Two weeks ago, FREE WHITEWATER recounted the tale of Bruno, a shelter cat who was returned to the shelter for being ‘too affectionate.’ Bruno was later adopted by another family for whom his disposition proved more agreeable. So, how’s Bruno doing? Just fine —
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Friday Catblogging: Sigrid Rides through London
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Friday Catblogging: Bruno Finds a Home
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Bruno, a shelter cat in New Jersey, was returned to the shelter after only a week for being ‘too affectionate.’ Some cats like more contact than others, and Bruno has an affectionate nature than was unsuited to the family that first adopted him. Liam Quinn reports A cat named Bruno was returned to a shelter…
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Friday Catblogging: What Minnie Does at Night
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Friday Catblogging: Can You Spot the Spotted Leopard?
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Cats, Weird Tales
Friday Catblogging: Acoustic Kitty
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Andrew Daniels writes in Popular Mechanics about the Acoustic Kitty project, a Failed Government Feline Mission: In the 1960s, the CIA allegedly spent $20 million to implant microphones in cats’ ear canals so the animals could inconspicuously eavesdrop on the Soviets. The disastrous first mission, in which a cat would mosey around the Soviet embassy…
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Friday Catblogging: Wildcat
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Rob Thomas reports Melissa Lesh goes from Madison to the Amazon with ‘Wildcat’ movie: “Growing up in Madison was a huge part of my early love of nature,” Lesh said in a recent Zoom interview. “It definitely helped form my appreciation and love of wildlife and wild places.” For the last decade, Lesh and her…
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Friday Catblogging: Cats of Yore
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“A hand-colored portrait of the Trimpey family cat, Fluffy, sitting in a basket.” https://t.co/BRhMwkCVLx pic.twitter.com/D3OfneCyZa — Cats of Yore (@CatsOfYore) December 26, 2022 Hillary Frey praises Cats of Yore as the The Best Cat Account on the Internet: My Twitter feed is kind of a mess lately. Whatever changes Elon Musk has made to the algorithm…
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Friday Catblogging: An Elegy for P-22
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P-22, a puma known and beloved to residents of Los Angeles, died last week after a life of adventure. He wore a tracking collar, and his travels and appearances in Griffith Park captivated people in California and beyond. Well, done, feline, well done. David Olin writes Elegy for a big, beautiful L.A. cat: On the…
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Friday Catblogging: Cathenge
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Friday Catblogging: The Legend of the U.S. Capitol’s Demon Cat
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Erin Blakemore writes of The legend of the ‘demon cat’ that roams the U.S. Capitol: Since its first rumored appearance in the 1890s, the so-called Demon Cat (known as “D.C”.) has left a trail of terrified people in its wake. Some say it has appeared before tragic events, like the stock market crash of 1929…
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Friday Catblogging: Waukesha County Cat Brings Home… an Alligator Head
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Friday Catblogging: World’s Oldest Living Cat – Guinness World Records
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Friday Catblogging: The Slow Blink
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Embed from Getty Images Michelle Starr writes Scientists Confirm You Can Communicate With Your Cat by Blinking Very Slowly: In a study published in 2020, scientists observed cat-human interactions, and were able to confirm that this act of blinking slowly makes cats – both familiar and unfamiliar animals – approach and be receptive to humans. ….…
