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The Water Bowl: How to Toilet Train Your Cat! Plus, Dog Saves Boy in Cougar Attack

01/04/2010 at 10:30 AM EST

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Hard to believe, but it's a growing trend: Toilet training for cats. Though, be warned – getting cats to go potty over the toilet instead of in the litter box might be difficult to achieve successfully. –WSJ.com

A golden retriever named Angel got in between a cougar and an 11-year-old boy as the cougar lunged at the child. The dog, who survived, is credited with saving the boy's life. –KOMONews.com

A missing Himalayan cat has been reunited with his owner after two years. The owner had consulted a pet psychic; Fluffy's microchip eventually led to his discovery. –MyFOXTambaBay.com

In a recent issue of Hello! Magazine, Paris Hilton posed with her micro pig, Miss Piglette, and spoke about how she and her boyfriend hang out in bed with Hilton's beloved new pet. –Daily Mail

The Obama family spent Saturday in Hawaii checking out the "dolphins, sea lions, penguins, stingrays and sea turtles" at Sea Life Park. –AP via washingtonpost.com

Tigers, whose worldwide number tops out at just 3,200, are in serious danger of extinction. The world's tiger population has decreased 95 percent in the past 100 years. –Telegraph

A sergeant in the Kansas Army National Guard befriended a puppy in Afghanistan and is now trying, along with his wife, to bring the dog to Kansas. –The Wichita Eagle