Doggone Genius Genus

Man's Best friend is supposedly the dog ......

Man's Best Friend - The Wife Or The Dog?

..... and I certainly have come across men, who would say, well it certainly isn't the wife!

Chinas Imperial Cats

Elsewhere, on the cat front, the Chinese, not a noted race of animal lovers, except as diners, have kept a pack of 200 cats at the imperial palace complex, aka The Forbidden City, to keep rats and vermin away from the cultural relics.

Imperial Cats Wear Royal Hats

Vaccinated, neutered and fed vitamins, the only other cossetting is that they are allowed to sleep indoors in the winter.

 

Cat's Skeleton Up A Tree

What happens when  a cat is spotted up a tree?

Cats In Tree Are Not Stuck!

Well usually there is an assumption that its stuck. Followed by a 999 call to the fire brigade who are then expected to 'rescue' the cat. This often involves a lot of spitting, bared teeth and scratches .... and that's just the fireman.

Now the fire brigade in the UK have said enough is enough ..... cats in trees will come down when humans go away. Last year alone in London they were called out to rescue a chimp in a chimney, a parrot trapped in its cage, an iguana stuck on a roof and a hamster trapped in a disabled lift. They want people to stop wasting their time and in what has to be quote of the week. The RSPCA (animal protection in UK) inspector Klare Kennett, said ....

"After all, when was the last time you saw a cat's skeleton up a Tree?"

You Don't See These Very Often

Animal magic

For reasons that totally elude me there has been a spate of “Strange but True” animal tales hit the news, so I thought I would collect them into one quick round up for posterity.

Tabby cat called (Mad) Jack trees a bear:

Yep a 15lb tom cat was so territorial about his back yard patch that he twice treed a fully grown Brown Bear in New Jersey USA. Reminded me of the scene from that old Disney movie about two dogs and a Siamese cat, crossing a state in Canada …. I think it was called “The Incredible Journey” …. In which the cat takes on a Grizzly Bear to save the small dog (I am not talking remake … the 1963 version is the one I am thinking of).