Cat Associations and Cat Lovers of WorldWritten by chetan gupta
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left life time pensions for his cats and their offsprings. An Egyptian sultan in 1280 A.D. left a garden for support of needy cats, where a daily distribution of food continued to be made well into 20th century. Other famous cat lovers throughout history were King Louis XIII of France, Queen Victoria of England, King Edward VII of England, Pope Gregory great, Pope Leo XII of Vatican City, St. Patrick, Scientist Isaac Newton, Scientist Albert Einstein, Scientist Benjamin Franklin, Scientist Louis Pasteur, novelist Sir Walter Scott, Jimmy Carter, King Rama V of Thailand, King Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran, Henri VII chancellor, Misty Malarky, Ying Yang, Florence Nightingale, Mark Twain, Writer Victor Hugo, President Theodore Roosevelt of USA, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Abrahm Lincoln of USA, President John F. Kennedy of USA, British leader Sir Winston Churchill, President Calvin Coolidge of USA, George Washington, Noble Prize winner French missionary Albert Schweitzer, Noble Prize winner British poet T.S. Elliot, famous writer Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway. Ernest Hemingway was owner of thirty cats. President Abraham Lincoln had domesticated four cats in white house. Prophet Mohammad, founder of Islam religion loved cats. Prophet Mohammad, founder of Islam had domesticated a beloved cat named Muezza. Prophet Mohammad thought dogs unclean. One day, Muezza, cat of Prophet Mohammad fell asleep on sleeve of his robe. The Prophet Mohammad called to prayer, cut his sleeve of his robe rather than awaken cat. After Prophet Mohammed returned, cat awoke and cat bowed gracefully to thank him for his consideration. Prophet Mohammed then stoked cat three times and cats were given permanent place in Islam. Confucius, founder of Cofucian religion himself was reported to have owned a cat of which he was very fond. When King Prajadhipok of Thailand was crowned in 1925, a cat took part in coronation procession as representative of former King, Rama VI of Thailand. A cat still lives in no.10 Downing Street in London and a cat named Socks still lives in white house in Washington.
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or flat face. Many cat encyclopedias are now available at http://www.amazon.com/. Cat Encyclopedias like Catlopedia, The Ultimate Encyclopedia Of Cats, Cat Breeds and Cat Care by Alan Edward, The Encyclopedia of cat by Michael Pollard ,The cat - A Complete Guide by Claire Bessant, The new encyclopedia of cat by Fogle, Bruce and Dorling Kindersley and Cat Encyclopedia by Verhoef Verhallen and Esther J.J. are now available at http://www.amazon.com/. Many cat Magazines and cat periodicals like All About Cats, Your Cat and Cat World are now available. Teeth of cats are sharp and they are adapted for tearing flesh because cats are carnivorous animals. Cats have from thirty to thirty two teeth. The anatomy of cats is very similar to anatomy of human beings. The skeleton of cat contains 250 bones while skeleton of human beings contains 206 bones because cat has some extra bones in its tail. Cats are free from many skeletal abnormalities that can affect dogs. All cats have flexible spine. The cat's body has great elasticity. Because vertebrae of spinal column are held together by muscles rather than by ligaments, as in humans, cat can elongate or contract its back, curve it forward, or oscillate it along vertebral line. The construction of shoulder joints permits cat to turn its foreleg in almost any direction. The hip joint enables a cat to leap easily. Other special joints allow a cat to turn its head to reach most parts of its body. A cat uses its tail for balancing while jumping or falling. All cats have an excellent sense of balance, which enables them to leap and pounce with ease. The cat's claws are designed for catching and holding prey. The sharp hooked retractile claws are sheathed in a soft, leathery pocket at end of each toe, and are extended for fighting, hunting and climbing. The claws usually are retracted under skin by elastic ligaments, which are a type of connective tissue. However, when claws are needed, certain muscles quickly pull tendons connected to claws. This action extends claws. A cat has five toes on each forepaw, including a thumblike inner toe that is helpful in catching prey. Each hindpaw has four toes. Some cats have extra toes. Each of a cat's toes ends in a sharp hooklike claw. Several spongy pads of thick skin cover bottoms of a cat's feet. The pads cushion paws and enable a cat to move quietly. Cat hunts and kills birds, rats, mice, insects, rabbits, frogs, squirrels, lizards, snakes, fishes, cockroaches and other small animals. Cats are most skillful hunters out of all other animals. A cat usually hunts alone instead of hunting in groups because hiding and pouncing cannot be successful in a group whereas dogs always hunt in groups. Cats are able to catch other animals by approaching them swiftly and quietly on padded feet. Or they may wait motionless until an animal comes close and then spring upon it suddenly. Cats also have a keen sense of balance and can easily walk along tops of narrow fences or along narrow ledges. When cats fall, they almost always land on their feet. Most cats hunt at night. Cats generally are nocturnal in habit. All cats are excellent fisherman. Cats can be used as catchers of fish. Cats run faster than any other animal. A domestic cat can run at speeds of upto thirty miles per hour. Cheetah run faster than any animal. Cheetah can run at speeds of seventy miles per hour. Cats are also excellent swimmers. Some cats can do swim for pleasure and some cats specially tiger swim for long distances. All cats have retractable claws. All cats walk on tips of their toes, not on soles of their feet. The Giraffe and Camel are only known animals that walk on tips of their toes similar to cats. Cats walk on their toes, their steps cushioned by pads, which aid silent hunting and enable them to move swiftly when they need to pounce. Cats are sleepiest of all mammals. A cat sleeps for sixteen to eighteen hours in a day. Pet cat prefers to sleep in laundry basket, chair, bed, on a window sill or in a box while stray cats always sleep in safe places. A newborn kitten is unable to see, hear or walk. All kittens are born with blue eyes. The colour of eyes of kitten changes as they become old. Kittens start walking at age of about two weeks. Whiskers are long straight hairs that protrude from lips of cats. The whiskers are sensitive to air currents. Whiskers or vibrissae are delicate sensitive organs of touch equivalent to fingertips of human beings. Whiskers may help catch reflections of sound, thus serving somewhat same function as antennae do in other animals. As air moves, whiskers vibrate and cats use messages in these vibrations to sense presence, size and shape of nearby objects without seeing or touching them. Cat also uses its whiskers for determining width of a gap. Cats have about twenty four movable whiskers, twelve on either side of their nose. Small groups of whiskers are also situated on other parts of body as well such as on outer edges of cheeks, above eyes and on back of front legs. The whiskers function as radars in cats. Cats have retractable claws. The useful websites related to cats are http://directory.google.com op/recreation/pets/cats, http://www.petplace.com/ , www.pbs.org/nature/excats, http://www.i-love-cats.com/, http://www.thecatbasket.freeserve.co.uk/,www.nhm.org/cat.For information about cats visit website of animal planet channel cat guide at http://animal.discovery.com/guides/cats/cats.html. For more information on cats visit website of Encyclopedia Encarta at http://www.encarta.msn.com/,visit encyclodedia Aniwa at http://www.aniwa.com and visit website of Encyclopedia Britannica at http://www.britannica.com/.
I am owner and webmaster of website http://www.catswelfare.org.I am working in SPCA Mumbai,India for the past seven years.I am also a cat dentist.
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