Welcome to De Poezenboot, or The Cat Boat as it is also known. Located in Amsterdam, The Cat Boat is an animal sanctuary that floats on one of the city’s many canals. It began in 1966, when Henriette van Weelde decided to take care of a family of stray cats living under a tree outside her house. Soon, more showed up. Over the last forty years, the shelter has become a popular place for kitteh-loving tourists to visit. Any organization that rescues and helps animals is amazing in our book; the uniqueness of The Cat Boat is simply a cool bonus.
Thanks to Cheez Frend PrettyShoes for the tip. Check out a few more pictures of The Cat Boat Below.
Purrveeusly awn “O, The Places You’ll Go:” Japan’s Cat Island
Do you know of a special kitteh-related place in the world? A cool cat haven, an extraordinary rescue organization, or just an awesome place for cats and cat lovers? Let us know in the comments, and we may use your idea in a future edition of “O, The Places You’ll Go!”
Faeborit Coment: “aifinkso ai prefur kittehz awn uh bote to snaikz on uh plain..” – kenkar
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brilliant wae uf combining cats and watur!
*silently celebrates her nawt-sekkund*
Iffen yu combine a hitteh wib a bowt, du yuze hab a Catamaran?
clappity clappity! berri gud! JD! aiz rik da Cat a maran!
ai has ben hear!
Awn teh bowt? Oar in Amster Damn?
Bai teh bote! Ai saw teh kittehz fru teh windoe. Dere wuz noe bisiten ourz teh dae ai wuz dere.
did yoo wabe at teh kittehs?
Moar important: Did yu wabe toona at teh kittehs?
*snerk* Dat wudda bin meen iffen she cuddn’t delivur!
Uh oh. I gotted motterated because I spelled Amsterdam wiff a N at teh end. *eye rolle*
Has yoo been aw this bowt?
hmmm… mebee nawt….
mebbe you shouldz haz said Amster Dang.
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Gud wun ‘Ruca!
The Smokey Mountain Cat House in Pigeon Forge, TN is a really neat place to go. They have all kinds of cat clothes, gifts, knicks, etc.
I haz nawt bin tew ttat wun! I haz bin tew The Cat House in Nashbill Tenasee! It iz a reqkwew playse fur kiffens. Tey haz kiffens eberywere. If yew meetz beri beri strect kriterias theiy willz adoptshun to yewr fureber home. Tey haz fur sail all kinda neet fings fur yer kiffen abawt kiffens adn teh kiffens haz perchies eberywere tew lai arawnd in. It iz a relly koul playse! Mai sister yewsed tew werk fur a v-e-t in Nashbill adn she showed me tis playse. (Mai sis is The Cat Whisperer!)
I kalled it The Cat House…..But(!) it is aksully The Cat Shoppe!
http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-cat-shoppe-nashville
Der lol textext askted foar amazing cat reskoo playces adn stuffs in teh com-mints (like peppery-mints but wib less pepper).
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I suggestify this discussion fred be dedicayted tu just dat beri claws, sew teh CheezMasters be easily afindifying teh links.
Fitzhugh B. Crews FIV Cat Sanctuary
w w w.fivcatsanctuary.com
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Me wants!
w w w.moderncat.net/2009/11/29/another-amazing-cat-friendly-house-design-from-japan/
Ders teh Parliament Hill Cat Sanctuary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Parliamentary_Cats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Parliamentary_Cats
Der r great lolcats in Canada. Dey getz der noms from politishuns: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Parliamentary_Cats
OMG AWESOME! I loves it x3
I know this
A classmate has had her internship there
wonderful place x)
I can haz story on Cat House on the Kings? It’s a kitty haven Centrul Calyfornya, purrfect wevver to purr in the sunshine.
http://www.cathouseonthekings.com/
yes, cat house on kings is an amazing amazing place. that video makes me weepy every time I watch it (in a good way!). I request a feature of cat house on kings!
The Good Mews Animal Foundation in Marietta, GA is one of the best cat shelters in the area – it’s a no-kill, cage-free shelter. And they have a big ol’ TV that shows Video Catnip 24/7. The website is http://www.goodmews.org, or you can find them on twitter at twitter.com/GoodMews.
I KNOW! I live in Amsterdam, isn’t it amazing??? Thinking about volunteeing!
