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Why did this random cat raise its butt towards me?

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I went to the parking lot to pick up my car and there’s usually a stray cat or two there. They normally don’t bother, but this time the cat came up to me, turned around, and arched its back to show me its butt. Once I did that, it walked around for a bit and came back to me once again and raised its butt towards me.

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Cats and chicks

10,000 Birds

In the UK, so figures indicate , 10 million domestic cats account for 275 million prey items, of which 55 million are birds. In Australia where the endemic prey population has evolved without cats, the problem has reached the stage where drastic measures have been imposed. Cats rely on stealth to ambush their prey.

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CATS for Cats

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Dynamic duo Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars) and Brendan Robinson (Pretty Little Liars) walk the red carpet at Kitty Bungalow’s CATS for Cats benefit concert at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. The stars turned out for the 2nd annual CATS for Cats charity event on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

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Birding Fengxian, Shanghai in summer

10,000 Birds

Presumably, the parents of black drongo chicks sometimes meet with Red-billed Starlings to sympathize with each other about the challenges of raising chicks these days. Given the limited amount of creativity available here in my apartment, this has sometimes led to the problem of these cats being given rather uninspired names.

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Out Birding to Help an Endemic Sparrow in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

This endemic bird must also contend with outdoor cats, pesticides, cowbird parasitism, and maybe even competition from the slightly larger White-eared Ground-Sparrow. Carman have organized a Birdathon to raise funds for the Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow project. The White-eared Ground-Sparrow is much more common. Check out the video!

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If your cat or dog is having a litter, is it ok to keep most or a considerable part of the puppies if you have the conditions, or is there risk of inbreeding in the future?

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I tried to search the internet for that and for people who raise pets in farms, ranchs, etc, could never find a good answer about how it goes if you keep your pet's entire group of children together with the parent(s) and don't give them away. submitted by /u/StrongAndPowerful [link] [comments]

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Big Cat Week!

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Big Cat Week starts tonight on Nat Geo WILD! Tonight’s premiere episode, Big Cat Odyssey , follows lions and leopards through Africa’s harshest climatic extremes. Award-winning filmmakers and National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert set out 30 years ago on a quest to get close to big cats.

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