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The Sand Cats at Parken Zoo in Sweden
The Parken Zoo in Sweden recently welcomed a new litter of Sand Cat kittens, and boy are they cute! The Sand Cat is a relatively small, stocky cat with short legs, a long tail, and large pointed ears. They range from 15 to 22 inches in length, not including a foot-long tail. Among the smallest of the wild cats, the Sand Cat adult weighs between 3 and 7-1/2 lbs. In the wild, Sand Cats live in dry, sandy desert areas.
Also check out animals available for adoption at the Salinas Shelter , the Monterey County Animal Shelter , the Marina Shelter - (831) 384-2528, the Santa Cruz SPCA , the Santa Cruz Animal Services , the SPCA of Monterey County , and the Los Coches Vet Hospital - (831) 678-2658. Click here for a more complete listing of other places to adopt a rescued cat or dog. You can help Animal Friends Rescue Project find homes for these animals by printing this page and posting it at your workplace or somewhere else where people will see it.
AFRP Cats Available for Adoption
Feline Personalities
As all cat owners know, individual cats have very different personalities. This is why people who seek to clone their cats – if the technology does become feasible – are in for a disappointment if they think they'll get an exact replica. However, there are some common themes in the way they act. For example, cats tend to be more independent than dogs; they are somewhat more cryptic; they sleep a lot; they are fixed in their habits; and they are fastidious about their hygiene. These commonalties aside, there are many unique personality types that are the result of their genetics and personal experiences.
To see a larger photo of a particular cat, click on the cat's name (where applicable). If you would like more information on a cat or to start the adoption process, you can contact the foster parent directly via email using the link provided or by contacting The Cat Network at 305-255-3482. For more information on the adoption process, click here . short hair beautiful blue tuxedo cat with gold eyes, a real sweetheart who was abandoned when his family lost their home, great with people, purring, playful, calm, very easy to love
Adoptable Male Cats
They enjoy trotting along side members of the house and retrieving tossed paper wads. They enjoy activity more at ground level than some breeds who prefer surveying from high perches. The Ragdoll is on a fast track in popularity. It ranks second only to the Bengal in The International Cat Association and sixth in the Cat Fanciers Association. A Persian cat breeder named Ann Baker is touted for creating this breed in the 1960s. She bred a neighbor’s longhaired white cat named Josephine with male Siamese and Persians she owned at her Riverside, Calif. home.
ragdoll information, pictures of ragdolls | catster
QGC Mt. Dolls Montana Dreamer of Ky Dolls, a blue bicolor Ragdoll. Image Copyright 1995 Mehrfeld .
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Bombay Information, Pictures of Bombays | Catster
The Bombay was first developed in the 1950s by a Louisiana breeder named Nikki Horner. She aimed to create a breed that resembled a small panther, and used certain American Shorthairs and Burmese to obtain an all-black, copper-eyed cat. In 1976, The Cat Fanciers Association granted Championship status to the Bombay.
If you are superstitious, then the Bombay cat may not be for you! Why you might ask....well this beauty is a black cat ...and a cat with the most piercing copper-gold eyes. The late cat breeder, Nikki Horner, from Kentucky, USA, had often heard people say: ' I'd love to own a panther' . These words inspired her to create a black cat which resembles the wild black Panther (black leopard) of Asia. Ms Horner started working on her 'creation' in 1958. After much thought, she selected a female Burmese with a sable-colored coat and for the male she chose an American Shorthair cat with black coloring .
Bombay Cat - A Profile on a Black Cat that Shines
The Russian Blue is a cat breed that has a silver-blue coat. These cats are known to be highly intelligent and playful, but tend to be timid around strangers. They also develop close bonds with their human companions and are highly sought after due to their personalities and unique coat.
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The Russian Blue cat
The Russian Blue is a shorthair cat. It doesn't need grooming, but it often enjoys being brushed and combed - because it has a pleasant time. The structure of the coat is something between plush and silk. It must not be too flat lying or long, but it must neither seem wooly. When you stroke a Russian Blue the coat should feel soft, but also resist a little. Previously it was said that the coat was comparable with sealskin.
Russian Blues always lived at the Russian court and were favoured by the Csars and Russian aristocracy for their plush double coats which are sometimes compared to the coat of a beaver or seal. In particular Csar Peter 1st and his daughter Elisabeth loved the beautiful Russian Blue with its deservedly haughty air, but gentle soul. Csaritsa Katharina 2nd however preferred dogs to cats and started to give these beauties away to the foreign ambassadors as a present for their Principals, one of them became the favoured pet of the English Queen Victoria. This is how the Russian Blues spreaded to other courts and blue cats in general became known as royal cats. The thus exported Russian Blues have had a profound influence on the Maltese Blues, the Chartois Blue, the British Shorthair Blue and the Spanish Blue.
Breedportrait Russian Blue
Cats generally are very pleasant, enjoyable animals that many people all over the world choose as pets. A special and interesting cat breed would be the Russian Blue, a highly-appreciated type due to their lovely personalities and also their unique color. The basic and most obvious characteristic of a Russian Blue cat breed would be its silvery-blue coat. Russian Blue's body is slender, has a medium-size, and is covered with a lovely blue-grey silky coat. Thus, it is blue with silver edges, and these edges give the cat quite a shimmering look.