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Daily Bread for 9.21.23: What’s Left of Old Whitewater’s Politicians Put Past Practice Ahead of Principle or Reason
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Friday Catblogging: FDNY Firefighters Rescue Kitten Trapped in Wheel Well
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by FDNY (@fdny) Good news from the Big Apple, as Tom Shea reports FDNY firefighters rescue kitten trapped in underside of car: Unfortunately, getting the frightened feline out wasn’t as simple as reaching in and picking it up. Firefighters broke out their tools and…
Accidents, Cats
Friday Catblogging: Leo, Whose House Fell into a River, Returns to Family Twenty-Six Days Later
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Cats, Science/Nature
Friday Catblogging: Strolling with Shelter Cats
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At Virginia Tech, there’s a study on the benefits of taking shelter cats for a stroll now and again. Marjorielee Christianson writes that Over 3 million cats enter shelters in the United States each year, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Julianna Scardina, a member of the Virginia-Maryland College of…
Business, Cats, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 8.28.23: Every Bodega Should Have a Cat
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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 78. Sunrise is 6:15 AM and sunset 7:35 PM for 13h 19m 44s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 90.7% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM. The Whitewater Unified District School Board goes…
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Friday Catblogging: Could It Be…?
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Cats, Photography
Friday Catblogging: VR Kitten Meditation with Canon’s Dual Fisheye Lens
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Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cypriot Cats Battle Covid
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Embed from Getty Images Helena Smith reports Cyprus to begin treating island’s sick cats with anti-Covid pills: Veterinary services in Cyprus have received a first batch of anti-Covid pills, from a stockpile originally meant for humans, as efforts intensify to stop the spread of a virulent strain of feline coronavirus that has killed thousands of…
Cats
Friday Catblogging: Can Cats Eat Bananas?
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Olivia Munson writes Is it OK to feed your cat bananas? What to know before feeding your cat the fruit: Yes, cats can eat bananas. But just like any other human food, be careful feeding your feline the fruit. While bananas are not inherently bad for your cat, they’re not that great either. Bananas have…
Cats
Friday Catblogging: Mealtime for Feral Japanese Cats
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Cats
Friday Catblogging: Oops
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Cats, Science/Nature
Friday Catblogging: How Do Cats Cool Themselves Off?
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Embed from Getty Images Hannah Keyser writes How Do Cats Cool Themselves Off? (‘Here’s a hint: It’s not by sweating through their paws’): Conduction allows cats to cool themselves off or warm themselves up via contact with objects of a different temperature. This is why you can often find your cat seeking out cool kitchen…
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Friday Catblogging: They’re Crepuscular
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Kate Underwood answers the question Are Felines Nocturnal?: It’s a common response for cat owners to believe their cats are nocturnal, and that’s why they keep odd hours. However, nocturnal is not the correct term for domestic cats. There are three terms for the time of day when an animal is the most active: nocturnal,…