What affects us affects cats
Here is a brief note about Wilberforce one of 10 Downing Street’s resident mouser cats and companions. He was a large black-and-white cat. And he proved to have greater staying power than the prime ministers he served under. He outlasted several of them. He carried out his duties during the occupancies of Edward Heath, …
There must be a common reason why some people are obsessed with extreme appearance in animals and in humans. There must be something wrong with humankind if there are people who think it is clever to breed cats to an extreme appearance or change their appearance in an extreme way. The two objectives or …
This picture of Hodge, the Southwark cathedral cat, posing with his own soft-toy replicas is probably my favourite picture on the internet atm pic.twitter.com/MFTMPYfeLA — Alex 🇬🇧🏳️🌈 (@ChaoticCentrist) August 12, 2021 To put it crudely, Hodge, is a replacement for the previous Southwark Cathedral resident cat, Doorkins, who passed away peacefully in September 2020. …
Without detail, we are told that Grumpy Cat A.K.A. Tardar Sauce died of “complications from a urinary tract infection on May 14, 2019” at the age of seven. Her lifespan was similar to that of Lil Bub (8). She entertained millions and was perhaps the most celebrated of all celebrity cats in the history …
Lil Bub died in her sleep on December 1, 2019 after suffering from an aggressive bone infection according to her owner Mike Bridavsky, a writer and producer. Bone infections are most often bacterial and not viral. In the unlikely event that you have not heard of Lil Bub she was the cute, little tabby …
Orangey was a professional film cat; a working cat and an animal actor. This celebrated red tabby cat a.k.a. ginger tabby had roles in 10 feature films. He was owned and trained by animal handler Frank Inn and credited under various names including Jimmy, Jeremy and Rhubarb. He starred in the film Rhubarb (1951), …
Chama is obsessed with playing with the minute hand of a wall clock which means the clock tells inaccurate time! We are not told, but I’d describe this handsome boy cat, Chama, as a non-typical ginger, tabby Exotic Shorthair. He does not quite meet the breed standard in the West but perhaps he does …
Herman was the bug-eyed overbred Exotic Shorthair cat (a shorthaired Persian) who, due to his odd appearance, became one of those much heralded and celebrated online cat celebrities with many thousands of followers on Instagram and all the other social media sites that are popular. Herman was known for his big eyes and loving …
