Cat Newsgroups

Newsgroups are made available to you by your service provider [ISP]. Nearly all ISPs will carry these newsgroups: if yours does not then talk to them. If you have any difficulty finding these groups then your ISP should be able to help. I hope that you will take at least one of the newsgroups and enjoy it or them.

Binaries, ie pictures, are not permitted in any newsgroup except alt.binaries.pictures.animals.

The former newsgroup rec.pets.cats has been split into six different groups, and the original group no longer exists.

Getting a mailing list is different: see description with Cat-UK

DESCRIPTIONS

rec.pets.cats.anecdotes

Stories about cats, some humorous. This newsgroup and rec.pets.cats.community are the only really friendly newsgroups fostering friendship between many of the posters.

rec.pets.cats.community

Feline/human conversations and related topics, featuring Meowchat, articles between the actual cats.

rec.pets.cats.health+behav

Feline health and behavior, requests for help with problems, medical articles.

rec.pets.cats.rescue

Discussion of feline rescue organizations and methods, trying to place cats.

rec.pets.cats.misc

General feline topics, support for people who lose their cats.

rec.pets.cats.announce

Informational postings, FAQ's regarding cats. This group is moderated, ie posts have to be approved by the moderator.

alt.animals.felines

A more general group that covers much of the above, though not conversations between cats. There are also occasional postings about other felines such as Big Cats.

alt.animals.felines.diseases

This group is for advice on cat health matters, but is rarely used, and rec.pets.cats.health+behav is more likely to get helpful replies.

alt.cats

A very general and popular group, it is certainly worth a visit. However, it is the most argumentative of all the groups, containing some people with no love for cats, but only for causing trouble.

alt.pets.cats

A small general group.

alt.animals.cat

A small general group.

it.discussioni.animali.gatti

A small and friendly Italian-speaking newsgroup.

alt.binaries.pictures.animals

Pictures of animals. Pictures are not allowed in the ordinary groups.

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