Our lead feature of this week’s round up is my annual warning about Easter Lilies. Ever year, I’m surprised how many cat parents still don’t know how deadly these flowers can be to cats. Just one small bite of a flower, leaf, stem or pollen of this plant, or even drinking from the water they’re kept in, can cause gastric distress, and, more importantly, if left untreated, can lead to fatal kidney failure. For more information, please read my full post here and please spread the word!

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Cats have been a part of Istanbul’s history for thousands of years. They are given free reign in this city of 15 million humans. You may recall the 2016 film Kedi, beautifully-shot documentary that tracks the stories of seven cats that live on Istanbul’s streets and showcases the city’s love of cats. A recent article takes an in depth look at the fascinating history and lives of Istanbul’s cats. Visit Turkish Vibe to read Capital of the Cats: Istanbul.

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Do you ever wonder how cats perceive us humans? What exactly do they see when they look at us? Inverse assembled a team of pet experts and veterinarians to try and answer these questions. Visit Inverse to read a fascinating article about feline thought processes and behaviors.

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Our pampered cats have a pretty nice life. They don’t have to worry about hunting down their next meal, they get love and affection, and they can sleep the day away. But is there such a thing as too much sleep for a cat? Inverse takes an in-depth look at how much cats sleep, why they need so much sleep, whether there is such a thing as too much sleep, and more. Visit Inverse.com to read the full article.

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We’ve all seen the heart-wrenching images of Ukranians fleeing with their cats or taking shelter in underground train stations. I don’t know about you, but they make me cry every single time I see them come across my social media feed. I simply can’t wrap my mind around  what these people are going through. And yet, in the middle of all this chaos, the Cat Café Lviv remains open. “Our cats have been living in [the] cat café since the age of four months,” owner Serhii Oliinyk told Modern Met. “They are like family. We realized that we would never leave our country, that this was the only place where we could see ourselves in the future.” For more about this courageous man and his cat café, visit Modern Met. You can also find regular updates on Cat Café Lviv’s Facebook page, including information on how to help them.

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How many times do we wish that our cats could talk and tell us what they really think? No matter how much we know about feline behavior, and how well we communicate with our cats, it’s just never quite enough, is it? In a recent article for The Guardian, journalist and cat parent Sirin Kale took a closer look at what cats really think. She found that “they do what they want, all the time—and can teach us a lot about how to live in the present, be content and learn from our experience.” The article is chock full of great information and well worth your time to read it here.

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A Pennsylvania cat became a media sensation for his habit of stealing neighbors’ shoes and bringing them home. His family couldn’t explain the shoes that kept showing up in front of their house. When they put up security cameras and a GPS tracker on Jordan, they realized that he had been stealing shoes from porches, yards and driveways all over the neighborhood, sometimes even going back to get the matching item. For more about the feline shoe thief, visit The Morning Call. Bored Panda also featured the furry burglar, with lots of photos and video evidence of his heists.

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The Patricia H. Ladew Foundation in Oyster Bay, NY is a sanctuary for homeless cats that are rescued primarily from Animal Care and Control in New York City and from various Long Island municipal shelters. The sanctuary recently received a major makeover by the master of shelter makeovers, Mario Arbore, the owner of Square Paws and mastermind behind other fantastic transformations, including the two Billy Joel rooms he created for Bianca’s Furry Friends Feline Adoption Center at North Shore Animal League America in Port Washington, New York. For more about the amazing renovation, visit the Ladew Cat Sanctuary website or watch the video below.

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Fishing cats are native to South and Southeast Asia. Unlike many cat species, fishing cats readily swim. Their front toes are partially webbed, and their claws protrude slightly even when retracted, an adaptation for fishing. To date ,very little was known about these mysterious cats’ behavior. A recently published study took a closer look at the hunting behavior of these elusive felines. For more about these fascinating cats, visit Science News.

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Cats have a powerful sense of smell. a rumbling purr and shock absorbing paws, and those are just some of the many hidden talents of our feline companions. Newsweek took a closer look at these and more fascinating feline facts. Visit Newsweek.com to read the full article.

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A cat missing for eight months in Braintree, Essex in the UK was reunited with his family after his human recognized his meow while she was on the phone with her vet talking about one of her other cats. She was told the cat was a stray, but called back later and asked for details as “it was bugging me”, she told MailOnline. Barnaby was microchipped before he went missing, but his human questions whether the chip was inserted properly. For more on this story, visit DailyMail.uk.

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