Loves teh bote kittehs!
http://www.sarasavesanimals.org/
Dis iz a thrift shop and annamul reskoo here in Eugene, OR. Dey has lots o kittehs in dere shop.
Kittehs Awn a Bote!
aifinkso ai prefur kittehz awn uh bote to snaikz on uh plain..
Key West FL !
/www.hemingwayhome.com/HTML/our_cats.htm
The Hemingway Home & Museum is home to about 60 polydactyl cats.
2 apposable thumbs up for Hemmingway Home!
(ha! Get it? Cuz the cats have THUMBS!!)
Meowmie did art piece once based on kitty cemetary near the The Hemingway House in Key West. When she go to Hemingway house in Oak Park, she could almost feel one of his kitties walking around the house.
http://www.houseofmews.com/
House of Mews in Memphis TN
There’s a cat museum in Amsterdam too. We visited both last summer. http://www.kattenkabinet.nl/english.html
There are a bunch of cats who live in a little colony on the grounds of the parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada. People leave donations to help feed them and build houses for them and someone comes and cares for them daily.
Check out caboodleranch.org
whubbowt up in Canada, wunt dere a certain big city up dere gave over a park or sumpin to strays? An dere was dis one old guy feedin ‘em, an he was startin to worry wut wuud happn todeh kittehs wen he goes to CeilingCat? Seems like i rememberz at one pernt even deh Qween come an did her funky li’l handwave ober awl, gibing it her blessing or sumpin…was long timez ago an I fergitz most of it…Das Kittehsboot makes me want to put chain link on mah front porch so kittehs could go ouut dere–mines is inooorz kittehz.
Yuppers – that’s the cats of Parliament Hill… but as far as I know the Hooman that feeds them is still alive and well!
Torre Argentina, the cat sanctuary in an unexcavated ruin in the heart of downtown Rome. Quite simply one of the most amazing places I’ve ever visited.
http://romancats.com/index_eng.php
I second this nomination. I’m going back to Rome in June and Torre Argentina will definitely be on my “revisit” list!
I agree. That place is awesome. And the owner is the the ultimate catlady.
Largo di Torre Argentina is a square in Rome that hosts four Roman temples and the Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary, a no-kill shelter for homeless cats.
I’m Dutch and I’ve never been here! Didn’t even know it existed.
Oh sawwy: aim dutsj lol an ai neber bin too dis bote! Din evin noe it sisted.
LOL…nyce katch, Thaurin! Ai has nawt met yu befoar! *eggstends floofee paw uv frenship* Nyce tu meetcha!
*low mown an cuwrlt beck* ai not noe yous, not trus. need snif furst for ai kom closur.
Check out The Cat House on the Kings. It’s an amazing cat sanctuary with hundreds and hundreds of cats and kittens. I adopted from them, and just love my little guy.
http://www.cathouseonthekings.com/
There is a large population of 7 toed cats on Key West. They are asll descendants of one of Ernest Hemingway’s cats.
Caboodle Ranch in Florida! http://www.caboodleranch.com/
caboodle ranch is not the safest place for kittehs unfortunately…
The Cat House on the Kings – a wonderful sanctuary in Central California.
Please let all of our Cheezburger friends know about imom.org. It’s an AMAZING organization that raises funds to pay vets for treatment when pet parents need financial help. They post the pet’s story and the community donates needed funds that are paid to the vet directly. Their wonderful community also provides ongoing moral support for pet owners. Several years ago, my kitteh needed emergency surgery. Imom posted his story on a Friday and by Monday morning had raised the necessary funds. Their wonderful help allowed me to spend more years with my beloved kitteh.
I know “il paradiso dei gatti” or “paradaise of the cats” http://www.paradisodeigatti.it/lang1/
A vegetarian and vegan agriturismo in Italy. I went ther after my wedding ^__^
Poezenboot? Sounds like Puss ‘n Boot. Is that wehere the story got its origin?
Ai tinkz teh fairy tael predates teh cat-boat.
haha no the dutch word for catboat is poezenboot
ResQCats in Santa Barbara, CA
This non-profit shelter is housed in a converted greenhouse, complete with enclosed outdoor playareas and individual indoor enclosures.
http://www.resqcats.org/
Poezenboot? That sounds an awful lot like Puss ‘n Boot. Maybe that’s how the story got it’s origin. Puss wore waders (boots) so he wouldn’t get his paws wet. It all makes sense now.
