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A Hamster’s Story: The making of a novel

4 The Love Of Animals

His gagging fits – like a cat trying in vain to cough-up a hairball – are becoming more frequent. Like he was the human and she was the hamster. And when she did have time for Hamlet, Emmie cried and pleaded with her mom to take him to the vet. As if the vet had a cure for old age. His fur is growing mangy and patchy.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. Now, he lay frightened and ruffled in my hands, his tail tattered, his feathers damp from the maw of a cat named Puck. Back then, I didn’t know enough about birds, but I knew a lot about cats. I scrambled for a box. I was mortified.

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