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These Cats Swim
The London Daily Mail picked up a story about a rare white Bengal Tiger at
the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Zoo in Vallejo, near San Francisco, named Odin.
Evidently he is an excellent swimmer. Here is a picture of him on the left
and of two of our Bengals on a boogie board in the pool on the right:
 
WSB-TV Atlanta posted a warning today for cat lovers. "State officials are
investigating people who rescue or adopt stray kittens and then sell them as
exotic kittens for hundreds of dollars.... Channel 2's Tom Regan talked to one
woman who fell for the ploy but won in the end."
Here is the link to
that interview. It was reported that the same person passed off sick Bengal
kittens around Christmas. Backyard breeders and scammers have been
responsible for placing ill kittens in the past and then they disappear leaving
owners responsible for hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in vet bills.
Buyers...please beware of this type of thing. Responsible Bengal breeders
register their kittens with The International Cat Association and most are
members of the The International Bengal Cat Society. You can look up their
names and their cattery names there to verify their legitimacy. Here is a link
for further information on how to
choose a good breeder.
More Bang for your Buck
It is funny how Bengals love their toys, have to have them and go through
them so fast. This is from the Seattle Times "Lio" Cat Cartoon - Published
on February 21, 2008. Hopefully good for a laugh!
The Bengal Cat is number 21?
On Friday Jan 11, 2008, the bengal cat was named # 21 in a list of the top
most expensive gifts ever given.
It was behind some interesting items like the First GI Joe: $50,000, Diamond
Barbie: $85,000, Ferrari Go-Cart (from FAO Schwartz): $50,000, Mr. and Mrs.
Potato Head (covered in dazzling Swarovski crystals): $8,000 each, and (Conflict
free) Diamond Studded Lipstick: $62,000 to name a few.
And even though it was more expensive, the (18 karat White
gold) Amour Amour Dog Collar: $1.8 million ranked lower in
the list at #23. These days bengal kitten prices are much
more reasonable. Our pet kittens average a mere
$850 - $1000.
--Bootstrapper, 25 of the most expensive gifts known to man, by Laura
Milligan
Kitty takes an unscheduled ride via Baggage Claim
 "The
last time...Kelly saw Gracie (her newly spade kitty) was
before she took her husband to the airport. The
24-year-old went back to her house in
Palm
Beach Gardens late Friday to find the bottom
step, where Gracie would usually be waiting, empty."
She tore the house apart removing bathroom tiles and
part of a cabinet to check a crawl space and put up
"lost cat" signs. Then she got a phone call.
"Hi, you're not going to believe this, but I am calling
from Fort Worth, Texas, and I accidentally picked up
your husband's luggage. And when I opened the luggage, a
cat jumped out," Kelly Levy quoted the caller saying.
Rob Carter said, "I went to unpack and saw some of
the clothes and saw it wasn't my suitcase," he said. "I
was going to close it, and a kitten jumped out and ran
under the bed. I screamed like a little girl."
Carter said that he eventually was able to get the
cat to come out from under the bed. The tabby made
the 1,300-mile trip home on an $80 plane ticket. Carter
said he considered keeping the cat before he knew she
had a home. "We were going to name it Suitcase,"
he said.
-- Yahoo News; Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Kelly Roper of Cats.Lovetoknow.com contacted me to put together an interview
about Bengal Cats. You can read the full article at :
http://cats.lovetoknow.com/Bengal_Cat_Breeder. It is the highlighted
August 2007 interview.
What's the scoop?
Felines use the litter that they are used to, but we humans consider other
things, like smell, ease of use and the environment. Here are a few we
recommend:
- Worlds Best Cat Litter - WBCL is made from corn proteins
and fibers. It's biodegradable, flushable/septic safe, and has
superior order control for single and multi-cat house holds.
(WBCL promo: Buy 9 Bags Get
$28 in Coupons.)
- Feline Pine - is made from sawdust pellets reclaimed from
lumberyards. Try a
free
bag.
