Pets, Adoption & Rescue

Bend Bulletin: ‘NaMEOWste’ Combines Cats & Yoga

Several cats, by way of sniffs and head bumps, investigated a group of humans acting remarkably catlike during a recent afternoon in Redmond.

“Inhale, up on your toes, exhale all of your air,” said yoga instructor Jaimie ­Hamman. Nearly 20 participants, spread neatly on mats, followed suit. Several cats, which meandered through, however, paid no mind to the yoga cues. They preferred to stretch and recline wherever coziest — preferably within arm’s reach of a grinning yogi.

Bend Bulletin: Exotic Bird Rescue Opens Near Tumalo

Ear-piercing chatter and squeals that rang from inside Donna Costley’s steel building sounded like a preschooler’s well-attended birthday party. Stepping inside revealed the noise was the pandemonium of 60 exotic birds — the residents of Second Chance Bird Rescue, north of Tumalo.

The chatter crescendos when a new visitor enters the doorway. Bursts of indigo, tropical green and orange plumage greet the eyes while chirps, clicks and chatter assault the ears.

“Hello! Hello!” a parrot called out.

Bend Bulletin: Honoring a Pet; The Path from Mourning to Adoption

“Uh, Miss?” The New York Police Department officer said after conferring with his colleagues. “What we think happened was: Your cat had a party.”