Today’s Cat of the Day is Sly, submitted by Satah Pettigrew of the Medical Center East Heart Station. “Sly is 6 years old and the sweetest boy ever! He had his back left leg amputated last year after being diagnosed with feline injection-site sarcoma. He doesn’t let being a tripod cat get him down, as he runs and jumps as much as he always has.”
Today’s Dog of the Day is El Chapo Marie, submitted by Nichole Maloney of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology. “El Chapo Marie was found living with a feral cat colony in rural Kentucky. We think he’s a papillon and Chihuahua. His psychic said he’s over the past, enjoys travel, dancing and identifies as an Aries. Chapito is my best friend.”
Pets of the Day — what you need to know
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Pets of the Day are included in regular editions of the MyVUMC News newsletter, which is posted twice a week by VUMC News and Communications.
The pets are selected from the hundreds of entries sent to the VUMC Voice Pet Photo Contest.
For those who submitted a photo to that contest, watch MyVUMC News for Pets of the Day, and in addition, regular collections of pet photos are posted to the VUMC Voice site. You can see them all here: https://news.vumc.org/section/voice/pets-vumc/.
If you have a pet you would like to nominate for Pet of the Day, the next Pet Photo Contest submission period is coming up later this year, and will be announced in MyVUMC News.
Sly and El Chapo Marie were featured in the July 31, 2025, edition of MyVUMC News.