These cats are gorgeous spotted tabbies, which surprisingly have Siamese and Abyssinian cats in their genetic makeup! The result is a magnificent breed of cat, with a unique look and temperament.

Ocicat breeder and breed expert, Nola Kim of Oz Catz cattery in Australia, has provided us with a fascinating Ocicat breed description for our cat breeds section, along with some pictures of her Ocicats. Thank you, Nola!

And what better time to celebrate one of the resident Ocicats of TheCatSite.com’s community?

Anastasia is a gorgeous golden-eyes, tawny Ocicat princess, sharing her pampered life in two other Ocicats and forum member missymotus downunder in Australia. You can read more about her in her cat page, and visit her two team mates, Farley, the chocolate Ocicat and Demetrius, the silver chocolate spotted Ocicat.

Just a quick note with our own news bulletin for today -

Skippymjp has joined the TCS moderators team on the forums.

He has actually joined the team last week, but today he was assigned to the cat behavior and IMO forums, so now it’s all official!

It went out to thousands of subscribers a few days ago, and if you missed it, you can still read it online here:

Kitty Bytes - July 2008

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A very special cat in the spotlight today Satchmo owner of our forum member suni. True, they’re all very special, but this photograph is actually of a rare kind. I have seen thousands of cat photos submitted to various cat contests and let me tell you, capturing the image of a black cat is a major challenge!

This handsome dark fella brings us some Euro Chic to the site, as he’s a proud Austrian feline with a passion for… curred trout! Check out Satchmo’s cat page right here. And join our forums, if you still haven’t done so to create a cat page for each of your own special felines.

It’s not as simple as you may think. Cats need a lot of stimulation, of varied kinds, in order to stay happy and content while confined indoors. That’s why we have a brand new guide for you, with ten wonderful ideas on how to keep an indoor-only cat happy and away from boredom-induced destructive behavior. Check it out here:

Beating Boredom - What Indoor-Cat Owners Need to Know

More than 70 photo contests for more than six years! So many beautiful cats were featured, with hundreds of thousands of votes cast by you!

We’ve decided to end the Focus on Felines cat contest though, because we now have themed photo contests running regularly on TheCatSite.com Forums. To find out what the latest picture contest is, check out the Fur Pictures Only forum.

So, we ask you to vote one last time for your favorite cat picture here on Meowhoo.com. To get you going, here are the current featured participants: