Confessions of a man who'd like to like cats

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 4, 1989 ;     595 words ...If all the cats in this country were lined up end to end...with an Uzi. Just kidding. I want to like cats, really I do. It would make my life so much...there are so many women who own so many cats. Cats now outnumber dogs in America, 56...

CATalyst Summit Declared a Success: It's All About the Cat!

PR Newswire;  February 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Nutrition, Inc. The CATalyst Summit was first announced...veterinary visits for cats. Jim Flanigan...households. The CATalyst Summit brought together...standard of care for cats, Dan Kramer, senior...information about The CATalyst Summit is available at...and well-being ...

CATalyst Summit to Champion the Cat.

PR Newswire;  December 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......an estimated 82 million cats in the United States, yet cats are twice as likely as dogs...we have to make sure that cats' medical needs are adequately...to be considered at The CATalyst Summit are: -- The status of the...existing stereotypes regarding cats in today's media be ...

Play fighting: is there such a thing? Certain signs will tell you if your...

Cat Watch;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Are my cats playing or are they fighting? Are there ways...for bite wounds. But short of that, many cats can look quite wild as they spin around the...First, what is the relationship between the cats in general? Most of us consider the relationship...

How smart is your cat? The structure of the feline brain is structured...

Cat Watch;  January 1, 2007 ;     692 words ......Discovery.com notes the following about cats: Incredibly resourceful and self-reliant...environments and living conditions. Even domestic cats will show a crafty, strong-willed and versatile...Feline Intelligence But how smart are cats? We humans are very biased in assessing...

In '96, equal rights may be the cats' meow

The Boston Globe;  August 5, 1995 ;     529 words ...Cats get no respect. They've been blamed for causing bad luck...teacher sponsoring the question. Annette Eng, 58, who has three cats and two dogs of her own and operates a cat adoption agency...additional yearly "breeder's fee" of $25 for owners whose cats are not spayed or neutered. "What I'm hoping for is ...

Feline groovy: of cats and teens

The Boston Globe;  March 17, 1994 ;     574 words ...Living with cats may be good preparation for living with teen-agers. And vice versa. Because cats and teen-agers have a lot in common. They both...experimenting with your makeup. In some ways, cats seem easier to live with than teen-agers, until...

A THIRD OF ALL CATS DON'T RESPOND TO CATNIP LEAVES

Roanoke Times & World News;  April 15, 2007 ;     539 words ...We have two cats. One goes mad over her catnip toy while the other one ignores it completely. Is this normal behavior? I thought all cats liked catnip. Only about 67 percent of cats react to catnip; the others ignore it completely. A cat's...

Shelter director upset over woman's 22 cats, S.C. resident had pets taken...

Charleston Daily Mail;  October 22, 2003 ;     353 words ...DAILY MAIL STAFF After 22 cats were taken from a South Charleston home...Association Animal Shelter. The 22 full-grown cats were taken this week from a South Charleston...warned years earlier about having too many cats, officials said. Harris was not available...

Fat cats are munching way to leap in diabetes

The Scotsman;  August 7, 2007 ;     622 words ...A GROWING population of fat cats is fuelling a rise in feline diabetes...University estimated that one in every 230 cats in the UK is now diabetic - five times...findings on an analysis of more than 14,000 cats whose owners had taken out pet insurance...

The black cat: Age-old myths about cats linger, adding to their timeless...

Country Living;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Cats have quietly crept into the number one spot as America's...regard the cat with suspicion? Ailurophobia, an actual fear of cats, is caused by an early traumatic experience involving a cat...that differs from the general distrust and even disdain for cats that some people harbor. Folk beliefs about ...

Get inside the head of the cats in your life

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  August 23, 1998 ;     700+ words ...SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL Cats, those primal, nine-lived beings who have deigned to be domesticated...Most of the time, you wind up having to retrain most of those cats." In spite of cats' ability to be erratic, Milani, who gave up her veterinary practice...

Heck with the relationship; keep the cats

Daily Breeze;  May 20, 2002 ;     535 words ...Heck with the relationship; keep the cats Dear Ann: I'dlike to respond to the letter...in Iowa," whose fiance, "Anthony," had cats that crawled on the countertops and made...relationship, but my sympathies are with the cats. You were right to say "Cat Hater" could...

FUR FLIES AROUND SOME MYTHS ABOUT CATS.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)(Colorado...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  July 13, 1996 ;     335 words ...Byline: Mike Capuzzo Our relationship with cats is shrouded in myth. Here are a few kitty predator myths to chew on: Cats are a danger to bird species. False. While cats have wiped out whole populations of bird species on some islands...

Too many cats fur comfort?

The Boston Globe;  October 16, 1993 ;     700+ words ...So how many cats is too many? Plenty of people will look across the...not more, will look across the room, over a sea of cats and cat hair, and say there is no such thing as too many cats. Cats, obviously, are smaller and quieter than dogs...