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NEWS ABOUT: feline

feline stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - Cats may appear ambidextrous when pawing a ball of string but actually lean lefty or righty when it comes to tough tasks, the New Scientist reports. It comes down to sex: girl kitties are mostly righties and boys lefties, say researchers at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. Hormone levels... More »

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study • research • cat • feline

 Cats Do Use 
 Mind Control: 
 Study 

Cry used by hungry kitties shows knowledge of human hearing, psychology

Jul 13, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cats seeking food use a cry that humans find maximally urgent and annoying, LiveScience reports. Researchers played a range of cat calls for humans and found that one—a high-pitched cry embedded in a purr—to be the most difficult to ignore, whether the subject owned a cat or not.... More »

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food • infant • crying • academic research • cat • feline

(Newser) - A Florida teen charged with killing 19 cats in his Miami community became so excited talking about feline dissection that detectives were convinced he was a sociopath, according to court documents released yesterday. Tyler Weinman, 18, never admitted he killed the cats that were found mutilated in his neighborhood, but... More »

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Florida • Miami • animal cruelty • cat • feline • tyler weinman

(Newser) - Socks is no more. The First Cat of the Clinton White House died today at the age of 20, People reports. The feline, who had lived with Bill Clinton’s former personal secretary, Betty Curie, since leaving the White House, was put down after a bout with throat cancer.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • White House • Bill Clinton • euthanasia • cat • feline • Socks the Cat • Betty Currie • throat cancer

(Newser) - A column suggesting that housecats murder babies out of jealousy has earned the Houston Chronicle a lot of, well, catcalls. It's not true, the paper now reports. “It’s funny that someone would still actually think that is true,” said a veterinarian and SPCA official. “That... More »

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murder • infant • cat • feline • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome • SIDS • veterinary medicine • toxoplasmosis • asphyxiation

 Fertile
 Felines May
 Require New Laws 

Cat population could reach dangerous heights: researcher

Apr 17, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - America’s wandering cat population is growing—and if communities don’t address the issue, their numbers could spiral to alarming heights, LiveScience reports. As it stands, there’s a cat for every 3.5 Americans, and reproducing roamers contribute to the 5 million cats euthanized yearly. Cities may need... More »

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Los Angeles • overpopulation • feral cats • cat • feline

Researchers
Let the Cats
Out of the Bag

Feline genes reveal lessons of past, guidance for future

Mar 17, 08 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cats don't talk, but their genes can tell a good story, and they're revealing plenty about the animal's 10,000-year history. DNA samples from more than 1,100 cats, from fancy show breeds to wild animals from around the world, are confirming earlier discoveries as well as refuting some claims,... More »

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genetics • DNA • genes • cat • Burmese cat • Persian longhair • inbreeding • feline • Fertile Crescent • Leslie Lyons

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