Every week, we bring you the finest collection of tweets written about our furry friends. Here's a link to our last week's list, in case you've missed it.

Every year, September 23 is designated National Dogs in Politics Day, which is also known as Checkers Day. Why Checkers? Because this day is the anniversary of a very famous pre-presidential Richard Nixon speech that introduced America to the best-known presidential dog to never have lived in the white house. Story Via: Presidential Pet Museum.

Here are the funniest, cutest and plain bizarre cat videos of the week! Enjoy! If you missed last week's top 5, you can find it here! There are few things in this world better than scrolling through cat hashtags on Instagram. 

According to a recent study, goats are more intelligent than people previously thought. Goats have the ability to understand human expressions. They can tell the difference between unhappy faces and smiling ones and are attracted to the latter. 

Pretty wild, huh? 

How was the study conducted, you might ask. Researchers went to a goat sanctuary, and they showed goats a pair of photos — one with a happy face and the other with an angry expression. They were surprised to find that ALL the goats were drawn to the happy face. 

Honestly, the fact that Goats like you more when you're happy sounds like a good enough reason to smile. 

A 6-year-old boy once said, "People are born so that they can learn how to live a good Life - - like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?' Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long." 

That line has always stuck with us. It's so well put and feels so true. Dogs are born pure and are the embodiment of happiness, joy and love -- everything we humans should be.  We can learn so much from them. 

These snaps are for all the good bois and girls out there, we love you! 

There is a magnificent beast immediately recognizable to every child in the world, with its heavy grey skin and prominent horn (or horns!) upon its snout the rhinoceros is a much-loved critter. However, it is deeply endangered in the wild and is quickly on the road to extinction if something isn't done. So it is that World Rhino Day was established to help raise awareness and protect what remains of these magnificent creatures. 

There's a small French town called Armentieres that were in for quite a surprise this week. Why? A BLACK PANTHER was spotted on residential rooftops! 

One resident was able to capture pictures of the panther right outside his balcony window and uploaded it to Twitter. 

The Twitter user, Anton Bundle, posted the photo that shows the wildcat casually strolling by as if not a solitary care in the world.

It wasn't long until the authorities got involved, firefighters and police set up cordons to help keep people safely away from the panther as they thought of a plan to capture the panther safely. 

A security source spoke to The Sun, describing the panther as "calm and well domesticated."

"It took two hours to get her in a position where she could be trapped, and then a vet used a gun to fire a hypodermic tranquilizer at the animal as it tried to climb into a window."

The security source continued, "She was taken to an animal refuge center and is in good shape. Her owner is known to police but has gone on the run."

Turns out, as if it were a surprise to anyone, that the wild animal didn't have any registration documents, meaning that she was more than likely a "black market animal" who had been trafficked to France illegally.

Thankfully, the panther is now being held safely at the Protestant League of Lille (LPA) and spend the night in a blacked-out cage, which is known to reduce stress in wild animals. 

An LPA spokesman said the panther is "quite young" and "like Labrador."

The LPA has already contacted a nearby zoo in the hopes the panther can find a new home.

Story via The Sun

There's nothing like some good laughs on a Sunday morning. Want some more? Here's a link to our previous list.