About 6 months after the episode with the noose, I got a ‘phone call at work one Thursday morning. It was Peter to say that he’d found Dulcie on his way to work, and it looked like she’d been hit by a car. I dropped everything grabbed my bag and keys and headed for the door. Fortunately my colleagues knew me well enough to understand the garbled message I muttered over my shoulder as I was leaving. When I got home Peter had managed to get Dulcie indoors and rung the vet to let him know we were on our way.

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It was Xmas 1990 and we had decided to get 2 kittens to replace our beloved Dan, who had died the previous May. I’d arranged to have a full 2 weeks off work to help them settle in, and we’d already been to the RSPCA and chosen them; a sleek black male and his fluffy, black and white sister. We had decided to call them Linus and Grover. Everything was in place for a wonderful Xmas.

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Only five subspecies of tiger exist in the world
The largest of the subspecies is the Amur (or Siberian) Tiger
The Sumatran Tiger is the smallest of the subspecies
Unusually for Cats, Tigers enjoy water and are very strong swimmers
Only four cats are capable of roaring the Lion, Leopard, Jaguar and the Tiger
Tigers don’t like to get too hot
Tigers spend really hot days lying in pools and streams. 

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The world’s favourite cartoon cat is “I’m not overweight, I’m undertall” Garfield. However, the reality for fat cats is not as cheerful. Truly big cats usually have a genetic or hormonal problem, and may only live short lives. Most cats regulate their own weight well, but sometimes, due to overfeeding and lack of exercise they still lose their shape and vitality.

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 Felix the Cat is a cartoon character from the silent-film era. His black body, white eyes, and giant grin, coupled with the surrealism of the situations in which his cartoons place him, combined to make Felix one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world. Felix was the first character from animation to attain a level of popularity sufficient to draw movie audiences based solely on his star power.

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