Are you a cat lovers too?
Do you think of yourself as a cat lover? Do you proudly say, "I love cats. I've always had a cat or two. I've owned 20 ... 30 ... 50 cats in my lifetime!"
If you told people that you love children, that in your lifetime you've adopted 20 or 30 babies (but, ummm, none of them have ever reached maturity) .... what would people think?
The average lifespan of a well-cared-for cat is at least 15 years or so. Let's say that you're only 25 years old, and have had only 1 cat at a time. Speaking statistically, you could (should?) have had only 2 cats if the first lived to a ripe old age, or maybe 4 or 5 if some of those kittens have had unpreventable or uncurable health problems.
Why haven't those cats you've owned made it to old age? Are they (or you) just really "unlucky"? Have you thought it's "just fate" that so many of your cats were run over in the street, died from some disease, wore out from having too many kittens, were killed by the neighbor's dog, or were murdered by some kid with a b-b gun or misplaced sense of "fun"? Have you been thinking "that's just the way it is, cats don't live very long?" [Aside: I know of at least 2 cats - owned by friends - who lived to be 25 and 30 years old!]
Please: Treat your cats as your lifelong companions, as living, loving creatures who desire and deserve to spend a full lifetime with you. Give them the care they deserve - have each spayed or neutered, vaccinated against disease, and keep them inside and safe!
If so, you would be proud to know that you are already one of them now;
FAMOUS CAT-LOVERSThis page features famous cat-lovers, and their cats
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Famous Figures Who Loved FelinesJohn Ritter, Actor, loved his pet cats.
Ian Anderson from the rock bank Jethro Tull.
Mollie Hardwick [1916-2003], famous author, had a cat called Hudson.
Jason Singh from the Australian rock band Taxiride.
Ian Anderson the band member from Jethro Tull witters on about Cats.
Freddie Mercury loved his cats who were named: Tom, Jerry, Oscar, Tiffany, Delilah, Goliath, Miko, Romeo and Lily.
Ernest Hemingway, author, owned 30 Cats. His most unusual cat was a six-toed cat given to him by a ship's captain.
Sir Winston Churchill: Prime Minister of England [1874 - 1965]. Sir Winston owned an orange tabby cat named Jock. He commissioned a painting of Jock, who slept in his bed every night and was even taken to all the wartime cabinet meetings.
Nostradamus: Seer and Prophet [1503 - 1566]. The French Astrologer had a cat named Grimalkin.
Edward Lear: Artist and Author [1812-1888]. Edward was devoted to his tabby cat, Foss. His devotion was so great that when he decided to move to San Remo, Italy, he instructed his architect to design a replica of his old home in England so Foss would not be disturbed and suffer a minimum of distress after the move. Lear’s drawings of his stripped tabby cat are well-known, especially those which accompany his rhyme,
The Owl and the Pussycat. When Foss died, he was buried in Lear's italian garden.
Abraham Lincoln: American President [1809]. Abraham Lincoln came into presidential office accompanied by Tabby, his son's cat. Tabby was the first of several White House cats.
Sir Walter Scott: Poet and Author [1771 - 1832]. Author of Rob Roy and Ivanhoe. Sir Walter was also an editor, critic and deputy sheriff of Selkirk in 1799. Absorbed in folklore and the supernatural, Scott was devoted to cats, and a portrait of him by John Watson Gordon shows the author at work at his desk with his tabby, Hinx, lying close by. This Tomcat was known to terrorize Scott's dogs.
Sir Isaac Newton: Scientist and Philosopher. Sir Isaac, famous for his laws of motion and gravity, was a confirmed cat lover who was deeply concerned about the welfare of his feline friends. Therefore, so his research would go uninterrupted, and his cats should not feel restricted and be at liberty to wander freely in and out when the doors were closed, he invented the cat-flap.
Michel de Montaigne: French Author [1533 - 1592]. One of Michel's famous quotes: “When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her?”
Alexander Dumas: Author of The Three Musketeers. Dumas owned a cat called Mysouff. This cat was known for his extrasensory perception of time. Mysouff could perdict what time his master would finish work, even when his master was working late.
Amy Carter: Daughter of Jimmy Carter. Amy owned a number of cats including a Siamese cat with a peculiar name "Misty Malarky Ying Yang".
Renoir and Monet: French Artists. The French artists loved cats and depicted them in several paintings.
Charles Dickens: Author. Charles' cat, Willamena, produced a litter of kittens in his study. Dickens was determined not to keep the kittens, but he fell in love with one female kitten who was known as "Master's Cat". She kept him company in his study as he wrote, and when she wanted his attention she would snuff out his reading candle.
Dr Albert Schweitzer: 1952 Nobel Peace Prize Winner. Schweitzer became ambidextrous because of his cat Sizi. When Sizi would fall asleep on his arm he began writing prescriptions with his other hand.
Dr Samuel Johnson: Compiler of the first dictionary. Johnson had a pet cat named Hodge whom he fed oysters and other luxurious treats.
