#cincinnati felines

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from National Geographic. All photographs byJoel Sartore:

CARACAL | CARACAL CARACAL Consummate predators, some small wildcats can take down larger prey. The caracal of Asia and Africa is less than two feet tall but has been filmed leaping over nine-foot fences to prey on sheep. PHOTOGRAPHED AT COLUMBUS ZOO AND AQUARIUM, OHIO

PALLAS'S | CATOTOCOLOBUS MANUL A famously grumpy expression made this Central Asian species an Internet star. Conservationists hope the cat’s celebrity will help save its habitat from encroaching farms and other threats. PHOTOGRAPHED AT COLUMBUS ZOO AND AQUARIUM, OHIO

IBERIAN LYNX | LYNX PARDINUS One of the world’s rarest cats, the Iberian lynx is slowly increasing in number as scientists release captive-raised cats and boost populations of rabbits, the lynx’s staple food. PHOTOGRAPHED AT MADRID ZOO AND AQUARIUM, SPAIN

FISHING CAT | PRIONAILURUS VIVERRINUS The cat may look peculiar, but it’s perfectly adapted to its lifestyle: Big eyes help snare prey underwater, double-coated fur keeps out the wet, and partially webbed feet and a muscular, rudderlike tail aid in swimming. PHOTOGRAPHED AT POINT DEFIANCE ZOO AND AQUARIUM IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON

EURASIAN LYNX | LYNX LYNX The largest of the four lynx species, the Eurasian lynx also has a huge range, including most of Europe and parts of Central Asia and Russia. Unlike many other small cats, its population is stable and threats are relatively low—although some isolated subgroups are critically endangered. PHOTOGRAPHED AT COLUMBUS ZOO AND AQUARIUM, OHIO

JAGUARUNDI | SHERPAILURUS YAGOUAROUNDI With long, squat bodies and tiny ears, jaguarundis are otterlike in appearance. Thanks to their huge range—parts of Mexico, Central America, and South America—and lack of widespread hunting, the cat is considered a species of least concern. PHOTOGRAPHED AT BEAR CREEK FELINE CENTER, FLORIDA

LEOPARD CAT | PRIONAILURUS BENGALENSIS. PHOTOGRAPHED AT ANDERSON, INDIANA

RUSTY-SPOTTED CAT | PRIONAILURUS RUBIGINOSUS The smallest of the small cats, the rusty-spotted cat, a native of India and Sri Lanka, can weigh as little as two pounds. Not much is known about the speckled feline, but destruction of habitat, hunting, and hybridizing with domestic cats are threats. PHOTOGRAPHED AT EXMOOR ZOO, ENGLAND

AFRICAN GOLDEN CAT | CARACAL AURATA Inhabiting the rain forests of West and Central Africa, this species is threatened by forest loss and bush-meat hunters. This seven-year-old male, Tigri, is likely the only cat of its kind in captivity. PHOTOGRAPHED AT PARC ASSANGO, LIBREVILLE, GABON

SAND CAT | FELIS MARGARITA. PHOTOGRAPHED AT CHATTANOOGA ZOO, TENNESSEE

CANADA LYNX | LYNX CANADENSIS Like the Iberian lynx, the Canada lynx is a specialist hunter, preying almost exclusively on snowshoe hare. The North American species has giant paws that help it run through deep snow after prey. PHOTOGRAPHED AT POINT DEFIANCE ZOO AND AQUARIUM, WASHINGTON

MARGAY | LEOPARDUS WIEDII. PHOTOGRAPHED AT CINCINNATI ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDEN, OHIO

SERVAL | LEPTAILURUS SERVAL. PHOTOGRAPHED AT FORT WORTH ZOO, TEXAS

[sohannabarberaesque]

Postcards from Snagglepuss

And a pretty quick run into Gatlinburg, come to think of it

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE PARKWAY (US 441) BETWEEN PIGEON FORGE AND GATLINBURG, TN: Between Cincinnati and Gatlinburg via I-75 (to Knoxville) and US 441 is about 230 miles, particularly allowing for the narrow north/south axis of Kentucky and Tennessee ... meaning about five hours' or so drive from the Queen City to the Queen Mother of Tourist Traps.

