Cats Glide to Easy Win in Atta Boy (old article, but amusing)

BEND, OR (AheadOfNews.com) - Dog mushers expressed dismay yesterday when a sled pulled by Siberian cats won the Atta Boy 300 Sled Dog Race in central Oregon.
Rachel Tucker of Baker City, Ore., was allowed to enter the race with her 200-cat team as a publicity stunt. Apparently no one except Tucker expected her to win.

"I told the puppy lovers to watch out, that these cats were for real, but they thought I was joking," said Tucker, also known as "Fur Muffin."

Tucker and her Silver Classic Tabby Kravchenko Siberians took the lead during the first stage of the race, a 47-mile loop around Mount Bachelor, and increased it during each subsequent stage. They completed the entire 300-mile course in just over 22 hours, about an hour ahead of the nearest dogs.

"I've never seen anything like it," said Mike Kensington of Bear Creek, Yukon Territory. "My poor Huskies almost died of embarrassment."

http://www.siberiancats.com/race.htm

I'll believe that when I see it for myself :)

probably get me into very deep deep trouble with the ASPCA. They have a mind of their own and I have no desire to beat the crap out of them to submit to my will.

That's why I love cats!

But I did hear that in order to get to cat to do you what you want, give'em something he or she wants to do, and what cat wouldn't want to beat the shit out of a dog--even in a race?

...step two is to bandage the wounds. Step three: order the cats very loudly not to drag you across the finish line.

Victory is yours.