Look, between you and us, we have a sneaking suspicion that cats, who we love so much, might be plotting to take over the world. Forget the Illuminati, we’re probably dealing with the Illumeownati! Don’t believe us? We might just have the proof you need.
We are featuring some of the most hilarious, silliest, and oddly unsettling cat group photos shared on the ‘Council of Cats’ online group. They’re clearly conspiring about something, and we’re curious to find out what. Scroll down for pet pics where they look like their owners clearly interrupted an important meowting.
#1 Shh… The Leader Is Talking
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#2 The Council Gave Me A Fright, Pretty Sure I Did Something Wrong
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#3 Council Of Weirdos
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The internet’s love of cats is clear for everyone to see. It can be explained from a few different angles. First of all, they, like other animals, are incredibly dynamic. In a nutshell, human beings love watching living, thinking, feeling beings do their own things.
Meanwhile, cats, in particular, have super expressive faces. So, people relate to their looks and attach human emotions (emeowtions?) to them. It is very easy to turn them into memes that make other people go “yeah, same!”
#4 They Said This Needed To Be Posted Here. Ladies And Gentlemen… The Council
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#5 Council Members Are Asleep
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#6 The Dingus Bros Judging My Short Walk
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What’s more, cats create a lot of opportunity for surprises and humor.
On the one hand, they are noble, fierce, refined, solitary, and royal creatures (with just a smudge of arrogance). On the other hand, they’re friendly, social, caring, incredibly loving, as well as derpy and silly. There’s a lot of room for unexpected behavior between these two extremes!
#7 Hanging With My Building’s Backyard Denizens
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#8 Meeting Ran Late, No One Could Stay Awake Through It
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#9 The Counsel Is Evenly Distributed
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‘Council of Cats’ has been sharing cute, chuckle-worthy, wholesome, and weird photos of cats plotting to take over the world since October 2022. At the time of writing, the online community (or is it ‘commewnity’?) has 5.5k council meowmbers.
The group values original content, so members are encouraged to only ever share photos and videos that they’ve personally taken. What’s more, obviously, posts must contain more than one cat! Individual cats are, of course, wonderful, too, and their pics can be shared in the pinned posts on the sub, as a comment.
#10 Nothing To See Here
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#11 Rare Joint Council Meeting
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#12 Council Has Told Me Its Time To Stop Working
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During an earlier interview, the Bored Panda team found out all about the ‘Council of Cats’ group from the friendly moderators running it. The sub’s creator, DryMouthKitty, told us about the inspiration behind it.
“I created r/CouncilOfCats because I wanted to make my own cat-centric commewnity on Reddit. There are many different subreddits that focus on specific kinds of cats, or specific things cats are doing, but there wasn’t really anything for groups of cats,” they said.
#13 The Orange Is Trying To Sneak His Way Into The Council Today 👀
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#14 The Council Meets For Eats
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#15 I’m Pretty Sure Jonesy, Reilly And Bonnie Mcpurray Were Plotting Something…
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According to the creator of the sub, any group of cats (“more than one”) counts as a “council.”
“As a big fan of Pinky and The Brain, it was humorous to imagine that anytime two or more cats are together, they are secretly plotting to take over the world. So that is the type of discussion we encourage, and our Council Meowmbers picked up on that, and it just took off from there!” DryMouthKitty said.
#16 Council Awaits The Churu!
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#17 The Council Is Disappointed
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#18 The Council Is Waiting For Me To Wash My Sheets So They Can Puke On Them Again
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“As far as moderation goes, everyone is mostly just having fun, so we don’t have to remove too many things that are rude or off-topic. The biggest issue is SPAM, content usually from bot account that is stolen and shared to farm karma. We have an OC (Original Content) only rule that is used mostly to discourage that, and automated filters do the rest,” they revealed what it’s like to actually run the community.
DryMouthKitty told Bored Panda that the images that the community enjoys the most include those that feel like the photographer intruded on a cat meeting.
#19 They Must Be Planning Our Demise 🥹
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#20 The Council Session Was Interrupted By Some Breaking News On Birb TV
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#21 80% Of My Crew Having A Meeting And Then Ernie Apparently Is Not Happy With The Outcome
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Meanwhile, during another interview, Laura Watson, Cat Welfare Assistant at International Cat Care and Registered Veterinary Nurse, explained to our team how cats feel about socializing with each other.
“Domesticated, or pet cats, originate from their wildcat ancestors, who were solitary predators and did not live in socially structured groups. They would hunt and live alone and rely solely on themselves for survival. However, cats are a remarkably adaptable species, and whilst retaining their roots as a solitary hunter, they have shown the capability to adapt to group living through the development of social structures – some might say they are socially flexible,” she told Bored Panda earlier.
#22 I Came Upstairs To This
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#23 Forming A New Council
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#24 Council Of Cottonballs
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It is important for cats to have a territory to call their own where they feel safe to sleep, eat, play, interact with others, and potentially hunt. So, it can sometimes be difficult to introduce a new cat into a home where another cat already lives.
