<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><a rel="nofollow" class="outbound_link" target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/goto/8933892/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3325147/He-s-not-scaredy-cat-Arty-feline-goes-SLEDDING-hill.html" style="max-height: 1000000px; text-decoration: none; height: 38px; vertical-align: middle; display: block !important;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Arty is not a scaredy-cat as he loves to spend his Caturday sledding down a hill.</span></font></a></div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the <i>Daily Mail </i>(London, England) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3325147/He-s-not-scaredy-cat-Arty-feline-goes-SLEDDING-hill.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3325147/He-s-not-scaredy-cat-Arty-feline-goes-SLEDDING-hill.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><h1 id="ext-gen58" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-size: 1em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">He's not a scaredy cat! Arty the feline goes SLEDDING down a hill</h1><ul class="mol-bullets-with-font" id="ext-gen59" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li class="" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><font style="font-size: 1.4em;"><strong><br></strong></font></li><li class="" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><font style="font-size: 1.4em;"><strong>- Black and white cat Arty waits at top of snow-capped hill while on a sled</strong></font></li><li class="" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><font style="font-size: 1.4em;"><strong><br></strong></font></li><li class="" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><font style="font-size: 1.4em;"><strong>- Owner gives cat a push and he sets off sledding at speed to the bottom</strong></font></li><li class="" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><strong><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><br></span></strong></li><li class="" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><strong><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">- Cat seems to enjoy </span><span style="font-size: 16.7999992370605px;">sensation</span><span id="ext-gen66" style="font-size: 1.4em;"> and lifts head as sled reaches dip in s</span></strong></li></ul><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><br></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font id="ext-gen38" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Most cats shy away from cold and wet weather but this feline is unlike any other - he rather bizarrely enjoys sledding.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This humorous clip shows black and white cat Arty, from Parker, Colorado, riding down a small snow-capped hill while sitting on a small sled.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It is unclear how the cat first got his appetite for the winter sport but it seems that he enjoys the thrill - given that he doesn't attempt to jump off that is.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" id="ext-gen40" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font id="ext-gen39" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The short clip shows the cat preparing for take-off before receiving a little push in the right direction, courtesy of his owner.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meanwhile a dog can be seen wandering towards the video maker, in clear anticipation of his turn.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" id="ext-gen42" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font id="ext-gen41" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As the sled starts moving down the snowy hill, the cat leans forward and braces himself against the increased wind.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font id="ext-gen43" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He then lifts his head as the sled reaches a dip in the slope, and ploughs down the hill along the makeshift track cut into the snow.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font id="ext-gen45" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The video concludes with the owner cheering as the sled comes to a safe stop at the bottom.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font id="ext-gen44" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The clip was posted to <a target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/dixie.chubb.3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold;">Facebook</a> by Dixie Chubb, who wrote: 'In case you've never seen a cat sledding before... I'll just leave this here.'</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font id="ext-gen46" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dixie also wrote that the cat does not wait to be retrieved and walks up the hill by himself once he has finished sledding. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Video</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3325147/He-s-not-scaredy-cat-Arty-feline-goes-SLEDDING-hill.html#v-8369833917674045984">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3325147/He-s-not-scaredy-cat-Arty-feline-goes-SLEDDING-hill.html#v-8369833917674045984</a></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>Photos . . .</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Preparing for take-off: The cat receives a little push in the right direction, courtesy of his owner<br><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112115_01.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112115_01.jpg</a></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Need for speed: The cat lifts his head as the sled reaches a dip in the slope, and ploughs to the bottom<br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112115_02.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112115_02.jpg</a></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><br></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112115_03.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112115_03.jpg</a></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>