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Torchwood wrote:I loathe cats. They massacre the local songbird population.

Although cats were kept as pets in ancient Egypt, their modern domestication began only in the mid-eighteenth century and then increased rapidly (Champfleury M. The Cat: Past and Present. London: George Bell & Sons; 1885). Some people believe that schizophrenia was a rare disease prior to the mid-eighteenth century but then increased rapidly in incidence. Thus, the increase in keeping cats as pets and the increase in schizophrenia would have coincided (Torrey EF and Miller J. The Invisible Plague: The Rise of Mental Illness from 1750 to the Present. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 2001).

Azrael wrote:

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Does your mayor piss beer when you lift his tail?

Azrael wrote:

Torchwood wrote:I loathe cats. They massacre the local songbird population.

And they spread mental illness.

Although cats were kept as pets in ancient Egypt, their modern domestication began only in the mid-eighteenth century and then increased rapidly (Champfleury M. The Cat: Past and Present. London: George Bell & Sons; 1885). Some people believe that schizophrenia was a rare disease prior to the mid-eighteenth century but then increased rapidly in incidence. Thus, the increase in keeping cats as pets and the increase in schizophrenia would have coincided (Torrey EF and Miller J. The Invisible Plague: The Rise of Mental Illness from 1750 to the Present. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 2001).

monster_gardener wrote:Thank you Very Much for maintaining the Forum, Typhoon & Ymix

Mayor Stubbs the Cat has a Wikipedia entry and a Facebook Page!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stubbs_%28cat%29

http://www.facebook.com/stubbsmayorcat

If cats have nine lives, the stray felines in a Venice colony should consider themselves down to eight.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge issued an order Monday barring the removal of 20 to 35 cats that have roamed the grounds of the Lincoln Place apartments for years.

Aimco Venezia, the owner of the beach-adjacent complex, had planned to trap the cats Tuesday to prepare for a $150-million renovation in the coming weeks.

But fearing that the animals would be sent to a shelter only to be deemed feral and euthanized, an attorney for the Los-Angeles-based Stray Cat Alliance filed a complaint Monday to delay the plan and won a temporary judgment from Judge John H. Reid.

"Aimco has done nothing humane or responsible for these cats and now they want them hauled away to their deaths," said the alliance's executive director, Christi Metropole.

Aimco spokeswoman Cindy Duffy said the company has carefully followed the city's municipal code in its attempt to get the cats "out of harm's way."

"We want to be able to move forward with this major redevelopment, which will help with the whole area," Duffy said. "As we were doing this, we were taking into consideration the health and welfare of our residents, and we were trying to be responsible with how these cats might be removed."

To build its case, the alliance argued that it had property interest in the cats because it had spent thousands of dollars feeding, sterilizing, vaccinating, microchipping and otherwise caring for the animals.

Metropole said the alliance's spay and neuter program reduced the cat population from 100 to about 20 over the last 18 months. About 60 cats were adopted or relocated, she said. Others may have died or wandered away.

October 29 is an important date in the feline world. It’s National Cat Day, an annual “howliday” that celebrates one of the world’s most “purrfect” animals – cats.

National Cat Day
View slideshow: Happy National Cat Day: ‘Purrfect’ holiday helps felines find ‘furever’ homes

National Cat Day was founded in 2005 by Animal Miracle Foundation & Network founder, Pet Lifestyle expert, animal welfare advocate, animal lover and all around fabulous lady, Colleen Paige. Paige created National Cat Day in order to raise awareness about the millions of kittens and cats in animal shelters, rescue organizations and out on the street.

With the current economic situation, many animal shelters around the country have been inundated with pets. Sadly, millions of these unloved, unwanted, abandoned, abused and/or neglected felines will be euthanized through no fault of their own. Since National Cat Day’s inception, over 1 million cats and kittens have been adopted. Those lucky kitties finally found their “furever” homes and finally have a happy ‘tail.’

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Halloween Pumpkin Massacre at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa FL. Watch our tigers, lions, leopards and other big cats play with and destroy their annual halloween treat! Every year we hand out over 100 pumpkins and gourds to the cats at the sanctuary and they just love to play with them and of course "kill" them, it's great enrichment for the cats and the volunteers!

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Cats have prowled the streets of Rome since ancient times, more recently finding refuge with an association of volunteers who have lovingly tended to thousands of strays over the years amid the ruins of a site where Brutus is thought to have stabbed Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.

The shelter, in an underground space abutting a cherished archaeological site, consists of several bright, cage-lined rooms that hold dozens of strays at a time and has gained fame — and donations — as a popular tourist draw.

But after a couple of decades of tolerated, if not quite authorized, occupancy, Italy’s state archaeologists have told the association that it has to go, saying the illegal occupation risks damaging a fragile ancient monument. The cat lovers issued a ready reply: They have no intention of leaving.

“If they want war, we’ll give them war,” warned Silvia Viviani, a retired opera singer and one of the founders of the Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary association. “The cats need us.”

What has ensued is a fight that has drawn in a host of city officials, elicited a flood of e-mail from upset cat lovers and revealed a deeper clash between tradition and legality that has tested Rome’s notions of its cultural heritage....