BATHURST’S celebrity cat Buttons is preparing for his next major appearance.
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The Stewart Street Veterinary Hospital identity will be on hand for selfies and a pat when the vet hospital hosts a special afternoon tea on Wednesday (August 24) to raise money for the RSPCA and to educate owners about dental care.
Cupcake Day was officially held on Monday, August 15, but events are being held around the country throughout August.
The Stewart Street Vets event is a registered RSPCA Cupcake Day fundraiser, so all proceeds will go towards the fight against animal cruelty.
Because it is Pet Dental Month, furry friends will be able to enjoy a dental chew biscuit while their owners learn tips on how to keep their pets’ teeth healthy.
Buttons, who has his own Facebook page and poses for a best-selling calendar, was recently named the joint state winner of the Dermcare Clinic Cat of the Year for the second year running.
The cupcake afternoon tea will be held at 2pm.
Hold the phone: stats tell story
HERE’S a technological sign of the times.
Parade read this week that new research shows just over one million Australian teens aged 14 to 17 (91 per cent) have a mobile phone.
Nearly all 14 to 17-year-old mobile owners have a smartphone (94pc), and 75pc (this is the part where Parade started having nightmarish visions of overflowing council garbage tips) are already on to their second or subsequent handset.
Further, 78pc of mobile-owning teens say someone else pays for all or most of their usage charges and 62pc got their current mobile handset brand new.
Unsurprisingly, almost half of teens surveyed said they can’t live without a mobile phone.
The research was conducted by Roy Morgan Research.
Parade is old enough to remember being given a small time slot each Saturday afternoon in which he was allowed to use the home phone to ring his best friend (who lived in a different town).
It certainly made for a quick catch-up.