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Caitlin Jill Anders

Los Angeles

Staff Writer at The Dodo

Professional writer. Cat mom. Anxiety queen. Mental health advocate. Sex-positive human.

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  • 6 days ago | thedodo.com | Caitlin Jill Anders

    A woman named Emily was trying to pick up a U-Haul truck when a cat wandered up out of nowhere and climbed into her lap. She asked around and found out the cat, later named Lou, lived on the lot and people fed her sometimes. They described her as feral, but Lou was obsessed with Emily from the moment she laid eyes on her. It’s possible she was looking for help and decided Emily was someone she could trust — because, as Emily soon discovered, Lou was actually pregnant.

  • 6 days ago | thedodo.com | Caitlin Jill Anders

    In a small town in England, a sweet cat waited for someone to notice her. She was trapped between a building and a fence, unable to move. Eventually someone noticed her, and her eyes pleaded with them. She was desperate for help — both for herself and her kittens. The RSPCA was called out to help, and they arrived to find the mama cat stressed, dehydrated and still trapped.

  • 6 days ago | thedodo.com | Caitlin Jill Anders

    Emily Dahl was driving down the highway when, all of a sudden, she saw the most shocking thing: a chicken. “I literally just got a chicken out of the highway,” Dahl said in a video on TikTok. “I don’t know how I’m gonna get her home.”Once she had secured the chicken, later named Lilith, Dahl put her in a basket in the front seat of her car.

  • 1 week ago | thedodo.com | Caitlin Jill Anders

    When Tanya Michelle and her family found a tiny 3-week-old kitten who’d been rejected by his mom, they immediately adopted him. Tanya let her youngest daughter, who was almost 2, name their new kitten, and she chose the name Meow Meow. “He also goes by ‘Bubba’ and to me he is ‘Mister’ or ‘Sweet Boy,’” Tanya wrote on TikTok. Meow Meow quickly became a cherished member of the family, bringing joy to his parents and sisters year after year. One day, out of nowhere, he got incredibly sick.

  • 1 week ago | thedodo.com | Caitlin Jill Anders

    It was Miranda Gonzalez’s 18th birthday when she adopted her cat, Holly, and from that day on, she only had one wish: that Holly would live long enough that Gonzalez could throw her a quinceañera. “It was always a dream of mine since she was little,” Gonzalez told The Dodo.

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20 Jan 23

RT @thedodounion: This morning we were informed that Vox is laying off 7% of its staff, and several of our unit members were impacted. This…

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4 Nov 22

RT @EwdatsGROSS: I am not meant to work I am meant to buy things at TJ Maxx and read books and pet cats

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31 Oct 22

RT @thedodounion: 🎉The Dodo Union has voted unanimously to ratify our second collective bargaining agreement!🎉 Here’s why our unit is thril…