Today is Cat World Domination Day! 🎉 A celebration of how cats control and silently steer their human companions to bend to their will. A few cat subs have come together to celebrate this important holiday (full list at bottom). To the question of, Why don’t we celebrate Cat World Domination Day, everyday? We already do. They already have you trained. You know how they walk up to you and you have the urge to pet them? Yep, they did that; you’re cat certified™. 

Started in 2012, this annual holiday originally started as a birthday gift created by Janiss Garza fer her kitty, Sparkle. Because in a moment of clarity, Garza had a realization that Sparkle was quietly in charge of everythin. 

This holiday reminds us that kitty cats have an affectionate grip on us mere mortals, that we bend to their will without even realizin it. Kitty can be doin nothin at all, asleep, sittin and starin at us or up to mischief, plottin their overthrow and it is all spellbindin and charmingly infectious. Their cattitude is expressed in many ways from their judgemental stares, demandin (and sometimes insultin) meow commentary behind a closed door or whilest they impatiently await as we lumber about preparin their meals and lets not forget, their purrs that heal.

Today without shame, share your fondness of our cat overlords! Be it a remembrance of a prior feline god/s or of those currently makin demands on you, their prized and loyal hooman servant. Today pamper extra those that have allowed you into their hearts with a few extra treats, scritches, bongos and cuddles. No matter where you may be, how hard you try, they quietly exert control over us; their fur is unrelentin and gets everywhere no matter how many sticky rollers you may own; it is a minute-to-minute reminder that we are their hooman and they, our rock and anchor. Then... of course, there are those other times where they loudly berate and haunt us in the night (3am) and the mornins aaaand at every meal time because we are simply are not attendin to their needs fast enough.

**Today hoomans, let us celebrate! Share with us a cat god you’ve sworn fealty to, one that you adopted,  or had been fosterin so that it may go on to have a hooman or few of its own to boss ‘round and rule. And if you are shelter staff, a moment of how the kitties was a refuge fer you with their calm, cute and chaos in the shelter.** 

\*It must be said that while we honor the kitties, we must also do our best fer the *Hooman Resistance Movement* and not succumb entirely to the kitty, worldwide takeover. Kitties deserves to be regaled as the gods that they are. To get those kitties off the streets and snackin in your home on some treats, r/CatRescue encourages you to adopt or foster and to spay/ neuter. 

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Have a wonderful Cat World Domination Day!! From your mods of:

* r/blindcats \- All things blind cats!
* r/Kitten \- Kittens, advice, and lots of cuteness!
* r/CatRescue \- Where humans rescue cats and kitty cats rescue us. 
* r/Feral_Cats \- For caregivers of roaming cats to get support, ask questions, and share information.
* r/AnimalShelterStories \- Support community for animal shelter & rescue employees, volunteers, fosters, adopters, and friends.

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^(Photo Credits: Picture 1, Drumsticks from mcs385 (Feral\_Cats); Runt from Friendly\_TSE (AnimalShelterStories); Fatty from 404NinjaNotFound (Kitten); Bihter from ackopek (blindcats); Rock in costume as a globe from Eastern-Protection83 (CatRescue))

^(Picture 2, Kitty cats from mods: Friendly\_TSE (AnimalShelterStories helped feature all the foster neonatal kitties), ackopek (blindcats), 404NinjaNotFound (Kitten), mcs385 (Feral\_Cats), cheeze-dog (Feral\_Cats), yarnlord69 (Feral\_Cats), codeswift27 (Feral\_Cats), Cherveny2 (CatRescue), and Eastern-Protection ("Little Rock" the Kitty Cat Cheerleader from CatRescue))

^(Extra mention: Special thank you to all the mods that were eager to celebrate Cat World Domination Day on such short notice and a very special thanks to mcs385 whom arranged all the images on a tight release deadline.)

Happy Cat World Domination Day!