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I live with a cat that runs my life. She's only seven pounds of fluff, but she packs a lot of scary fury in that fluff. So much so, that my friends refer to her as Kitler.
As the government put a value on cats, and as more people realized the key role played by those cuddly creatures, Gazans started to breed cats, and started to treat cats with more respect.
Days after the disaster, Fukushima's animals were starving. Rescue groups rushed to Tohoku to care for abandoned pets. A year later, challenges remain.
She was meant to be a companion for our cat Dizzy. She looked identical. The same kohl-rimmed eyes. The same silky, silver fur. The same sweet face. She was Dizzy's Doppelganger. But inside? A heart of darkness.
This guy may be looking for a girlfriend, but he might be better off with a sixth cat.
Grieving for a cat is a tricky proposition. Especially if you're a woman. By just owning one, you're a potential punchline and crying over one is viewed as more Cathy than cathartic.
From five-floor walkups to Park Avenue penthouses, Jeanne Adlon has traveled all over New York City to lovingly care for hundreds of cats.
For the young as well as the old, especially if they have Alzheimer's disease or another form of memory loss, there are many benefits in caring for pets.
According to Dr. Dennis Turner, each feline-human pair has an individual way of communicating, due in part to the wide variety of behaviors cats use to "talk" to their human family.
All living things are born, grow old and pass away. Death is a part of living, and if we concentrate on living we have better, happier lives.
Invasive species have increased in the Everglades at an alarming rate. Pythons tend to get more headlines, but little guys like the island apple snail and Asiatic clam can cause just as much damage to the ecosystem.
Because dogs and cats are the two most common companion animals, there's a tendency among humans to think they are more similar than they really are.
One sweet, brothy soup involved grilled peaches, chestnuts, hunks of tender lamb and soft potatoes. I drooled over the spinach and chickpeas creamed in yogurt. The divine after-meal tea was clove, cinnamon and ginger.
It really is the little things that make us all happy. Having a warm, dry place to sleep, being surrounded by loved ones, enjoying the small moments of peace and quiet.
Dogs and cats bring warmth to books, and their relationships with the books' human characters help flesh out the personalities of both the bipeds and quadrupeds.
