A University of Notre Dame theology student has turned her concerns about the plight of feral cats into a program that traps and sterilizes felines to reduce their numbers. Since September, the Michiana Feral Cat Initiative has trapped and neutered 66 cats in the South Bend area. Smith began spaying and neutering those cats, but soon realized that cats were running wild, and breeding, all over the city. [1]

Couldn't get enough of Kitty Half-time on Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl yesterday? (Neither could we) You're in luck. Samantha Martin, inspired by a white odd-eyed beauty named Tuna, has trained a handful of precocious felines to jump through hoops, walk on large rubber balls, and even rock out in a three-piece band called (naturally) The RockCats. Today, Martin's cats take center stage ---"there aren't that many jobs for rats," she says -- and the Circus Cats now perform around the country. [2]