And with such eclectic company on top of other fellow Funtastics making their way unto the Great Smoky Mountains for what cometh Easter Sunday--no less than The Cattanooga Cats' Gatlinburg Easter Parade on The Parkway, the main tourist district of Gatlinburg, as anyone who has visited Gatlinburg heading into Great Smoky Mountains National Park will tell you.

Yet you wonder what makes Great Smoky Mountains such a popular national park to begin with, especially when you have a gateway like Gatlinburg and its kitschiness inherent in contrast to the unspoilt serenity expected of national parks, to begin with.

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So anyway, our company--yours truly, Huckleberry Hound, Crazy Claws, The King, Sheena and Ruff and Reddy--are at a gas station/convenience store on The Parkway within eyeshot of Dollywood. It seems Country, with the Cattanooga Cats, wanted us to meet the feline quartet there and get some directions to be led to as much accomodations as Cattanooga Klatsche, their Gatlinburg coffee shop and artisan roastery. Refuelling was more or less a subsidiary activity.

Considering the early traffic for the Easter weekend heading into Gatlinburg being what it was, it somehow required Kitty Jo, who was driving a modest little commuter car, to use back roads to reach our rendezvous.

"Uh, hello boys!" was how Kitty Jo, otherwise the female vocal and dance lead for the band, introduced us with that somewhat chirpy Southern accent of hers. Not to mention Teeny Tim by her side, and leashed, obviously. And pretty much everybody left the motorhome to extend greetings.

"At any rate, on behalf of the Cattanooga Cats as well as Cattanooga Klatsche ... may I just extend to you 'welcome' here to the Smoky Mountains--"

"Obviously," adding my own touch of levity to the proceedings, "not to be confused with Little Smokies sausages!" (Which got chuckles galore, guaranteed.)

"At any rate," Kitty Jo continued, "a little later in the evening, back at the Klatsche, we're gonna set up a buffet and discuss some of the plans for the parade weekend, which is also the Easter weekend."

Which had Reddy wondering "what exactly will the tourists otherwise be thinking, seeing us characters more or less along the Parkway?"

"We'll naturally cross that proverbial bridge at that time" was how Kitty Jo explained it. "As a precaution against rain," she added, considering that likelihood, "should rain ensue on Easter Sunday, we'll issue rain ponchos to participants."

"I just hope she knows what she's talking about," Huck remarked.

"And while there may not be a marching band as part of the Easter Parade," Kitty Jo quipped, "I certainly hope our characters' presence will make this Easter especially interesting! Especially with the meet-and-greet angle more than anything!"

After a few minutes more, Kitty Jo was able to lead our motorhome to a private parking area such as the Cats themselves have outside Cattanooga Klatsche in a modest alley just off the Parkway, and close to where the tourist trolley shuttles meet, even! And upstairs to a modest little apartment the quartet keeps above Cattanooga Klatsche, Crazy Claws, Huck and yours truly were directed to a modest little guest bedroom--if it could be called as much, and our presence stunning the band's drummer, resident wit and jock, Groove, who set up the sleeper sofa such as would serve as our sleeping quarters.

"Oh--and don't forget your bags," Kitty Jo chimed in as she and Country, the band lead and romantic interest of Kitty Jo, brought our modest luggage in and got things ready. (The others who came along with us found motel accomodations along the Parkway.)

So how do you think things will turn out?

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[muntzerism-diggerism]

ID: screenshots of a Reddit post on R/Baseball by U/JTCMuehlenkamp. the post reads:

What if every team was named after the most abundantly populated animal in their geographical area?

Given the recent controversies over certain sports team names and the imminent rebranding of the Cleveland Indians as the Cleveland Guardians, I can't help but wonder what animal mascots would best represent the cities or states their teams reside in.

Take the Tigers for example. When you think of Detroit, you do not think of a jugle ruled over by apex feline predators. I don't know if the Detroit zoo has any tigers, or if Detroit even has a zoo for that matter,  but I am 100% certain that there is at least 1 species of animal in Detroit and the surrounding areas that is more populous than tigers. The difficult part, however, is determining which animal is the most populous.

With that in mind, it also gives rise to the concern that some teams would likely share the same name in this scenario due to their close proximity. Both Chicago and New York each have 2 teams, plus the Angels like to pretend that Los Angeles does as well, so there is bound to be some overlap. I have decided that this is okay, primarily because there is no way around it. Just to avoid any confusion as to which identically named team is which though, I'll break up this list by divisions. Anyway though, this is what the MLB would look like if all the teams had to rebrand as the most common animal in their region.

