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  • The change of seasons brings turmoil and tough choices to the three big cat families.
  • Lion, leopard and cheetah parents attempt to co-exist and raise their cubs in Botswana.
  • Cat owners in this country are exploring ways to take their feline friends outside safely for walks on leashes, in backpacks and in strollers. (Story first aired on Morning Edition on July 5, 2024.)
  • Much like your mortgage, the cat is a loan. Cats are delivered to the new residence for a two-hour visit. In Russia, it's considered good luck for a cat to cross the threshold of a new home.
  • For some cats, leashed walks "can certainly create environmental enrichment, get them some more exercise," says veterinarian Grace Cater. Other cats? Not so much.
  • The movie musical Cats premieres this week. It adapts Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical of the same name, which is both divisive and still very popular.
  • Science journalist Emily Anthes talks about how scientists are engineering mice with tumors and working to create pigs that can grow organs for human transplant and insects that could serve as drones for the military.
  • The owner of a wet cat from Maine uploaded a video on YouTube. When the owner asks if the cat would like to continue the bath for "a little bit more," it sure sounds like the cats replies, "no more."
  • A cat was high up in a tree in England for three days. When a tree worker climbed up to retrieve the cat, it jumped to another tree and climbed down on its own.
  • The Catfe in Vancouver no sooner opened its doors than it had to close temporarily because of a cat shortage. Due to the overwhelming success of adoptions in the first few weeks, it ran out of cats.
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