I Can Has Cheezburger, a Home

Cats: Thanks to blatantly biased media portrayals they are seen as finicky (hello, Morris), sneaky/evil (Lady and the Tramp, if you please) or lazy, sloe-eyed lasagna lovers (damn you, Garfield). Or worse! Meanwhile, their canine counterparts coast by on cool slogans such as "Dogs are man's best friend." Today, more than 70% of the unlucky cats living in animal shelters are euthanized compared with 56% of dogs. (OK, mutts have it pretty rough, too.)

To bring awareness to the gritty kitty sitch, national adoption database Petfinder.com and Cat Fancy magazine created the Cats Rule! Ad Contest. People enter by creating a 7" x 10" ad that shows the world "the value and importance of cats." Finalists will be posted online so that readers can vote for their favorites, and the winning entry will run as a full-page ad in Cat Fancy and appear on PF/CF Web sites.

The winner will be announced in June, aka Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month. June? Oh, great! Cats are being upstaged by brides, too...