Hero cats save lives Posted: 10 months ago by dollyllama
Two cats are credited with saving lives for alerting residents to a fire on Monday.
*Image is of Scarlett.
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Ever Wondered Why Cats Are Said To Have Nine Lives? Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
The proverbial curiosity doesn't usually kill cats. The inquisitive feline has a knack of dodging death by a whisker. Cats are intrepid explorers and fearless acrobats. After all, a creature with nine lives can afford to take risks. According to Brewer's Dictionary Of Phrase & Fable, a cat is said to have nine lives because it is "more tenacious of life than many animals."
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Hero dog protects kittens from house fire Posted: 1 month ago by suebe
A dog was hailed as a hero on Sunday after it risked its life to save a litter of newborn kittens from a house fire, rescuers said. Fire fighters, who revived the dog, said he refused to leave the building and was found by them alongside the litter of kittens, despite thick smoke.
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China Internet surfers save more than 800 cats Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
The power of the Internet has saved more than 800 cats from being skinned and served up on Chinese dinner tables.
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The I hate cats picture gallery Posted: 1 year ago by nesbyniccolo
It's not that i hate cats I just don't like them as much as dogs. The pictures are funny anyway and I really don't want CATS to win for this weeks Fancy Avatar Friday So here you go!
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Ready for take-off, Tiddles? Meet the cats which have sprouted wings Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
While most cats are renowned for having nine lives, these moggies are clearly living on a wing and a prayer.
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VG Cats Posted: 2 years ago by sholom22
VG Cats (short for Video Game Cats) is a webcomic written and drawn by Canadian Scott Ramsoomair. Published once a week on its own website, it features the adventures of a pair of anthropomorphic cats, who often play the roles of characters in popular video games that are parodied in the strip.
Note: this excellent comic is not at all suitable for kids.
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Hollywood Hills Fire Contained - Various Videos Posted: 2 years ago by indierockcafe
Watch a number of videos from a fire that broke out earlier today in the Hollywood Hills near Griffith Park and the famed Hollywood sign.
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More than 100 cats rescued from Olympics site Posted: 10 months ago by bevissimo
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 160 feral cats and kittens have been rescued from the site of the London 2012 Olympics as demolition work continues at a pace.
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Fire brigade sends two crews and seven firemen to rescue seagull Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
A fire brigade has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after sending two engines and seven firemen to rescue a seagull. The brigade struggled for more than an hour to save the injured bird, which was trapped on a factory roof in Bridgwater, Somerset.
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TN fire chief charged with arson Posted: 2 years ago by civicracer18c1
I guess when you're a firefighter in a small town you have to start your own fires.
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Firefighter revives cat after house fire Posted: 1 year ago by unoriganl
WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. - A southern Illinois firefighter is proof that saving lives doesn't just involve people.
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Scientists Create Glow-In-The-Dark Cats | Inventor Spot Posted: 12 months ago by lilaliss
They're cute, white, and fluffy - and they glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet light. The cats are actually clones. They're also the first cats to be cloned with a manipulated fluorescence protein gene.
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Hemmingway's six-toed cats won't be evicted after all Posted: 2 months ago by tigertony
An agreement with the federal government lets the 50 or so cats continue roaming the grounds, ending a five-year battle.
The cats descend from a cat named "Snowball" given to the novelist in 1935 and freely wander the grounds of the Hemmingway home. All the cats carry the gene for six toes.
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Freak Cats Posted: 2 years ago by VoodooPeacock
Cats with wings, green kittens, dwarfs, cyclopses, hermaphrodites, half-rabbit cats (or are they?), conjoined kittens with two heads, eight legs and one body. If it can go wrong, it will, and this site has a picture of it.
It's actually sober and scientific, but very interesting. Don't look if you're easily squicked.
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24-hour curfew for Nillumbik Council's cats Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
A round-the-clock curfew would restrict thousands of cats to their own homes under a draft plan proposed by a Victorian council.
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First Cats Domesticated in Bahrain? Posted: 1 year ago by suebe
DNA samples show that cats may have been first domesticated more that 130,000 years ago, rather than 9,000.
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Why Cats Are Evil Posted: 3 months ago by luke
An amusing article by R J Evans explaining why cats are evil
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300 Cats Posted: 11 months ago by misswinkle
Yes, it's another 300 parody. But this one has cats and is very cute.
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The Mad Science of Crazy Cat Ladies Posted: 1 year ago by VooDooPeacock
Ever wonder why there are crazy cat ladies but no crazy hamster ladies or crazy parakeet ladies? Or why cats, from the Egyptians to the witch trials, are thought to have supernatural powers? A brain-altering parasite spread by cats may be the reason.
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Caregiver Pulls Elderly Couple From Burning House Posted: 9 months ago by dollyllama
"It was something that hit me. It was instinct that I needed to get them out and save them so they wouldn't die," she said. "When it first started, just the couch was on fire, but when I drug him out, by the time I got back in, the whole living room was black smoke and I couldn't see nothing."
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