Photo by KuDa Photography, courtesy of Purringtons For the past three months Portland’s premiere cat cafe Purringtons has been in a state of soft reopen. The first Purringtons closed in January 2019 when the previous owners moved out of state. They passed the cat cafe torch to new bearers—Helen Harris and Garrett Simpson. After that, […]
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Move Over, Maru. Make Way, Lil Bub!
It’s Oregon Cats’ Time to Shine at a New Cat Video Festival
It’s Oregon Cats’ Time to Shine at a New Cat Video Festival
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Pet Issue: At-Home Euthanasia Helps Pet Owners Grieve and Heal
Katie Turner ASK ANYONE who’s ever made the decision to put a pet to sleep—it’s incredibly difficult and heartbreaking. When I was growing up, any family pets that were scratching on death’s door were taken to a veterinarian’s back room and never seen again. Thankfully, times have changed. As an adult, I’ve had two pets […]
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It’s Time to Meet Portland’s Most Intriguing Cat Ladies
Wendy Weiss and Jasper. MICHELLE MITCHELL Cat City: That’s what we should really call Portland, one of the nation’s cat-lady strongholds. Cat ladies get a bad rap, perhaps because a woman who takes care of an adorable creature that isn’t a human baby is instantly threatening to our puritan overlords. Well, secret’s out: Cat ladies […]
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Behold! The Mercury Pet Issue… Starring “Pets in ACTION!”
Sadie in ACTION! ANDY LINDBLOM Meet Sadie, the winner of our Mercury “Pets in Action” photo contest! (Boy, her owners are lucky!) And since you LOVE pets so much, why not check out our other Pet Issue articles? They include such pet-astic topics as “Your Pervy Pet,” at-home euthanasia, great dogs of history, why you […]
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Enter the Mercury’s PETS IN ACTION Photo Contest!
Do you have a pet? A pet that loves ACTION? How about a pet that pretends to love ACTION? Then enter your pooch, cat, ferret, fish, parrot, turtle, or whatever in the Mercury’s PETS IN ACTION photo contest! Simply snap a pic of your pet doing some kind of action pose—jumping into the water, slapping […]
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Win Tickets to See the Acro-Cats; Improve Your Life Forever
circuscats.com‘ Cats are fine. I feel fine about cats. I know other people feel very strongly about cats, and base their lives around cats, and that’s fine too. Good for them! Everyone needs a hobby. Would I ever get a cat? Probably not. As far as I can tell, electric blankets offer identical benefits as […]
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There’s Still Time to See That Gigantic Cat Painting at PAM!
The ur-Lisa Frank. Carl Kahler/Portland Art Museum Our petty rivalry with Seattle over cat dominance may be over (for now!) but Portland’s love of cats is never out of style, so it’s with glee that I remind you that there’s a giant fucking cat painting up at the Portland Art Museum, and deliver the good […]
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How to Neko Atsume: How Do I Get Gold Fish?!?!
So now you’re obsessed with Neko Atsume! Well, so is this New York Times writer: The cats do not care. They have other lives, other places to be. What brings you back, again and again, is that these semiwild creatures have decided, temporarily, to share their existence with you. You cannot collect them, merely the […]
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How to Neko Atsume: The Waiting Game of Kitty Collecting
If you already know about Neko Atsume—the Japanese kitty-collecting app that has inspired a bunch of adorable toys, the term “loafing,” an active subreddit, and a whole lot of adults yelling at their phones, “HOW DO I GET ALL THE CATS??!!”—then you understand why 3/4 of the Mercury staff are fully engrossed in this game. […]
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Moshow the Cat Rapper Has a New Video. You’re Welcome!
This week’s arts section includes the story behind the world’s greatest cat painting, and that’s not all! #Catwatch2016 continues with a new video from Portland’s beloved cat rapper, Moshow. You know, this guy: I love my Family more than Life. ❤️ I wake up everyday and I give this life everything I got. Do you […]
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Nice Try, Seattle, But Do You Have a Cat Rapper? Didn’t Think So.
Thinkstock Our cat war with Seattle isn’t over. If you thought Portland’s battle to keep our King of Cats crown over Seattle was over, you’re wrong! Last week, my genteel and principled colleague, Rich Smith, esteemed books and national politics writer for our sister paper the Stranger, dealt the latest blow in our long-running feud […]