As many of you know, Seattle has been in a cat war with Portland for weeks now. So many arguments have been fought on so many grounds that it seems impossible to summarize them all, but I'll give you the briefest possible rundown.

My eloquent and gracious colleague, Megan Burbank, esteemed arts editor for the Purrtland Mercury, urged the single women of Portland to adopt more cats despite the fact that a recent survey found Portland to be Cat-Lady Town, U.S.A. I said no way, those numbers are bunk, we have more cats, and anyway this whole cat lady thing is sexist. Burbank said wutev, the numbers are solid, but good point re: the patriarchy, let's count the men. I said let's just count everybody, which I did. She said Slog poll numbers are bunk but okay she was going to count everybody, too. I said all of our numbers are bunk but wutev Seattle has more cats, f u. She said no no f u here's a bunch of adorable photos of Portland kitties.

Portland may have pics, but Seattle's got vids. Behold, a live-feed of cats playing around at PAWS Cat City, a cat-only adoption spot located in the University District. The cats you see in the video are ready for adoption. They have names, they have personalities, they have hopes, and they have dreams.

If you want to adopt one of these adorable cats, then start by filling out this survey so the cat yentas can match you with the critter of best fit. (You can also fill out this survey at Cat City's store in the U-Dist.)

Also, the Stranger and PAWS are happy to announce that Cat City plans to live-stream video of adoptable cats nearly every day on their website. So this level of cat-adorableness is going to be going on in Seattle more often, and soon.

Suck it, Portland:

Meet the Cats

Alice A, short-hair white and black

Female/Spayed
Domestic Medium Hair/Mix
3 years 2 months

Leah, short-hair brown tabby with white chest and pink collar *UPDATE* Leah has been adopted. Woo!

Female/Spayed
Domestic Shorthair/Mix
2 years

Captain America, medium-hair brown tabby *UPDATE* Captain America has been adopted. Success!

Male/Neutered
Domestic Longhair/Mix
2 years 1 month

Gomez, short-hair brown tabby

Male/Neutered
Domestic Shorthair/Mix
2 years 7 months

Callie, brown and black kitten with a stripe down her nose *UPDATE* Boom. Adopted.

Female/Spayed
Domestic Shorthair/Mix
5 months

King, fluffy white and gray

Male/Neutered
Domestic Medium Hair/Mix
4 years 1 month

Find more adoptable cats at PAWS: Cat City.