AL EAST

Tampa Bay Ants.

Boston Ants.

New York Ants.

Toronto Ants.

Baltimore Ants.

AL CENTRAL

Chicago Ants.

Cleveland Ants.

Detroit Ants.

Kansas City Ants.

Minnesota Ants.

AL WEST

Houston Ants.

Seattle Ants.

Oakland Ants.

Los Angeles Ants of Anaheim.

Texas Ants.

NL EAST

Atlanta Ants.

Philadelphia Ants.

New York Ants.

Miami Ants.

Washington Ants.

NL CENTRAL

Milwaukee Ants.

St. Louis Ants.

Cincinnati Ants.

Chicago Ants.

Pittsburgh Ants.

NL WEST

San Francisco Ants.

Los Angeles Ants.

San Diego Ants.

Colorado Ants.

Arizona Ants.

End ID.

@aspirationatwork

[newscinema]

New contraceptive injection could help manage stray cat populations

Scientists have developed a single-dose contraceptive for female cats that shows promising results lasting a lifetime. The breakthrough was developed by scientists at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Ohio, which set out to help control the 480 million population of feral or stray felines worldwide in a costly manner. The treatment involves the Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), which connects…

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울음소리가 맹수답지 않게 대단히 가늘다. 으르렁보다는 삐약삐약에 가깝다. 울음소리 실제로 TV 다큐멘터리에 등장하는 치타의 울음소리를 들어보면 새끼 고양이보다도 가늘게 들린다. 사자나 호랑이 같은 다른 고양잇과 포유류가 우렁찬 울음소리를 내는 것과는 비교도 되지 않는다. ��미 치타가 새끼와 떨어지면 새와 비슷한 소리로 서로를 찾는���, 이는 대형 고양잇과 포유류의 으르렁거리는 포효소리에 익숙한 경쟁 포식자가 새로 착각하여 새끼들에게 관심을 갖지 않도록 하기 위함이다.피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

실제로 치타는 고양잇과의 분류에서는 소위 큰고양이류라고 불리는 표범속(Big Cat - Panthera[8])에 속하지 않으며 이런 연유에서인지 으르렁대듯이 크게 포효하는 소리를 내지 않고 갸르릉거리는 얇은 소리를 주로 낸다.피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

오히려 표범이나 재규어, 사자같은 일반적인 중대형 고양잇과 동물들보다 일반적인 애완 고양이나 중소형 고양잇과들인 삵, 보브캣과 더 가까운 동물이 치타이다. 그 중에서도 치타의 입장에서 유전적으로 가장 가까운 동물은 퓨마이다.피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

실제로 먼 옛날 신생대 시절 고대 치타의 기원을 살피면 이들은 현재 살고 있는 아프리카가 아닌 가장 가까운 친척인 퓨마와 같이 아메리카에서 기원했으며 당시 연결되어 있던 베링 육교를 통해서 유라시아 대륙으로 진출하고 후에 아프리카 대륙까지 건너온 것으로 보인다.치타를 표범과 가장 쉽게 구별하는 법은 얼굴의 줄무늬를 보는 것.피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

치타는 눈에서 턱 아래로 내려오는 줄무늬가 있다. 이는 눈물선이라고도 하는데, 나름의 존재 이유가 있다. 사자 같은 덩치 큰 사냥꾼들은 같은 먹이를 공유하는 치타를 경쟁자로 간주해 공격하기 때문에 이를 피하기 위해 낮에 사냥을 한다. 하지만 빠른 속도로 단 하나의 목표에게 정확하게 달려들어야 하는 치타에게 눈에 들어오는 햇빛은 문제가피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

되는데, 이때 검은 줄무늬가 빛을 대신 흡수해 치타의 눈이 먹잇감을 좀 더 확실하게 포착할 수 있도록 도와준다. 운동선수들이 눈 밑에 바르는 검은색 페인트와 같은 효과인 것이다. 표범의 얼굴은 작고 촘촘한 점무늬로 되어 있으며 눈과 코 둘레는 조그만 점무늬이다.

