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Father's blood is strong!

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Like father like son goes the saying. It certainly applies here. These look like Scottish Folds with 'faulty' ears. They've not folded completely flat to the head which is the desired amount of fold kittens are not born with completely folded ears. They fold gradually. The kitten is priceless. He looks like a toy as he is so perfect and symmetrical. The title comes from Twitter as does the image.

Kitten at work sleeps with a 'head press'

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Kitten at work, sleeps with a 'head press'. Screenshot. Yes, this cute tabby kitten is head pressing while sleeping but this is not because they have a headache as can be the case with head pressing. It is a known feline behavior when they have headaches. Humans do it too. It alleviates the pain. RELATED:  What causes cat head pressing (headache) ? But in this instance, it is just that they've ended up sleeping in a slightly odd position which we see a lot of on the internet.  What humans think of as comfortable sleeping arrangements do not apply to cats all the time. But I love to see cats at work.  This looks a genuine work place and not home working. If I am correct this is an enlightened business. There is a gradual awakening to the possibility of allowing cats at workplaces.  The only difficulty is that someone has to take change of the toilet arrangements. They have to be thought through before the boss gives the green light.  Dogs are easier in this regard. You just

13 rescue cats to be transferred to the island of Jersey from England

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NEWS AND COMMENT: This is the first time that I've heard of rescue cats being flown from mainland UK i.e. England, to Jersey which is a self-governing Crown Dependency of the United Kingdom. It is near France.  It seems that most of the business on the island is to do with financial investment and financial services. The island has a reputation for residents who are very wealthy. Apparently, the wealth gap between the richest and poorest is increasing on the island. Believed to be one of the cats. Image: Reuters. But with respect to the story regarding the rescue cats, it is interesting that they are being flown from Leeds where they were surrendered from, as I understand it, a single home, and where the rescue centre's administrative staff believe they would be unable to rehome them satisfactorily. The point I'm making is that there are people on the island of Jersey who want to adopt cats whereas in Leeds there are less people of that kind. And it is said that the rescue

Woman lost her sister's cat in the kitchen

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Cat demonstrates her ability to squeeze into small spaces. This is not the cat in question but it is illustrative of the cat's abilities to hide inside the home. This is a story on mumsnet.com, which highlights the expertise with which cats can hide inside the home. A woman, who lives in a flat, agreed to look after her sister's cat. Her sister dropped off her cat while she was at work and placed the cat in the kitchen and closed the kitchen door. The woman returned home from work and told her children not to open the kitchen door. She left the front door open while she unloaded the car. She entered the kitchen to check out her sister's cat and bingo: no cat. She said: "Come to the kitchen, door fully closed and cannot find her anywhere? I have searched the cupboards, on top of the units, tried to pull the washing machine out to see if she was behind there, I cannot bloody well find her! Her children swore that they did not open the kitchen door. The backdoor was

Cute Pallas's cat kittens born in captivity in the UK

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Everybody loves the Pallas's cat ('manul' is the scientific name). This is because they are very cute looking. Although they are a wild cat species and therefore, they won't always be cute if you are thinking of living with one. Very few people actually adopt this wild cat as a pet thankfully but you see quite a lot of them in captivity. The kittens are particularly cute and, in the UK, in captivity, they have managed to breed this cat species. Note: there is always the discussion of whether you say 'Pallas's cat kittens' or 'Pallas's kittens'. As the name of this cat species is 'Pallas's cat' I think my preference is correct. Some people call the cat 'Pallas Cat'. That's technically wrong. And 'cat' should not be capitalised! Complicated. The video was made at the Cotswold Wildlife Park. They managed to get Tull and Penelope to mate to produce their first litter at the park. At the time the video was made the kitt

Owner of two poisoned cats tracked down the criminal

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NEWS AND COMMENT - BARGOED, WALES, UK: This is not an untypical story of cat poisoning. It happens all over the world a lot of the time but what I like about this story is that the owner tracked down the criminal who did it. This is quite an unusual outcome because cat poisoners can do their nasty deed in secrecy and it is very hard normally to find the evidence to successfully prosecute these criminals. What were the police doing? Nothing I expect. Owner of two poisoned cats tracked down the criminal. On the left: Ethylene glycol and on the right the laced tuna as found by the cats' owner in the backyard of the poisoner and criminal. Photo: PA. Tristian Paul Pearson, 44, was the criminal. He poisoned his neighbour's cats Luna and Bailey who were owned by a father and daughter two houses down from Pearson. Pearson laced tuna with ethylene glycol and in an act of extreme carelessness (thankfully) he left containers of ethylene glycol and of poisoned tuna in his backyard. When th

Couple bought a house that came with 16 semi-feral cats and they decided to become their parents

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2 of the cats snuggle up in their new cat house. Photo: Instagram screenshot. This is a wow story. I love the way this young couple decided to embrace the fact that they had 16 semi-feral cats living in the ground of the home that they'd recently bought. It looks like quite a large plot of land with outbuildings and it appears that the previous owners had allowed a couple of cats to procreate because as you can see, they are all medium-longhaired ginger cats. Well, nearly all of them. I have to say the property is ideal really to care for 16 semi-feral cats with lots of grounds and buildings. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Emily Bott (@freedomfarmhouse) The first thing that this couple did was to sterilise them! And then they set about improving their lives tremendously. It is an act of giving and loving. They didn't have to do this but they took it on and in giving love they have received it and both of them now cannot envisage a life without