry Christmas everyone ❤💚❤💚❤

Merry Christmas to you and yours! Do you love or hate the Paul McCartney version?

#christmas #holidays #wonderfulchristmastime #clydeandclarence

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11/18/2021

Timeline photos

11/08/2021

11/03/2021

The Best and Worst Airlines for Pets in 2021, According to a New Study

Always good to gather as much information as possible when traveling by air with pets.

A recently released study by Veterinarians.org sheds light on which airlines have the best and worst records when it comes to their treatment of traveling pets.

10/23/2021

“I Apologize For My Cat’s Tail”: Scottish Parliament Member Goes Viral After His Cat Photobombs A Zoom Meeting

No apology necessary 😁😁😁

Zoom meetings are quite fun and if there is one thing we love about them, it’s the funny interruptions that happen every once in a while. Recently, a Scottish member of parliament went viral after his cat Rojo photobombed a virtual meeting. John Nicolson, a parliament member for Ochil & South ...

09/27/2021

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain - Official Trailer | Prime Video

Benedict Cumberbatch and...Cats--An excellent pairing!

The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch), whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to tran...

09/14/2021

😁

#cats #cat

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09/12/2021

😁

Have a fun Sunday

09/02/2021

08/17/2021

❤

Ask your doctor if Mittens is right for you.

08/14/2021

If cats had cellphones. (THIS among other things...) 😁

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#cats #cat #caturday #app

08/12/2021

😊

08/06/2021

😁

07/30/2021

Hee-hee-hee! 🤣

(Comic courtesy of Elise Gravel)

07/26/2021

Six years later, missing Peabody cat found

Please microchip ❤

PEABODY — No cat owner had done more to find a beloved missing pet than Margaret Kudzma.

06/25/2021

This sounds right 😺

05/09/2021

To all of our fur-family caregivers

01/26/2021

10/20/2020

Who can relate to this? 🙂

09/21/2020

09/09/2020

09/05/2020

❤

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08/01/2020

07/24/2020

Flowchart for cats. #cats #cat #flowchart #pets

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06/13/2020

One of my cats is always SOWJP #cats #cat #texting

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