Edgar Allan Poe: Author. Poe used cats as symbols of the sinister in several of his stories, although he himself owned and loved cats. He used his tortoiseshell cat "Catarina" as the inspiration for his story 'The Black Cat'. Catarina was a house cat and during the winter of 1846 when Poe was destitute and his wife dying of tuberculosis, Catarina would curl up on the bed with the dying woman and provide warmth.
Florence Nightingale: Humanitarian. Florence owned a large Persian cat named "Bismarck". She owned more than 60 cats in her lifetime.
Prophet Mohammed. The prophet Mohammed loved cats. The story is told that at one day when he was being called to pray he noticed his cat, Muezza sleeping on the folds of his sleeve. Rather than disturb the sleeping cat, Mohammed cut off the sleeve of his robe.
Pope Leo XII. Pope Leo owned a grayish-red cat with black stripes called Micette. Micette was born in the Vatican and lived with the Pope.
Horace Wadpole: British Essayist. Horace Wadpole wrote lovingly about his cats.
Eyptian Sultan. A thirteenth century Egyptian sultan left his entire fortune to the needy cats of Cairo. For many years afterwards homeless cats received a free meal daily.
Rutherford B Hayes: US President. The first Siamese cat brought to the United States was a gift to the President.
T.S. Elliot: Nobel Prize-winning British Poet and Playwright. T.S. Eliot was a cat lover and he wrote an entire book of poems about cats. His "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" was set to music by Andrew Lloyd Weber and became the long-running musical, Cats.
Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore had a polydactyl grey cat called "Slippers".
Theophile Steinlen: Swiss Artist. Steinlen's Paris home was known as "CatsCorner".
Petrarch: Poet. Petrarch was said to have been even more devoted to his cat than to the memory of his great love, Laura.
Vanna White: TV Celebrity. The world-famous letter turner owns two cats that she mentions frequently on "Wheel of Fortune".
Victor Hugo: Author. Hugo is considered the greatest author in the history of French literature. He wrote fondly in his diary about his cats.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: American Author. Harriet had a large cat called Calvin. He arrived on Harriet's doorstep one day, moved in, took over the household, demanding food and asserting his rights. Harriet enjoyed his company and Calvin often sat on her shoulder as she wrote.
Other Famous Authors who loved and owned cats: Mark Twain, Paul Gallico, H.H. Munro, Walter de la Mare, Thomas Hardy, Lewis Carroll, Beatrix Potter, H.G. Wells, and W.B. Yeats.
Patrick Stewart found his beloved cat (which he named 'Bella') on the set of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (1987).
Halle Berry fell in love with her cat Play-Doh while on the set of her movie, "Catwoman".
Art Bell owns four cats and often talks about them on his show.
Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull fame offers
kitten advice.
Other celebrity ailurophiles:
Sue Grafton,
Joan Embery, Jo Stanley, Jay Leno, Ellen Degeneres, Kirsten Dunst, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei, Kate Beckinsale, Tony Amendola, George W. Bush, Billy Crystal, Christina Ricci, Bo Derek, Linda Evans, Martha Stewart, Suzanne Somers, Victoria Principle, Andy Serkis, Joan Van Ark, Vanna White, Pamela Hensley, Warren Beatty, Ronald Reagan, Ann Margret, Whitney Houston, Joe Namath, Antonio Banderas, Rachael Bella, Sally Jessie Raphael, Vivica A. Fox, Betty White, Aaron Neville, Yoko Ono, Frank Zappa, The Osbornes, and Sean Astin.
Swiss Artist Theophile Steinlen Swiss artist Theophile steinlen's Paris home was known as 'catscorner' because of the large number of the former reproduced on a variety of articles.
T.S. Elliot The Nobel Prize-winning British poet, playwright, and cat lover, T.S. Eliot, wrote an entire book of poems about cats. His Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats was set to music by Andrew Lloyd Weber and became the long-running musical, Cats.
Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt had a cat named Slippers, a grey/blue cat. Slippers had a disease, which resulted in him having more than 5 toes on his feet.
Vanna White World-famous letter turner, Vanna White, owns two cats that she mentions frequently on Wheel of Fortune.
Victor Hugo Victor Hugo, considered the greatest author in the history of French literature, wrote fondly in his diary about his cats.
William WordsworthFamous for writing these poems about cats:-
The kitten and the Falling Leaves,
Kittens! Kittens!,
Loving and Liking,
See the kitten on the Wall.
Anatole FranceFamous cat lover.
MontaigneFamous cat lover, had a cat that he played with.
Lord ByromFamous cat lover as well as other animals such as dogs, monkeys, eagle, crow, falcon.
Charles BaudelaireFamous cat writer who wrote
cats.
The BrontesFamous cat lovers.
Jeremy BenthamFamous British Economist who was famous for his theory on Utilitarianism, was a cat lover.
Samuel ButlerFamous writer who loved cats.
Henry JamesLover of cats.
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