“It is important to recognize that even when the introduction process is conducted as carefully as possible, there is no guarantee that the cats will happily accept one another. Some cats simply do not want to live with other cats, and it is important to recognize and act on this to ensure the cats in your care have the best welfare possible, both in terms of thinking about their physical health and their mental wellbeing,” Watson said.
#25 Council Of Cats Has Determined: They Demand The Feather 😂🪶
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#26 Council Of Sun-Worshippers
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#27 Apparently I’m Not Allowed In This Council Session
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“When introducing a new cat to the home, carefully planned introductions must be made to form positive relationships between resident cats and new cats. A resident cat may feel the need to defend their home from a new cat and to protect their resources (food/water/litter facilities/toys etc.).”
A lot depends on the cat’s personality and life experiences. That being said, as an owner, the best thing you can do is to make sure that your home has enough space and resources for each animal so that they don’t have to share. It also helps if you create a living environment that allows cats to behave naturally, like, well, cats. This means creating a space that allows them to “perform natural species-specific behaviors, such as predatory behaviors (hunting for food/playing), gaining access to high places, scratching, toileting facilities.”
#28 Brotherhood Is A Beautiful Thing
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#29 The Council Is In Recess
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#30 In Line For Dinner
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Which of these photos from ‘Council of Cats’ did you enjoy the most, Pandas? What do you think these cats have been discussing recently, and how do you think this will affect global politics and the world economy?
When is the last time you’ve accidentally stumbled upon your pets having a (not so) secret council meeting?
Share your thoughts and pet pics in the comments!
#31 We Request Your Presence At Our Weekly Safety Meeting
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#32 The Supuuuureme Court Meets
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#33 The Council Passed A Unanimous Vote To Break For Nap Time Before Resuming The Deliberations Over The Snack Menu
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#34 The Council Objects To Catio Repair And Access Denial!
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#35 Cat Plasma
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#36 Bird Outside
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#37 Jonesy, Reilly And Bonnie Mcpurray Looking At Me Like I’m Interrupting Something, As Usual
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#38 Mr Silly Says You Can Leave Now
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#39 Meeting Is Canceled
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#40 The Council Is Impatient
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#41 You Might Not Believe Me, But There Are 3 Council Members
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#42 Judging The Cat Across The Way
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#43 The Eye Contact
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#44 Awaiting My Fate
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#45 The Council Is Adjourned For Nap Time
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#46 The Council Is Hungry And Sleepy🫶
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#47 I Feel Like They’re On Guard
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#48 We’re Boned…aren’t We?
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#49 Council Is In Session
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#50 I Don’t Know What To Tell You. The Council Specifically Requested Seating 🤷♀️
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#51 The Council Decided That We Aren’t Being Fed Enough
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#52 The Council Received A New Sofa Today. Next Up On The Docket: Which Section To Sharpen Claws On
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#53 Deciding What’s For Dinner (Oc)
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#54 Apparently I Am The Site Of The Next Council Meeting
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#55 Council Of Laziness
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#56 Half Plus One Qualifies As A Quorum, Right?
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#57 Council Of 8 Adjourns To Surveil
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#58 The Council Is Unavailable At This Time
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#59 I Interrupted A Meeting In Their Kitty Cat Lounge Today. Jonesy, Reilly And Bonnie Mcpurray Would Like Some Privacy, Please! Even Their Uncle Butters Was There
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#60 Council Looking For …..?
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#61 I Asked The Council To Take A Vote On If I’m Allowed To Leave The Bed Yet
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#62 The Council Is Waiting For The Magic Water Bowl To Activate
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#63 The King And His Court
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#64 When You Don’t Get Council Approval To Leave The House All Day
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#65 The Council Is Deliberating On The New Breakfast Menu
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#66 I’ve Interrupted Another Meeting – Jonesy, His Sister Bonnie Mcpurray And Their Uncle Butters Are Not Impressed!
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#67 It’s Unanimous. The Council Owns The Bed
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#68 Couch Council
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#69 No Meetings On A Sunday
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#70 The Council’s Afternoon Nap Zz
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#71 Council Approves Of The New Toy, But Wonders What Mom Was Thinking, Only Buying One??
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#72 The Council Is Conducting A Snack Inspection
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#73 The Junior Council Says, “You Made The Right Turn, Friend. “
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#74 Okay, What Are They Plotting???
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#75 Rare Council/Conjunction Of Our Cattos
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#76 Yin And Yang
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#77 The Gray Council Is In Session
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#78 I Was 30 Minutes Late To Dinner! They Formed A Meeting 💀
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#79 They’re In His Way
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#80 In Line For Treats
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#81 My Husband And Half Of Our Council On Our Bed
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#82 Humans Are So Soft
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#83 The Council Has A New Member!
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#84 60% Of The Council Awaits Their Morning Treats
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#85 The Council Is Posted Up Wanting Dinner
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#86 The Council Is Confused…where’s Mom Going!??
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#87 Moving Isn’t An Option
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#88 The Council Grows Up
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#89 Morning Floof Council
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#90 Council Of 😋
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#91 The Council Convenes Amongst The Rainbows
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#92 Wrong Neighborhood, Punk
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