No, Poezen means cats and bot means boat.
Ah noez it. Waz jus fun’n.
Harmony House in Chicago is building a net-zero energy shelter: http://www.hhforcats.org/
I like ‘The Cats’ House’ http://www.thecatshouse.com/index.htm. Click on ‘Online Tour’ to see all the pics
There are kittehs on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ- http://www.catchannel.com/news/2010/06/11/alley-cat-allies-atlantic-city-boardwalk-cats.aspx
Poezenboot? What a stupid name, but at least it sounds like Puss n Boots. What’s the matter with them in Holland, don’t they speak English?
i been there. felt kinda cheated. the ‘boat’ is actually static, so its actually more of a hut filling a little pier.
The funniest thing is the volunteer staff; lots of little ‘mad old cat ladies’, and men too (dey equal ops, the amsters). i got the impression they had to staff this place to fulfil their complusion due their very tall houses (lemmings would make a better house pet), and they kinda seemed to resent the tourists. either that or being round all them cats rubbed off on them, with the steely glare etc becoming second nature.
Not the barge full of cats and sofas i wistfully thought of but about 20 cats in various states of moggy’dom with some water outside! still worth 30 mins of your time if your in the area tho. (its free, altho you will be ambushed for a donation :-p)
Critteraid in Summerland British Columbia they not only look after the kittehs, but goggies, horses, and a variety of other domesticated creatures as well.
http://www.critteraid.org/
The Cat Plaza in Rome. It’s a no-kill rescue shelter where cats get to lounge around Roman ruins all day and have tourists feed them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largo_di_Torre_Argentina
i wuz there last year and its gr8. poezenboot means paw-boat or somethind
What about the kitties in those roman ruins. any furry know the name of that colony?
The Cats House on Kings (aka The Cats House on the Kings) is the largest No-Cage, No-Kill Lifetime Cat Sanctuary and adoption center. (They even have some goggies but its mostly a cat sanctuary)
Quote from the site: http://www.cathouseonthekings.com/
Our Mission
The Cat House on the Kings is California’s largest no-cage, no-kill, lifetime cat sanctuary and adoption center. Our mission is to place rescued cats and kittens into loving, permanent homes; to provide a safe, happy and healthy home for unwanted cats and kittens in a unique, no-cage facility; to prevent pet overpopulation through spaying and neutering; and to educate the public about responsible pet ownership.
In a Nutshell
Lynea Lattanzio, who founded and runs The Cat House on the Kings, talks about how it came about and gives you a peek into our unique environment in this video created by Jack Perez.
The Cat House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, receives no government or public funding, and relies entirely on donations from the public to carry out its mission.
Since its founding 19 years ago, The Cat House on the Kings has saved over 18,000 cats and 5,000 dogs (not counting the 40,000 animals we have spayed and neutered!) and currently cares for more than 700 cats and kittens, a dozen or so dogs and a handful of goats, who earn their keep as lawnmowers!
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Great place, the founder is a wonderful woman.
http://www.romancats.com/index_eng.php
Roman kitties!
Check out Bonanza Cat Hospital in Las Vegas. Dr. Linda Steelman and staff have taken in hundreds of cats that have medical problems or are otherwise considered non-adoptable. The cats roam all over the vet clinic (when not sleeping or nomming, of course), get the medicines they need, and get a lot of loving. There is a large staff of volunteers who provide hugs, brushing, laps–and lots more love. On top of all that, Dr Steelman is an awesome vet! Check out poppyfoundation.org to donate to the cause!
Oooh! Oooh! I know a cool place: my job! I work for First Coast No More Homeless Pets (www.fcnmhp.org). We provie low-cost or free spay/neuter surgeries for low-income pet owners, including a TNR program for feral cats brought in by feral caretakers. We also work with our city’s animal control shelter to TNR feral, stray, and community cats brought to the shelter: in the past, they would have been euthanized, but now we sterilize and vaccinate them and release them back to their colony. When we get cats that AREN’T feral and would make a great pet, we partner with local pet supply stores to find homes for them. And for special cats that may not find a home right away, we have big comfy kennels for them or they roam upstairs in our office area.