It is not for nothing that cheetahs have characteristics that make them completely different from other felines. The cheetah has a structure in which everything in its body invests everything in running fast, and boasts the highest speed in mammals, around 110 km per hour. This is a trait specialized for hunting fast hoofed mammals such as gazelles. The small, slender head reduces air 피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

resistance, the chest is flat, and the heart and lungs are large. Its legs are long and its body length is long, so it has a wide stride and its flexible spine acts as a spring, allowing it to run at full speed while exploding the kinetic energy of the whole body. The cervical vertebrae are also very flexible, so despite the violent jumps, the head is fixed without moving up and down as if floating in the air, so it can aim precisely at the target.피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

Meanwhile, the cheetah's non-retractable claws act like sprinters' spikes when running. The claws spur the ground and help the cheetah's body move further forward. The cheetah leaps about 7m per step and can do this up to 4 times per second, which is equivalent to running 100m in 3 seconds. An 11-year-old female cheetah named 'Sera' from the Cincinnati Zoo in the United States ran the 100m in 6.13 seconds from a standstill in 2009 and 5.95 피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

seconds in 2012. At the time of the 2012 record measurement, the speed passing the 100m point was 61 mph.# Generally, it takes 3 seconds for a cheetah to reach 100 km/h or 62 mph, which is a similar unit from a standstill. The supercar Lamborghini Aventador is 2.9 seconds. Even motorcycles often go over 20 seconds for 125cc models, and at least 600cc go down to 2 seconds.[9]피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

However, it is not possible to maintain this speed for a long time, but after running 200 to 300 m, the speed drops significantly. Cats and wild beasts have very low sprinting endurance, but in the case of cheetahs, it peaks at 300 meters, running for about 10 seconds. Overheating because the heart beats so rapidly that it pumps blood. Beyond 500m, you are completely at your limit, and you must rest after sprinting. If it is out of limits, organs will be 피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

damaged due to the state of blood flow or body heat.[10] It is said that if you continue to run in this state, you may die. Therefore, animals that frequently encounter cheetahs spend time in the open plains, detect cheetahs from a distance and run away early, even if cheetahs chase them, the cheetahs get tired first before the distance gap is narrowed. In the end, the cheetah's ability as a food stalker has become the best among beasts of prey, and it quietly approaches the prey until it is close to the distance, then suddenly runs out and snatches the neck. An ability that is more necessary피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

for females who must hunt alone than males who can hunt in groups. In fact, females are better stalkers than males. It feeds mainly on antelopes such as Grant's gazelle, Thomson's gazelle, springbok, impala, and richue, and also hunts other animals such as warthogs and rabbits. Females usually hunt alone, but males usually hunt in groups of brothers or in groups. Unlike other feline beasts of prey, cheetahs hunt mainly during the day, as they are often threatened by dangerous nocturnal competitors such as lions and leopards.피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

Because it has a powerful weapon that other predators do not have, such as tremendous speed, the hunting success rate is somewhat high. It is about 30-40% successful, which is higher than other felines, but it is not such an easy hunt. Small antelopes, such as Thomson's gazelles, which are the cheetah's prey, divert the cheetah's concentration because they have a defensive technique of running away in all directions, changing directions and changing 피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

positions in groups to evade pursuit. In addition, since it gets tiring after running for only a few seconds, if you don't secure the distance before attacking, you may miss the food you caught because you almost caught up but your stamina reaches the limit.피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

Therefore, preparation for hunting is a typical feline mammalian method of basically covering up a lack of endurance by ambush and surprise. But attacks are different. The cheetah's body is optimized for speed, so hunting is all about speed. Unlike lions and leopards, they do not attack by jumping, but by their own speed. This power is so great that even a Grant's gazelle, twice as large as a cheetah, rolls to the ground in an instant. After that, the common end of cats and mammals that kill by biting the neck. Its head is small, but its canine teeth are long and sharp, like a feline, so it strikes precisely where the artery flows.피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

Males living in packs usually hunt small animals, but rarely hunt larger game such as wildebeest, ostrich, and zebra. In the case of silkworms, they usually attack the herd to hunt their young, and they do not target ostriches or zebras.피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

Occasionally, they aim for the prey hunted by their own people, and even if there are many thieves and are stronger, the individual who has already taken the prey is psychologically superior, so when the owner of the prey attacks, the thieves shrink and retreat.피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

