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A Cat-Friendly Halloween Starts at Home
Prepare a quiet retreat, check decorations and keep treats secure so your cat can spend Halloween comfortably.
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CuriositiesCats in the Middle Ages: The Truth About the Medieval Cat Massacres
What medieval sources actually say about cats: papal letters, valued mousers, local cruelty and the shaky claim that…
LifestyleThe Cats of the Colosseum: Rome’s Protected Feral Colonies, Explained
Why Rome protects its free-roaming cats: the laws, the gattare, Torre Argentina and what thirty years of colony-management…
Science & SpaceDo Cats Know Their Own Names? What the Research Actually Shows
What controlled studies show about cats recognising names, linking faces to sounds and learning picture-word associations.
CuriositiesShip’s Cats: The Naval History of Felines at Sea
From Trim and Mrs Chippy to Simon of HMS Amethyst: the working lives, voyages, legends and changing fortunes…
Internet CultureThe Rise and Reinvention of Cat Blogs: A History of the Feline Web
From Usenet and Friday catblogging to Cute Overload and Cheezburger: how cat blogs built communities, found audiences and…
Film & TVCat People (1942): How a Low-Budget Horror Film Redefined the Genre
How Cat People (1942) used shadows, sound and the famous Lewton bus to turn a small RKO production…
Books & ReadingThe Cat in Japanese Literature: From Soseki to Murakami
Cats in Japanese literature, from Soseki’s nameless narrator and Tanizaki’s Lily to Murakami’s missing cats and quieter modern…
LifestyleLibrary Cats: The Long Tradition of Felines on the Public Payroll
Library cats, from Dewey and Baker and Taylor to honorary feline staff: the history, public debates and paperwork…
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