Will Geer wanted to see more cats on The Waltons. Now, that's a statement we can get behind.

Geer never shied away from talking about The Waltons, he even had a few suggestions on how to make the series better. One of those suggestions, however, was not quite what we were expecting.

In a 1974 interview with The Herald, Geer raised an important question: "Why is there are no cats in The Waltons?"

"Never in my life have I ever seen a rural family that had a barn that didn't have some cats running around chasing after mice," he said. "Not one cat in The Waltons? Why is that anyway?".

Two dogs and a cat passed away. They were brought before God. God spoke to the German Shepard, and said "You were brave, loyal, and protected your family. You will sit on my right side." Then he spoke to the Doberman, "You were strong, ferocious, and saved your platoon. You will sit on my left side." Then he turned to the cat, and before he could say anything the cat interrupted and said "You are in my seat."

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Cat Video Fest Returns To Music Box — And Adoptable Kittens Will Be There, Too

The Music Box is hosting the event the weekend of August 5-6, with part of the proceeds going to Red Door Animal Shelter.

In Cat Video Fest, theaters around the country showcase clips selected from countless hours of cat-related video submissions.

Cat-lovers submit more than 400 clips annually to be featured in a finished film, including music videos, animations and feline-related viral videos. The best submissions get compiled into the 75-minute film for all to watch.

Can cats at a crime scene help find key DNA evidence?

Pets at a crime scene may be helpful in gathering key evidence but rarely are they considered for their role in human DNA transfer.

For the first time, Flinders University forensic science researchers have examined the presence and transfer of human DNA on pets such as cats and dogs.

This research considers cats both as receptors and vectors for DNA of a person of interest—key evidence in criminal investigations.

"Cats in space"
NASA makes purrrr-fect deep space transmission of cat vid

Tabby footage crosses millions of miles and was still faster than most folks' home broadband

From the department of "what must the aliens think of us?" comes news that NASA has demonstrated its Deep Space Optical Communications experiment through the medium of a cat video.

The 15-second, ultra-high definition video of an orange tabby cat named Taters was sent back to Earth as part of the demonstration. It took 101 seconds for the video to reach Earth, with the system running at its maximum bit rate of 267 Mbps.

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Salinas cat travels over 1,000 miles back home after going missing in Yellowstone

The couple, said they have gone on many camping trips with their cats before. However, this trip to Yellowstone ended with one of their cats, named Rayne Beau, at the SPCA in Roseville, California.

After being startled, Rayne Beau ran off into the Yellowstone trees. The couple, worried for his safety, spent every day of their trip trying to find him.

They even laid out his favorite treats and toys in hopes he would find his way home, but by the end of their trip, they thought they may never see him again.

“We had to leave without him,” said Susanne Anguiano. “That was the hardest day because I felt like I was abandoning him.”

... Sixty days later, their hopes came true when they received a message from Pet Watch with Rayne Beau’s microchip identification and location.

He was in Roseville, California, at the local SPCA. The couple said a woman in the area found him alone in the street, realized he was someone’s pet, and turned him in.

... Still, the couple does not know how their cat, in two months, was able to get from Yellowstone to Roseville, which is over 800 miles away.

Searchers find body of missing Pennsylvania woman who fell into sinkhole

The body of a 64-year-old woman who fell into a sinkhole while searching for her missing cat was found Friday by searchers, police said Friday.

The grim discovery of (her) body was made on Friday morning.

Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Trooper Steve Limani announced that crews were still working to recover the body from the hole.