Asian cheetahs mainly hunt antelope, rabbits, and Persian fallow deer. However, like male cheetahs in Africa, male cheetahs in this region occasionally hunt prey three to four times larger than themselves. Although rare, it preys on wild donkeys, wild horses, and occasionally wild boars [13].피의게임2 1회 2회 다시 보기 230428◁

[petnews2day]

Ohio authorities find big cat high on cocaine, attribute interest to popular 'Cocaine Bear' movie

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/vnXow

Ohio authorities find big cat high on cocaine, attribute interest to popular 'Cocaine Bear' movie

Hamilton County, Ohio dog wardens retrieved an exotic cat resembling a leopard from a tree in January, and after testing it for narcotics, the feline was found to have cocaine in its system. According to a statement from Cincinnati Animal CARE, or CAC, the wardens responded to reports of a “leopard” in a tree in […]

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[handeaux]

17 Curious Facts About Cincinnati Cats And Cincinnati's Curious Cat Fanciers

What Is A Cat Worth?

A cat, according to C.G. Pemberton of Withamsville, is worth the same as a Ford motor car or a Chandler & Price Gordon-Style printing press. That’s according to a classified advertisement Mr. Pemberton placed in the Cincinnati Post on 14 June 1921. Intriguingly, he offered his printing press in exchange for either a Ford, or a tomcat, or a yellow dog, or an “educated bluejay.” One suspects there is a curious story there, but the Post never investigated. Maybe it was code for a bootlegging operation.

An Alligator Cat?

Nellie Isaminger was a popular nurse at the City Hospital, where she supervised the staff in Ward K. She was also the owner of a most curious feline. The cat was born at the hospital and considered quite intelligent. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer [10 May 1897]: “The peculiarity of the animal is that all its four legs are only an inch long, so that the animal is forced to proceed alligator fashion, by dragging its stomach on the ground and wriggling its shoulders and hind quarters to aid locomotion.” Miss Isaminger named her unusual cat Dot.

A Kangaroo Cat?

Thomas Evans, a salesman living on York Street in Newport, invited the Kentucky Post to photograph his “kangaroo cat” in 1914. The little kitten, just five weeks old, was born with only two little bumps where his forelegs should be, and taught itself to get around by hopping on its hind legs. For normal locomotion, the two rear legs sufficed, but when in a hurry, the little feller employed his tail as an additional extremity.

The Traitor Cat

Bessie Cline, of 210 Broadway, had a cat named after herself. Mrs. Cline hated rats and her feline namesake was a good ratter, so they got along famously. Bessie, the cat, birthed four little kittens and Mrs. Cline envisioned an entire platoon of rat-chasers. And then, as the Post [9 July 1930] reported, Mrs. Cline’s son Frederick announced that two more kittens had joined the brood. On inspection, Mrs. Cline found Bessie nursing two young rats. The Post consulted experts, who said mother cats nurturing rodents was normal. Mrs. Cline was not amused.

The Tomcat Peace Warrant

A cat sent two Cumminsville women into court in 1907. It seems four-year-old Helene Meyder brought a tomcat home, without mentioning that the cat actually belonged to Thelma Vorherr, who lived just a couple doors away on Collins (now Cass) Street. Thelma, discovering her pet had been cat-napped, charged up the block and let Minnie Meyder, Helene’s mother, know exactly what she thought of her and the horse she rode in on. The very air was blued and Minnie went to court to get a peace warrant, forcing Thelma Vorherr to keep her opinions to herself.

An Official Cat Catcher?

For many years, Cincinnati had an official dog catcher – a job either thankless or repellant depending on one’s opinions of canines. In 1908, a songbird-loving Cincinnati City Councilman named Robert O’Brien sponsored legislation that would have required all cats in the city to be licensed at a cost of one dollar annually, to be tagged, to be muzzled while at large and to be removed from the streets and disposed of if found in violation. O’Brien’s ordinance, which failed in committee, would have created the position of official cat catcher.

Curiosity Caught The Cat

Marion Scarborough owned a Persian cat she valued, in 1934, at $300 – or almost $6,500 in today’s dollars. While she worked downtown as a stenographer, she was in the habit of letting the pet sun itself on the roof of the apartment building she lived in at 3209 Reading Road. One day she returned and her cat was missing. A diligent search found the curious feline stuck in the elbow joint of a downspout. Ladder Company Number 4, more familiar with getting cats out of trees, engaged in some creative plumbing to free the embarrassed cat.

