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the house cat at the Cheshire Cat Bookstore has the dual responsibility of being mascot and mouser
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That’d be like getting hit in the head by a spiny house cat!
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Place the feeder where it cannot be easily accessed by house cats who will prey on the cardinals.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
The tiny monkeys, which are about the size of a house cat, are all females.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2024
One 2009 study in the Journal of Wildlife Management found that Texas biologists surveying otters frequently mistook raccoon, opossum and even house cat tracks for otter prints.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Place the feeder where it cannot be easily accessed by house cats who will prey on the cardinals.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
The tiny monkeys, which are about the size of a house cat, are all females.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2024
One 2009 study in the Journal of Wildlife Management found that Texas biologists surveying otters frequently mistook raccoon, opossum and even house cat tracks for otter prints.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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“House cat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20cat. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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