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Featuring Felines
This section of our site includes real-life stories and adventures about cats that we'd like to pass on. In many cases the available information is quite limited and too short to make a 'Famous' page, as with various snippets we've come across about cats in wartime. Or it might be that the cat's (or cats') fame has been limited just to their local area — by including them here we'll hope to spread it a little wider. Any suggestions for inclusion are always welcome.
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Cats' Adventures
Gauguin, rescued from a South Pacific island
Cooper, Seattle's photographer extraordinaire
Ship's cat Pwe twice overcame disaster while en route for Cape Horn
Halifax, who over-wintered in the ice of the high Arctic
Chibley, of the sail-training vessel Picton Castle
Fleetwood, the pub-visiting cat
Maurice, Pixie and Elmo, who enjoy walking up to four miles a day
Mishka, the Kosovo Cat
Molly from the Deli-cat-essen; and Precious, a survivor of 9/11
Three tales: two lucky escapes and an astonishing journey
Two more lucky escapes: Ashley and Carlsberg
Lucky, rescued from a freezing river; and Emily from Wisconsin who found herself in France
Cats in Wartime
On land and in the air
At sea
The Animals in War Memorial, London
The PDSA Animal Cemetery, Ilford
Two 19th century mascots, from the Crimean War and the American Civil War
Church Cats
Doorkins Magnificat, of Southwark Cathedral, London
Samuel Emmanuel, of Southern Pines, North Carolina
The Cats of Salisbury Cathedral
Church of the Advent, Boston, Massachusetts
Miss Mac and Ko-Ko, of Dunsop Bridge
Tom, of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
Tiddles, of Fairford
[you may also like to read about Faith, the London Church Cat in the WW2 Blitz in our Famous Felines section]
Library Cats
Library cats: history, society, job description, and rules
Fidel, of Deal Library, Kent, UK
Libraries at Umatilla (Florida), Cazenovia (NY), and Auburn (NY)
Haskell Township Library, Kansas; and Dori, the bookstore cat
and, in our Famous Felines section, you'll find the most well known library cat of all,
Dewey Readmore Books, late of Spencer Library, Iowa
Museum Cats
Le cimetière des chiens, Asnieres-sur-Seine, Paris, France
Smudge from Glasgow was a full card-holding member of the GMB Union
Warbird Bob supervised restoration of vintage aircraft, the B-17 bomber his favourite
Rodent Control Officers at a Canadian maritime museum (including Flash movie)
Guarding treasures at the Hermitage, St Petersburg
'Trolley Cats' at Fort Smith, Arkansas
A virtual museum . . . but Max and Maxine are real
Recalling Blackie, of the Koshare Indian Museum, La Junta
Cats at the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum, Key West
Practice Cats
Clinic cats at (a) Norman, Oklahoma, and (b) El Paso, Texas
Oscar, the cat that predicts death
Working Cats
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Other sections:
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Fabled Felines
Feline Folios
Feline Fun
Fans of Felines
Feline Philately
Feline Fragments
Feline Flotsam
or visit the Purr 'n' Fur home page
Our featured feline at the head of the page is Socks, pictured in 2003 surveying his 'estate' in the early morning sunshine. Affectionately known as Soxy, he blossomed from a thin and hungry stray into a substantial and handsome cat who loved life and company, and his gentle ways endeared him to many friends. He is now no longer with us, but you can read more from his human companion here.
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