Greetings, Fabulous Felines and Hoomans of Hivelandia and surrounding communities!

I hope this week has been treating you well, so far, notwithstanding all the turmoil in the crypto markets!

Hello!

August 8th is International Cat Day!

Yes, today is one of the "special days" in the annual cat calendar of events!

International Cat Day was created by the International Fund for Animal welfare in 2002, but has been under the stewardship of the International Cat Care organization since 2020.

As an aside, today is also National Cat Day in Canada!

Of course, in this household we pretty much celebrate cats on all days, but it's good to know that there are special days for cats!

So what do we do with this day?

Well, we celebrate all things cat, of course!

As a day, we invite people to take a few extra moments to spend with their feline friends... whether extra playtime, treats or just "together time."

Our planet is home to more than a half billion cats, both those with Hooman caretakers, as well as cats who fend for themselves as street cats.

If you share pictures of your favorite Feline friends on social media, you are encouraged to use the tag #celebratecats to let the world know you're participating!

Smudge in the sun!

You're also encouraged to make a donation to an animal welfare organization that works with the well-being of cats, or perhaps to your local no-kill animal shelter!

And, of course, one of the best way to help cats is simply to give a loving home to a stray or shelter cat!

Cats have lived in close proximity to Hoomans for a very long time. Some researchers estimate that cats first became "domesticated" as much as 10,000 years ago, when settlements and agriculture first became "a thing."

Undoubtedly, the first "pet" cats were actually farm workers, helping to keep vermin out of crop stores, in exchange for a measure of food and shelter... but, in time, much deeper bonds and connections formed between our two species.

Anyway, Happy International Cat Day to everyone!

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Love Cats? Get Involved in Hive's Cat Communities!

If you're a cat lover and often/sometimes post pictures or other content that includes your feline friends, why not become an active part of Hive's growing Cat Communities?

These are some of the more active Cat Communities — why not join them ALL? Many of the allow you to share your cat posts, even if you started at a different community!

HiveCats by @curatorcat is a central "gathering place" for cat content on Hive; promoting the use of the #hivecats tag for feline content!

Cat Snaps by @manorvillemike is a place to post pictures of your cats when you don't have a whole lot to say beyond just sharing your cute photos!

Caturday by @saboin is a community where we get to celebrate posts relating to Saturday — aka "Caturday" — our own special day!

Cat Photos by @andrarchy is a "mixed use" cat content community; posts can be just photos or longer, as long as the subject is CATS!

Cats by @captainklaus (and Sissi!) is another "general" cat content community.

There are a number of other feline communities listed on Hive, but I am not sharing them for now as they have not had any activity (by their Admins OR users) since the Steem/Hive fork. Updates as they become available!

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