Feline okay? The app that tells you if your cat's happy

Dr. Liz Ruelle uses a new app called Tably that reads cat's faces and helps her monitor a cat's health at the Wild Rose Cat clinic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 14, 2021. Photo taken July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Todd Korol

(Reuters) - Cat owners who love to take pictures of their furry friends now have a new excuse to pull out their smartphones and take a snapshot: it may actually help the cat.

A Calgary, Alberta, animal health technology company, Sylvester.ai, has developed an app called Tably that uses the phone's camera to tell whether a feline is feeling pain.