Bill Taft The Hunter

In the early days of the Twentieth Century, the ink-stained wretches who wrote for Cincinnati’s many newspapers constituted the Pen & Pencil Club and met in a suite of rooms in the old Grand Opera Building on Vine Street, south of Sixth. They shared their clubhouse with a cat named Bill Taft. (The future President and Chief Justice was a newspaper man before he took up politics.) Bill – the cat not the politician – was famous for hunting sparrows on Fountain Square and dragging their little carcasses back to the Opera House.

Cat On The Beat

The Hammond Street Police Station went into mourning in the spring of 1878. Corporal Tom was missing and presumed dead. Tom was a tomcat, known as a good mouser, and had made his home at the Hammond Street Station since 1864. Though only accorded corporal status, Tom stood next to the lieutenant at every roll call and inspected each patrolman. When the station was closed for renovations, Tom moved temporarily to the St. James Hotel, but returned during the ribbon cutting of the new station. Before he disappeared, Tom had been showing the effects of old age. He was never found.

100 Percent Episcopalian Cats

Harry Leist, longtime sexton at St. Paul’s Cathedral at the northeast corner of Seventh and Plum streets, had a cat population explosion going in 1930. Mine No. 1, the cathedral’s unlikely named official mouser, had just given birth to three coal-black kittens. Bishop Henry Wise Hobson decreed that one kitten might stay with its mother, but the other two would have to go. Then, Mine No. 1’s mother, ensconced at the diocesan house, delivered five more kittens. Harry called the newspapers and announced that, even though all the kittens were 100 percent Episcopalian, he would place them with any kind-hearted soul, regardless of creed.

The Manx Monster

Although firemen have been identified with Dalmatian dogs for many years, Cincinnati’s firehouses often found a warm corner for a mascot cat. Usually the feline guest was a local tomcat of indeterminate lineage but, in 1901, Engine Company 23 in Walnut Hills adopted a pet so unusual, lines formed to get a gander at it. His name was Alexander and he was dropped off by a neighbor, who informed the fireman it was a Manx cat, from the Isle of Man, with a tiny nubbin of a tail and six claws on each foot. Alexander chased off Horace, the incumbent mouser, and usurped his duties.

A Guard Cat

It was fairly common for public establishments in Cincinnati to keep a cat around, mostly for pet control. Joseph Hahnel, who ran a café at Sixth and Monmouth streets in Newport, learned a good cat also provided excellent security. Around midnight one evening in 1926, a dog barged into Hahnel’s café while showing all the signs of rabies and attacked two customers. One jumped on top of a pool table, while the other sought refuge on the bar. Tabby, Hahnel’s elderly tomcat, was awakened by the commotion and leapt upon the intruder, chasing the rabid pooch into the night.

Don’t Mess With The Pressroom Cat

From time to time, most Cincinnati newspapers found space for an office cat and the old Commercial Gazette was no exception. In 1889, a very comfortable and very jealous cat had staked out its domain in the fifth-floor stereotyping department. Somehow, a strange cat found its way upstairs and marched into the stereotyping room as if it owned the place. The established feline took offense, there was a swirling cyclone of fur and claws and the newcomer leaped out an open window, five floors up, on the Race Street side. All worked stopped and the men ran over to catch a glimpse of the corpse, but all they saw was one defeated tomcat running, hell-bent for leather, through the Race Street crowds.

A Master Mendicant

The cat had no name. It was a non-descript grey tomcat and it hung around the Central Union Depot – Cincinnati’s largest train station before Union Terminal replaced it. One day in 1910, the tomcat used up one of his nine lives by zigging when it should have zagged as a baggage truck rolled by, shearing off one of the poor tom’s feet. The wound healed and the lucky tomcat learned to milk sympathy and treats from women passengers in particular. The little beggar haunted the lunch counters and dining tables, purring and rubbing against a silk-stockinged leg until a few cuddles and some sustenance was forthcoming.

Cat Bones In The Privy

Who dumped 60 kittens in a West End privy in 1885? More importantly, why? Mark S. Warner and Robert A. Genheimer, in a 2008 paper published in Historical Archaeology, describe the excavation of a privy in Cincinnati’s Betts-Longworth district from which they recovered a large quantity of cat bones, mostly from kittens. Although they offer several theories, ranging from urban sanitation to animal population control to carcass disposal to antisocial behavior, the authors admit there is no conclusive evidence for any of the hypotheses.

