<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><div>Captain's log, stardate 47634.44. My orders are to investigate this website's peculiar fascination with a strange phenomenon known as 'Caturday'.</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of <i>People</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://people.com/pets/beam-me-up-kitty-its-star-trek-with-cats/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">http://people.com/pets/beam-me-up-kitty-its-star-trek-with-cats/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-family: 'HCo Gotham SSm', sans-serif; font-size: 46px; letter-spacing: -0.9200000166893005px; text-align: center; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Beam Me Up, Kitty! It's </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: 'HCo Gotham SSm', sans-serif; font-size: 46px; letter-spacing: -0.9200000166893005px; text-align: center; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Star Trek </em><span style="font-family: 'HCo Gotham SSm', sans-serif; font-size: 46px; letter-spacing: -0.9200000166893005px; text-align: center; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">with Cats</span></div><div><br></div><div>Star Trek is a sci-fi classic; the only thing that could make it better? Cats.</div><div><br></div><div>Thankfully, the beacon of light that is illustrator Jenny Parks has transformed scenes from the original Star Trek series (sorry Next Generation and Voyager fans!) into kitty-filled tributes to the show.</div><div><br></div><div>We got a peek at the book she created out of this amazing brainstorm, which has the simple and straight forward title, Star Trek Cats.</div><div><br></div><div>So, let’s get ready to beam to a land where all things Star Trek just got a little furrier, and we aren’t talking about tribbles.</div><div><br></div><div>Captain Kirk may have been replaced with a kitty, but this orange meower still has William Shatner’s signature swagger.</div><div><br></div><div>“I’ve been a cat person for as long as I can remember. Combine that with a scientific illustrator’s passion for drawing animals and all things nerdy, and you get a series of my favorite pop culture characters as cats. Somehow it all became more than just a ridiculous hobby, as I realized how many people out there loved these cats, too,” said Parks, explaining her book’s origin story.</div><div><br></div><div>“One of the things I enjoyed most about working on Star Trek Cats, was figuring out what breeds to make each character,” she added. “Obviously Scotty had to be a Scottish Fold, but it took some searching to find a cat for Spock with appropriately distinctive ears, which I eventually found in the Oriental Shorthair.”</div><div><br></div><div>Not only does feline Spock have his human/Vulcan counterpart’s infamous ears, but Park also made sure to give him an ectrodactyly thumb, so Spock could still flash his favorite hand gesture.</div><div><br></div><div>To see even more of these Star Trek sweeties, get your own copy of Star Trek Cats (Chronicle Books, $14.95 hardcover) for the sci-fi cat fanatic in your life.</div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/145215841X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=popetkbnov16-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=145215841X&linkId=c093f43aed036b9e499d3f6c25934915">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/145215841X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=popetkbnov16-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=145215841X&linkId=c093f43aed036b9e499d3f6c25934915</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Photos . . .</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_021117_01.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_021117_01.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_021117_02.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_021117_02.jpg</a></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);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_021117_03.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_021117_03.jpg</a></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);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_021117_04.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_021117_04.jpg</a></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);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_021117_05.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_021117_05.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></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></body></html>