NYCityPets.com

At ApartmentTherapy.com, July was pet month. (Oops, sorry we missed it! We are still catching up on our reading!). AT listed adoptable pets from Petfinder all through July.

They had a Pet Decor contest, and they told us about Petholica-the NYC pet newsletter and Postmodern Pets-a shop “for design-savvy pets and their people”.

On Gothamist: The Animal Care & Control audit is a little depressing, but we can attest that here in NYC people are conscious of the issue and are working to do a better job for the animals.

Our Kittenpile was mentioned at Gothamist this month and there is a post about finding a good veterinarian in the city that includes some helpful comments.

On Flickr, Darvey the Pom has a cute tribute page. (Thanks to Atlantisa7 for the photo!):

Jon, from San Francisco, blogs about all the dogs he sees tied outside in the city. We aren’t thrilled about the idea, as we think it is scary to leave a dog alone out on a sidewalk.

If you think tick-borne diseases only affect dogs, think again: bobcat’s disease recently killed this Oklahoma cat.

My Cat’s Got Knees is a great ode to cats, probably even the greatest. (Video link)