Some people think that domestic cats, rather perversely, are attracted to people who don’t like them. And if this is true at least to some extent, it deserves an explanation. And the reason is probably fairly straightforward namely that in a room of people where one or two dislike cats and into which a cat …
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Pope Benedict XVI was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Joseph Ratzinger, a cardinal before it became Pope Benedict XVI, was an academic and philosopher. He chose to take the route of academia and then to the …
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a famous English novelist, poet and artist. For cat lovers (and even non-cat lovers) his best-known book is ‘The Cat That Walked by Himself’. The illustrations are memorable and remarkably by him. A talented man. Dr Desmond Morris, in his book Cat World describes Kipling as a cat lover (ailurophile). He …
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If you are a cat lover this article should both interest and please you in equal measure. Please don’t skim it and please read to the end as the last bit is the best ?✔️?. Ai Weiwei is a very famous contemporary artist and an activist. He was and is openly critical of the Chinese …
Here are 123 celebrity ailurophiles. That long word means cat lover as you probably know. Ailurophilia is a derivative and means the love of cats. Many famous people especially authors can be described as genuine ailurophiles. “You haven’t lived until you have lived with a cat” – Doris Day Brian Aldiss (1) to Emile Zola …
It is nice to know that the first female president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, is a cat lover, a democracy campaigner and a gay-rights champion. Those three topics go together quite nicely, don’t they? I think you will find that the vast majority of cat lovers also support democracy and gay-rights and the rights of …
Yesterday was International Cat Day 2022 and in honour of this day, I’m going to refer to Meta’s research on cat and dog people, which was conducted on August 7, 2016, one day before International Cat Day 2016. Facebook is in an enviable position when it comes to analysing people because they have billions of …
In general, domestic cats prefer to interact with women but this is not a black-and-white issue and the differences are not enormous between how domestic cats interact between men and women. However, my research based upon studies and employing general knowledge, the indication is that cats have a positive bias towards women. I will try …
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Are you like Tabitha Miles who lives in Essex, England. She is 40 years and has consistently put off her boyfriends with her love of cats. She cares for two at the moment: Foxy a Birman and Wolfie a Maine Coon. Tabitha is called “Tabby” – neat for a cat lover. Wolfie is a tabby …
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Although not all domestic cats are fascinated with human bathrooms in use, there is a tendency that they will be for the reason stated below. It all depends upon the individual cat because each one has their own character as all well-informed cat caregivers know. Cats are inquisitive. When they hear the sound of splashing …
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Yes, domestic cats sense that there is something wrong with the relationship. I’m sure that there are many examples of a cat guardian falling out of love with their cat companion. It happens a lot less than when the companion is a person. But it must happen nonetheless. It might even happen to a person …
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There is no single word in the English language to describe someone who hates cats. However, you probably know that there is a word for someone who is excessively frightened of cats: ailurophobe. It comes from the Greek words αἴλουρος (ailouros), ‘cat’ and φόβος (phóbos), ‘fear’, which create the word ailurophobia, meaning a fear of …
The bottom line is that people love cats because they need to express their love towards a significant other and the cat is a great partner in that respect. Everyone needs to love and be loved. Each person will have their own version of the answer to the question in the title. There won’t be …
Campbell, N.Y.: 79-year-old Howard Marshall’s house caught fire because of an electrical fault at the centre of the house. He escaped the fire. Soon afterwards, he ran back into his burning home to save his beloved cat. Firegfighters from six departments and EMTs (emergency medical technicians) from American Medical Response and Bath Ambulance plus troopers …
The quality of a person’s cat caretaking depends upon whether the person regards themselves as an owner of cats or in a relationship with cats. Ownership Cat lovers (ailurophiles) always try and get away from the concept of cat ownership. It is hard for two main reasons. Firstly the law persists in treating domestic cats …
