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Larry the Downing Street cat may have been brought in to catch rats but it appears the ministerial moggy may have to face a disciplinary. The tabby, adopted from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home earlier this year, was expected to go chasing after rodents who have been seen scuttling in and around Number 10. Ministerial aides say Larry spends most of his time asleep or with his new female friend instead. ... He has apparently caught just one mouse in the last few months. ... He's got a long way to go until he has the fierce reputation of Harry...

I received an email from my SIL in New Rochelle NY: This little kitty was born this spring in a backyard on Webster Avenue and has been living outside, and with all of the dangers that come with this, since then. He had a brother until a week ago when he was hit and killed by a car. The young girl whose yard he lived in was devastated and we don’t want to see this one meet the same fate. I have captured him and had him fixed but the shelters are all over capacity and cannot take another cat....

Most cat owners will know how much a cat likes to explore. But this brave feline probably took it a step too far and was stuck on top of a giant cactus for at least three days without food or water. ... the black and brown house cat managed to climb 20ft up. Some experts claimed it would be far too dangerous to try and attempt to rescue the cat and firefighters said it would eventually come down on its own. It seems they were right, because the moggy suddenly had a change of heart and decided to make its...

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ScienceDaily (Nov. 2, 2011) — When lions and tigers roar loudly and deeply -- terrifying every creature within earshot -- they are somewhat like human babies crying for attention, although their voices are much deeper. So says the senior author of a new study that shows lions' and tigers' loud, low-frequency roars are predetermined by physical properties of their vocal fold tissue -- namely, the ability to stretch and shear -- and not by nerve impulses from the brain. "Roaring is similar to what a baby sounds like when it cries," says speech scientist Ingo Titze, executive director of the...

Here’s a must-have for every cuteologist’s website collection: The Kitten Covers , classic album covers as they were always meant to be seen — with kittens.

MYFOXNY.COM - The cat that gained international attention after being lost at JFK Airport and then being found two months later has died. Jack was on the brink of death when he was found in a customs room at JFK but it was hoped that he would survive after intensive treatment. He was supposed to be on a flight to California with his owner when he disappeared in late August. The veterinarian caring for Jack said more than two months on his own left the animal so severely malnourished and dehydrated. He developed dangerous skin and liver conditions while trying...

I am just at wits end to know what happened to our cat overnight. We have a big, black, short-haired, neutered male cat named Tommy. He was fine last night, but this morning I noticed that he had an approximately 1 inch by 5 inch strip of fur missing from his back starting from about 2 inches from his tail. Where the fur was is red and moist. The bald area looks like you had put a ruler or something down, drew it off and stripped away the fur- it's that even. He is staying off by himself underneath a...

Just what it says in the title. Video at source. WARNING: So sweet it will give you Teh Diabeetus.

Jack the cat is moving on to the West Side of Manhattan from Queens as he continues to regain his strength for his return voyage to his owner in California. The cat, who was lost at John F. Kennedy International Airport for two months, was moved Thursday from the BluePearl Veterinary animal hospital in Forest Hills to its new state-of-the-arts facility at 410 West 55 St. where he will continue his recuperation. ...

A trail camera snapped a shot of a young cougar near the town of Pray in eastern Jackson County on Oct. 20...Agency biologists believe it's the same cat another trail camera caught on film on Oct. 16 near Mauston in Juneau County, about 42 miles from the area where the Jackson County photograph was taken.

A tabby cat who was at the side of superstitious young crews flying on experimental bomb tests above the Atlantic in the Second World War is to be honoured for bravery. Pyro was kept inside the flight jackets of crew members while flying at altitudes of 20,000ft and even flew on the legendary 'bouncing bomb' tests. ... But his owner noticed the cat was miserable when left alone so began carrying him in his flying jacket. He said Pyro earned his wings one winter's day in early 1943 when, at 20,000ft, ice covered the plane his father was flying in....

Despite the anemic state of affairs in the U.S., there's at least one industry un-phased by the economic picture: the pet business. It's absolutely booming. From 1994 to 2010, the American Pet Products Association reports the industry jumped a whopping $31.53 billion dollars. People will spend about $50.84 billion dollars on their pets in 2011 alone, estimates the association, up from $48.3 billion in 2010. Granted, more people own animals than they used to back in 1994. Today, Americans care for about 377.41 million household pets, meaning there are 27 million more pets than humans in the U.S. But the...

Now that Karen Pascoe is headed back home, Jack The Cat is Lost in AA Baggage Facebook page reports tonight that she spent the weekend visiting with her beloved ca, Jack. The visit was kept hush hush to avoid a media circus at the veterinary hospital ... “Jack is still critical at this time. He has shown some improvement, but the biggest issue is some life-threatening skin wounds that are present. He is severely muscle-wasted and has evidence of fatty liver syndrome, which lets us know his malnourishment was pretty chronic.” ... The good news from Saturday is that Jack...

The cat fell from a ceiling tile in the customs room.A Bay Area cat lost for two months since it went missing from a baggage center at John F. Kennedy Airport has been found safe. American Airlines reports that the feline, known as Jack the Cat, was found in a customs room and was taken to a veterinarian. A family friend of the owner told NBC that the cat was discovered after it fell from a ceiling tile. Karen Pascoe was flying with Jack and her other cat, Barry, to San Francisco that week to start a new job in...

Jack the cat, who has been missing for over seven weeks after getting lost in the American Airlines baggage check area at New York’s JFK airport, has been found. “American Airlines is happy to announce that Jack the Cat has been found safe and well at JFK airport. American’s team of airport employees have been focused on the search effort since Jack escaped on August 25, 2011. Jack was found in the customs room and was immediately taken by team members to a local veterinarian.

We have a fenced in yard and I let my dog out. Minutes later I heard barking like crazy and my dog was acting weird. I went out with a flashlight and he had a cat on it's back and the cat had scratched my dog below both eyes and he was bleeding, so there was definitely some fighting going on. My husband took the dog in and cleaned up his wounds and I went to check on the cat. We've never seen this cat in the neighborhood before and it's a huge cat. At first it just hissed at...

Angry passengers have started a boycott of American Airlines after it lost a cat named Jack in the baggage area at New York's John F Kennedy Airport seven weeks ago. Supporters of Jack the cat yesterday held a day of action at the airport to raise awareness of the missing moggy. The weeks may have passed, but the anger over the airline’s failure to find him is growing. The Jack The Cat is Lost in AA Baggage at JFK Facebook page now has more than 15,000 followers. It is updated daily with hundreds of comments from supporters. The aim of...