Cat’s Ghost Made Me Do It

For all of her unhappy life, Isabelle Phelps claimed to be haunted by the ghost of her cat. It was the spirit of this dead cat, she said, that drove her to murder. Isabelle was self-employed, peddling toiletries on the streets while living in a tenement on Richmond Street in Cincinnati’s West End. She was often on the road to Dayton, Miamisburg, Lebanon, Middletown and Hamilton, where she sometimes took rooms with the Walker family. One morning in 1911 at breakfast, Isabelle pulled a gun from her waistband and shot her landlord in the head at point-blank range, then fired the rest of the bullets at Mrs. Walker. Her defense – that the ghost of her cat was responsible – did not sway the court. She was remanded to the Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. She died there, a victim of cholera, in 1926.

Thauwald’s Amazing Cat

In 1901, Theodore Thauwald ran a saloon on Richmond Street at Central Avenue. Mr. Thauwald had a most peculiar cat named Terry McGovern II, named for a noted bantamweight boxer of the day. This cat displayed unique markings in the fur along its back, neck and head, resembling a snake. Instead of charming little birds with its eyes, like other cats, Terry used his secret weapon, approaching sparrows with his nose held close to the pavement, the snake-like pattern in full view. Exposed to the cat’s serpentine design, birds froze in fright and were easily dispatched. And then the witnesses adjourned to Herr Thauwald’s tavern for a drink.

[chocoboinspectorbalduin]

So, the pupper is James Tiberius ... or just Tibby ... Mr. Tibbs ... or Tibtib. If I'm honest, he's definitely a Tibby and not a Tiberius. He also likes to try and melt into you. He has no concept of space at all.

The feline you've seen before, his name is Finnick. He likes to headbutt your face for love and belong in your personal space.

The last is just me representing mah team. Because sometimes that's just what you have to do.

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Joseph is The One Who Watches by Chris Dutle

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Postcards from Snagglepuss

Trying not to get paralysed on Hoosier Hospitality

BESIDE THE DECATUR COUNTY COURTHOUSE, GREENSBURG, IN: As in the celebrated tree growing in the clock tower thereof, which has positively been identified a few years back as being of the mulberry species, and long something of a landmark for travellers between Indianapolis and Cincinnati along I-74 (Indiana Exits 132 and 134) and US 321.

And still something of a mystery as to how such a tree could grow from such a height.

The which surprised even Ruff and Reddy, more or less the "pioneers" of our Funtastic community, who, like a few other friends of ours, are heading to Gatlinburg, Tennessee for an Easter Sunday to outdo Easter Sundays.

"So what exactly is it all about, Snagglepuss?" Ruff, an energetic little kitteh, asked at a downtown Greensburg cafe where our party, which had already included Crazy Claws, The King and Sheena--not to mention much in the way of cheese, sausage and crackers.

"You see, Ruff and Reddy," Huckleberry Hound explained, "our friends out in Gatlinburg, by name of the Cattanooga Cats--"

"I believe we've heard of them," Reddy remarked.

Huck continued: "Anyway, this feline quartet have a coffee house and artisan roastery in Gatlinburg, Tennessee ..."

Moi: "...and they are working on an Easter Parade of sorts for us fellow characters along The Parkway--that's Gatlinburg's main street, more or less--on Easter Sunday. An impromptu, almost casual sort of schtick, even, guaranteed to impress what tourists may be in the Great Smoky Mountains over Easter!"

"Which, you may like to know," Crazy Claws added, "is rather early in the ordained cycle for Easter. It'll be on March 31st this year!"

You could hear our little company gasping at the revelation.

"But," The King remarked with some swagger, "let it not be hoped that the parade will be rained upon!"

The whole accompanied over rather generous helpings of what would pass for the Blue Plate Sepcial down Indiana way, served rather generously and the waitresses trying not to be jerks. Or, worse yet, on a par with Hooters Girls. But still, it's just Indiana. Next stop, Cincinnati and a bowl of Cincinnati Chili galore!

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Home.

Hello, Cincy.

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Pallas’s Cat, Otocolubus manul

This is another Cincinnati Zoo pic. I adore these guys. They’re so unusual! I believe this is the only feline whose eyes have a round pupil instead of a slitted one.

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