Cat in Tree Rescued With Hose Blast
Sep 17, 2007 4:43 PM (ET)
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) - A fearful feline that was stuck in a tree for a week,
clinging to branches several stories high, was finally blasted to safety with a
high-pressure fire hose. Volunteers with an outstretched sheet made the
save as the cat - soaked and hungry but unharmed - was hosed out of the tree by
firefighters Sunday night. "Everyone was cheering," said artist and animal
rescuer Greg Speirs, who was among about 50 people assembled beneath the willow
tree. The cat had previously ignored people who banged cans of cat food
and climbed ladders that were just out of reach. It took two shots with the hose
to do the trick. "As soon as the cat landed it jumped out and ran into the
woods," Speirs said Monday. "Some kids helped us bring the cat back, and a
man said he would adopt the cat right on the spot," Speirs said. "You can't come
up with a nicer ending than that."
Look for us in Kittens USA and on the Catchannel.com
See us in the 2007 - 2008 Kitten Buyers Magazine on sale at PetSmart and
Petco soon or check out our print publication by going
here.
"Pander to the whims of the rich and famous?"
 This
last week, while we were watching Music and Lyrics....
Hugh Grant's girlfriend's lost Bengal cats were a big story all over Europe.
According to The Sun, Hugh Grant and his girlfriend,
Jemima Khan were
chastised for calling Scotland Yard to help find their lost Bengal cat.
Evidently "pander(ing) to the whims of the rich and famous" is not part of their
job. Khan posted a reward poster. The next day her other Bengal went
missing, but was quickly returned by a neighbor.
6 - 20 - 2007 Ms. Kahn, Purrs and kitty wishes, for your Bengal to have a speedy return.
He is very pretty and it is no wonder why you would want him back.
Other Celebrities and their Bengal Cats...
- Justin
Hawkins of the band 'Darkness' is owned by 3 bengals: Barnaby, Troy and Cully.
- Cindy Jackson's
Bengal, Cato, is on record as the most expensive cat ever purchased. She
paid a whopping $42,000.
- Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull has a male
(Sambhar) and a female (Tiffen)
bengal.
- Fashion designer, Calvin Klein, has a marbled and a spotted bengal.
- Actor - Kevin Bacon
- Boxer - Leila Ali (Who by the way we named our Queen Soleila after.)
- Gordy Knudtson (drummer with the Steve Miller Band)
- Halle Berry - Some say she owns a bengal, I am not sure about that, but
it was reported that she fell in love with one of the bengals in the movie "Catwoman"
- Nicole Ritchie's Bengal is named Chi-Chi-Cheetah. Some
reports have Paris Hilton as he owners of that cat...but i think it is
Nicole's.
- Jonathan Ross, Jeffrey Archer, Prince Saud A Al Faisal, Cher and
Lord
Archer.
Snow Bengals
Bean's last litter had two beautiful snows, both seal mink. Check out our new
Snow Bengal Page - Snow Bengals
Not just a Leopard printed accessory for your den:
Sharon L. Peters, writes in USA Today: "An elegant, exotic-looking feline
just a few generations removed from the wild has become the public's meow."
"Their personalities and quirks are equally distinctive. Fans of Bengals say
they're vocal, self-assured cats, exceptionally smart and easily trained.
They're also water lovers and avid climbers, and they love a raucous game of
fetch." and "Bengal fanciers say the cats are now sufficiently removed from
their wild feline ancestors — four to eight generations in most cases — and any
early temperament issues have been bred out." But still "People who buy them as
a decorative item...would be better off with a stuffed animal."
Leila's Kittens
Update June 20, 2007: All sold or held on deposit.
Leila had her babies on April 14, 2007. Three beautiful boys. Boy
#2 is sold to a wonderful family in Buckhead. Boy #1 and #3 are sold.
Kitten Video
We have a new page for our Bengal Amis...or
friends. A new video posted a Sept 12.
Morgan and I took the boys outside for some sun and made our first video.
It is called "Three Kittens in a Basket." It features one of our favorite
songs "Put your records on" by Corinne Bailey Rae. That was the song that
Antonella Barba sang on American Idol.
We are definitely not professional videographers, but we wanted our Bengal
kitties to be on YouTube none the less. You can see the video at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NpAJca0SxA
We used Nero Vision Express to do the editing.
Tell us what you think here.
Looking for Cookie Cutter Pets?
We moved it to the kids page. Here is the link:
Bengal Fun
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