Loose Tiger in Houston Underscores Lack of Federal Regulations
A bipartisan bill in Congress aims to outlaw the private possession of and profiteering off tigers and other exotic cats.
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Fifth Circuit Finds Pipelines Won’t Drive Texas Cats to Extinction
The federal appellate court sided with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, upholding its approval of a gas pipeline project that environmentalists say could harm endangered wild cats in South Texas.
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Cat That Vanished 15 Years Ago Is Reunited With Owner
A cat that went astray about 15 years ago has been reunited, older and maybe wiser, with its owner.
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All of the Exclamation Points as Bomb Squad Recovers Abandoned Kittens
It was more of a psst-psst-psst than tick-tick-tick situation on Thursday as a suspicious package reported outside an Ohio church turned out to be a duffel bag containing a mama cat and six newborn kittens.
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More Play and Meat Can Tame Killer Cats
Feeding your cat more meat and playing with them each day can reduce the number of wild animals they hunt and kill — over 2 billion birds and 12 billion mammals in the United States alone each year.
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Feds Accuse ‘Tiger King’ Star Jeff Lowe of Animal Cruelty
The Justice Department sued zookeeper Jeff Lowe of Netflix’s “Tiger King” fame Thursday, accusing him of failing to provide adequate medical treatment for his animals and feeding them contaminated food before burning their dead bodies in makeshift wood pyres.
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Too Sexy to Survive? Swiss Wildcats’ Future in Doubt
The Swiss wildcat is in danger of becoming extinct because it is so attractive to the domestic cat, say experts.
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Paw-ly in the Pandemic: Pets Can Catch Virus From Owners
Cat and dog owners suffering from Covid-19 can pass their illness onto their feline and canine companions, according to a small study released Friday.
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Mutant Cats Still a Draw at Hemingway’s Virus-Hit Florida Home
Starved of international visitors, the house once inhabited by writer Ernest Hemingway in the Florida Keys has struggled to stay open. Almost all of its staff have been laid off during the coronavirus pandemic, yet the six-toed cats who live there still attract locals to the site.
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‘Chief Mouser’ Palmerston Retires as UK’s Top Diplomatic Cat
Time spent in lockdown was just superb for Palmerston, the chief mouser at the U.K. Foreign Office.
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UK Pet Cat Tests Positive for Covid-19
A pet cat has become the first U.K. animal to be infected with coronavirus, health officials said Monday, insisting there was “no evidence” it could pass on the disease.
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‘CATastrophe’ Averted as India Court Rules on Virus Lockdown
A court in India’s Kerala state said Tuesday it wanted to avoid “a CATastrophe” by allowing a man to break a coronavirus lockdown to buy food for his furry felines.
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Tiger at Bronx Zoo Tests Positive for Coronavirus
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the United States or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday.
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A federal court in Pennsylvania ruled that a 78-year-old man may pursue some of his due process claims against the police officer who threatened to “bust down his door” if he did not consent to a warrantless search and then seized and euthanized some of the 42 feral cats the man was providing with veterinary care, food and shelter in and around his property.
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Pet Sounds: Spotify Unleashes Podcast for Lonely UK Dogs
Online music giant Spotify on Wednesday launched a podcast for dogs left home alone in Britain, after its polling suggested most owners believe audio recordings help calm their canines.
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New Yorker Pleads Not Guilty to Trafficking Exotic Cats
Wildlife experts expressed disappointment Friday on the heels of a New Yorker’s indictment on charges that he trafficked dozens of wild cats native to Africa.
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Not So Much a Dog’s Life for Jordan’s Pampered Pets
Where strays were once mostly left to scavenge for food, Jordanians in a new trend in the Arab kingdom are increasingly willing to foot steep bills to care for beloved dogs and cats.
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Italian Couple Saved From Landslide by Their Cats
An Italian couple survived a landslide that caused their house to collapse after being woken by their cats, giving them time to escape, media reported Wednesday.
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National City Puppy sued National City, California in superior court, claiming its ordinance prohibiting the retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits is unconstitutional, and will drive it out of business.
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Chinese Firm Creates First Cloned Kitten
Seven months after Huang Yu’s pet cat Garlic died, the British shorthair was given a 10th life. Born on July 21, the new Garlic was created by Chinese firm Sinogene, becoming the Beijing-based company’s first successfully cloned cat.
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