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Apr
2
Either way, it’s probably best to lay off the tuna doughnuts for a while.
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Daily Herald | Large cat sighting has North Chicago wondering whats out there
It was a routine Friday night for North Chicago police officer Steven Schilaita until he parked at the station and began writing a report.”I saw something large out of the corner of my eye walking toward my squad car. I was stunned,” he said.
Schilaita was one of several people that day to see what was described as a large cat, possibly a cougar. Another sighting Sunday morning has put the town on alert.
“All our staff who are out, weve sent information to them asking them to keep their eyes open,” Mayor Leon Rockingham Jr. said Monday.
“Our biggest concern is that the residents are aware and they be more cautious when theyre out and about.”
Schilaita described the animal as about 5 feet long and weighing more than 200 pounds, with brown fur, pointed ears and white around its face.
It was about 9:30 p.m. when the animal approached nonchalantly, and rubbed against the front of the squad car, according to Schilaita. By then, he was crouched behind the open drivers side door with a gun trained on what he described as “this monstrous thing right in front of me.”
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Mar
10
Well, DUH. Who would open the little cans for them?
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Cats Help Shield Owners From Heart Attack
THURSDAY, Feb. 21 HealthDay News — Whether its a frisky kitten or a tubby tabby, a cat at home could cut your heart attack risk by almost a third, a new study suggests.
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The finding, from a 10-year study of more than 4,300 Americans, suggests that the stress relief pets provide humans is heart-healthy. Cat owners “appeared to have a lower rate of dying from heart attacks” over 10 years of follow-up compared to feline-free folk, Qureshi said.
Jan
25
Newsflash: They don’t really like each other. They just share a grudge against you.
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Wash That Grumpiness Right Out of That Cat - washingtonpost.com
Dear Dr. Fox:You often address the issue of introducing animals to a household. In 25 years, we have had one dog and five cats without any introduction issues.
When my husband and I were married, I brought a new kitten into his condo to live with his 8-year-old grouch of a cat. This cat had issues with animals and people alike.
We bathed both cats simultaneously with the same shampoo. About an hour after the baths, we found our grumpy cat licking the kitten dry. They never had a problem. As we introduced two new kittens over the years, we would bathe all of the cats with the same shampoo, and the new babies were accepted without problems. It has to be done so they all come out wet at the same time, smelling the same.
Three years ago, we brought in a rambunctious Westie pup to live with our 12-year-old and 3-year-old cats. We bathed the cats first and then bathed the puppy. The cats accepted him with no stress, fights or soiling, fast friends from the onset. I hope this helps your readers.
M.
Virginia Beach
Jan
3
no problem — we just give them each a beer and line ‘em up
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Scientific American: Cat Fleas Abhor A Vacuum
If you don’t subscribe to the Dutch journal Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, you might have missed the news about fleas: the best way to get rid of a house full of cat fleas is to reach for the vacuum cleaner. The old upright is not only lethal to adult bugs, but it completely wipes out their young. Scientists from Ohio State University had set out to determine what additional measures might be needed to kill a bunch of Hoovered-up fleas: burning, freezing, poisoning, maybe even a little good old fashioned stomping. But it turns out that getting sucked into a vacuum bag does the whole job.
The researchers were so surprised by the results, they repeated the study several times. In each experiment, they sprinkled a kitchen carpet with 100 cat fleas, either adults or juveniles. And they found that the vacuum snuffed out pretty much all of them. What makes vacuuming so deadly is hard to say. The researchers admit that they did not conduct a postmortem on any of the deceased. But they think it was the physical trauma of being sucked through the brushes that gave fleas a one-way ticket to the chitin-yard. Now, if only scientists could come up with a safe way to vacuum the cat.
–Karen Hopkin
Dec
30
except that she seems to have done just that
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THIS is Robo Cat—enforcer of the claw and steel standing after vets rebuilt her legs from scratch.
Blunder cat Baby had surgery to save one of her nine lives after plummeting from a third floor window and shattering her back legs.
But when the feline fractures were X-rayed, vets found she had suffered an earlier accident which left her with two metal rods in her FRONT legs.
Now the alloycat, six, is believed to be the only moggy in the country to have undergone such extensive surgery.
And just like the Bionic Man from Seventies TV hit The Six Million Dollar Man, Baby’s reconstruction wasn’t cheap. The £10,000 price tag means she’s also been dubbed the Bionic Cat by her owners.
Jess Gower, chief vet at the Blue Cross centre in Victoria, London—the charity which paid for the op —said: “Baby’s back leg bones had broken into several pieces.
“She is the only cat I have seen that has been fitted with a metal implant in each of her FOUR legs.”
“Contrary to popular belief, cats don’t always land on their feet.”
Dec
26
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