We even won the Humane Alliance’s Bolts and Nuts Award for performing the most spay/neuter surgeries in one year: 24,111. w00t!
Tabby’s Place in Ringoes, NJ is one of the greatest havens for cats in hopeless situations. It’s a cageless, no-kill cat sanctuary comprised of open living spaces for both resident and adoptable cats and an outdoor atrium as well. Tabby’s Place is renowned for helping cats with special needs. The staff is kindheartedly and the work they do is nothing short of godly!
http://www.tabbysplace.org/
I second and third MinxyKat’s comments about Tabby’s Place. They are the last stop for so many kitties.
From their website:
Since the mission of Tabby’s Place is to serve as a refuge of last resort for cats, we only accept cats that are in hopeless situations. A cat scheduled to be euthanized at a shelter is in an inarguably hopeless situation. For this reason, the majority of cats at Tabby’s Place come from other shelters which, of necessity, must euthanize some cats.
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, haz speshul place for teh kittehs.
http://www.bestfriends.org/atthesanctuary/animals/cats.cfm
You definitely need to do a feature on the Canadian Parliament Hill Cat Sanctuary!
Adorable little condos for retired strays, and if you go at night, you just might be lucky enough to see some baby racoons stealing the kittys’ noms.
Check out this great cat rescue! http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_729508.html
Please do a feature on Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation in Arlington, VA! Their website is lostdogrescue.org. They are wonderful rescue organization with a ranch along with foster families for the goggies and kitties. If you live in the DC area they also run two nomming places – The Lost Dog Pizzaria and The Stray Cat Cafe. The decor and menus are all about dogs and cats. The Stray Cat has portraits of many of the kitties who founded their forever homes
They helped us find our wonderful goggie who joined our family of three kitties (rescues from when we lived in other parts of the nation). LDCRF is pretty well known in the DC area and they are wonderful people who help all animals find forever homes!
Furkids.org
sabing the kittehs
won at a tyme
http://www.blindcatrescue.com
For teh kittehs hoo cant see so gud
This is so weird! I was there two weeks ago with my husband!!!
http://www.pasadosafehaven.org/ has Kitty City. If I waz a kitty libbin on da street, I’d hang out wif dem folks.
Fat Kitty City in El Dorado Hills, California! (aka the Agee Memorial Wildlife Fund)
http://www.fatkittycity.org/index.html
Awl places dat luv da kittehs are specials!
Fat Cats on Parliament Hill (or will be after the election).
Fat Cats in the Baseball Diamond. (http://www.ottawafatcats.com/en/)
And best of all,
Fat cats behind the Hill (http://www.knowyourcat.info/getcat/parliamenthillcats.htm)!
Foal farm, Biggin hill, Kent, England. rescues, helps and looks after many cats. Ones that cannot be homed for behaviour or health reasons are allowed to stay on the farm. It is a really great place, run by friendly and caring people. They also care for a myriad of other animals, all through public donations and fund raising.
Sur cute!
Arr bart fur kittehs!
Kitty Haven Sanctuary:
http://www.kittyhavenrescue.org/
One woman does this all on her own – pics don’t do it justice. Adopts out hundreds of cats every year, saves thousands, and they all get love and attention. She has some of the worst horror stories of the most terrible things that have ever been done to kittens–we’re in a really bad area for strays, dumped cats, and non-spaying/neutering–but you can go see the survivors she has nursed back to health and given a wonderful home to. (P.S.: There are racecar beds.)
I stumbled upon a kitteh place:
http://animaltales.info/blog/cat-cafe-in-tokyo/
Maybe idea for the next time?
Here’s a sanctuary for special needs cats in New Haven, CT:
http://www.hope-alliance.org
If you told me there was something in Amsterdam called “The Pussy Boat” (more literal translation..) this is not what I would think of ;b
Seriously though, this is awesome and I cannot believe I missed it when I was there! Now I will have to go back.
http://members.petfinder.org/~MA44/index.htm
My favorite kitty heaven <3
this place always amazed me as a child: http://hermitagecatshelter.org/
our family had about 18 cats total, including the wild cat and her kittens that we fed that lived on the back porch (as long as no humans came back there). i always wanted more so that place was like heaven lol. another place i’ve found when i was living in philly was http://www.tabbysplace.org/index.html it’s for cats rescued from hopeless situations.