Cats

A Turkish animal rights foundation has rescued six kittens that were illegally smuggled into Turkey from Bulgaria after buying them at an auction in the border province of Edirne.

Zuhal Aslan of the Animal Rights Federation (HAYTAP) bought the six for 4,250 Turkish Liras in the auction.

Felines at Japan's "cat cafes" are now officially allowed to stay up until 10 p.m. to interact with customers.

A "cat town" established on a 10,000-square-meter plot in the Black Sea province of Samsun is home to stray cats in the city. Cats spend their time, eat and play in the cat town, located in an animal care center for helpless and unattended cats. 

As the town's number of cats has increased to 60, works are continuing to double the town's size. 

A pregnant cat arrived in a family health center to give birth in the eastern province of Bitlis. 

The cat, which was struggling to give birth, entered the health center in Bitlis' Tatvan and started meowing in pain, daily Hürriyet reported on April 13.

A municipality in the western province of Bolu has cited "having stray cats inside" as justification for issuing a closure warning to a local Internet cafe, but its owner has vowed not to throw the cats out onto the street.

Bolu Municipality police officials stated that having cats inside the cafe was one of the reasons to warn the Internet cafe run by Olcay Özkök with closure. 

Dozens of cats at Russia's largest museum the Hermitage have one main task: to root out unwanted guests, rodents. The cats are as famous as the collections For more than a century visitors have marveled at the Hermitage Museum's precious collections, and for just as long dozens of cats have prowled the Saint Petersburg palace's sprawling cellars.

A "cat town" has been founded by locals in the Black Sea province of Samsun to provide a healthy and comfortable living space for stray cats

A "cat town" has been established after two years of work in the northern province of Samsun with the aim of giving a healthy and comfortable life to stray cats. 

The Samsun Metropolitan Municipality established the facility, named "cat town," on a 100-square-meter area in its animal shelter. Sick cats will also be treated in the facility. 

Bored Panda website recently asked fans - and especially cat lovers - to submit photos of camouflaged cats, that seem to be experts at hide and seek.

More and more users have been adding photos to the list, which features cute cats and kittens of all colors and patterns, hiding in the most unexpected places.

See some of the photos below

Vietnamese authorities have buried thousands of seized cats -- many believed to have been alive at the time -- after the felines were smuggled from China to feed the nation's illegal cat meat trade.