The phrase
"alley cats" refers to stray or feral cats that live and roam around in alleys or streets without a specific home.
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My cat, a
former alley cat who had to survive by eating garbage, has had on / off chronic digestive problems since I rescued her a few years ago.
These cats are so effective that they are highly prized by residents of the city, even
though alley cats were once considered pests, themselves.
An overwhelming majority of americans — 81 percent — believe it is more humane to leave a stray cat outside to live out her life than to have her caught and killed, according to national survey conducted by harris interactive for
alley cat allies.
We looked
for alley cats together, we listened for the ocean in seashells together, we drew pictures together...
Most of my cats started out as
stray alley cats of one sort or another, although I did once have a short - tempered purebred Siamese my aunt left me when I was in high school.
To make things worse, his now - dead father's kingdom is in disarray with cruel usurping
alley cats in charge, and Carbonel can not take his rightful throne as a human's minion.
A contingent of former
alley cats rescued by Craig Street Cats took 29 of 100 ribbons available for household pets according to Wire Service Canada In addition, three of ten judges selected one of the group as their choice for «best household pet».
He knows many plain and obvious truths: Some cats, for example, wish people would just bug off.This latter truth he acquired impersonating «one of the
bad alley cats» in Stuart Little, which will open Dec. 10.
The assistant editor of The Irish Times, O'Toole off ers a set of nine spitting - mad polemics exploring the different aspects of the Celtic Tiger's regression into «
bedraggled alley cat,» from a primitive land hunger that created a «new feudalism» through a corrupt political and anarchic business culture.
When the recent Southern Baptist upheaval» called simply the Controversy» began in the 1970s, many saw it as just another preachers» fight, a spectacle with all the charms of a late - night row
among alley cats.
And perhaps by swimming out our humiliation, we might drown it like a nagging,
unwanted alley cat.
I've seen Paul a few times now, but The Hollywood Bowl always infuses an evening with a little extra starry - night mojo and «The Long and Winding Road» brought a tear to the eye of this hard - hearted
old alley cat.
There, he encounters a trio of streetwise pigeons (characters indebted to the Goodfeathers of «Animaniacs», with general New Yorkese replacing Scorsese parody), who refer him to Mittens (Susie Essman, «Curb Your Enthusiasm»), a scrawny,
feared alley cat.
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Their average litter size in the Netherlands is 2.7 kittens, (ref) as opposed to a healthy
US alley cat's 4 - 6.
He shares it with two cats: Ginger is a former South
Minneapolis alley cat, and Gem is a Norwegian Forest cat that was a gift from a grateful breeder.
Next thing you know, you walk into little Fuzzy getting it on with the one
eyed alley cat, who eats out of your garbage in the living room..
The
lowly alley cat has long been considered a hissing, stinking, brawling fur ball of trouble — something to round up and send to the pound before it fights with your house cat, leaves droppings in your flowers or tears apart your trash.
As they get measured and weighed at their public debut, the four new white tiger cubs at a German wildlife park yowl and fuss like
common alley cats whose tails have been accidentally stepped on, but the latest residents of the private Serengeti Safari Park in Hodenhagen are among the rarest animals in the world.
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To make matters worse, they have a run - in with an army of
stray alley cats, then two workers from Animal Control and finally a band of wild animals calling themselves the «Flushed Pets.»
Vicki has an incredible knowledge of all the different types of cat breeds, along with their history and how many started out
as alley cats.
They've got the fat cats, but we've got the alley cats
Every recipe that came up was not something I would feed
an alley cat, much less my family and friends.
He concocts a plan with
some alley cats to eliminate Stuart.
Community cats are strays, feral, or
alley cats that live on the streets.
If you aren't familiar with pedigreed cats, you may be under the impression that this is not truly a breed, but simply a fancy name for
an alley cat.
SBG has no ears and some of the gnarliest fur I've seen on
an alley cat.
Some of
these alley cats end up in animal shelters and the foster homes of cat rescues.
Black and White or Gray and White Cats Have you ever noticed that most «
alley cats» are bi-coloured?
In cities, they are
alley cats.
Skeptics, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and some veterinarians, argue the life of
an alley cat is rarely pleasant.
But a change has come to Washington and cities across the nation that might surprise anyone who has been kept awake by the yowling of
an alley cat: A small army of volunteers is trapping feral felines, sterilizing them and returning them to the very alleys they came from.
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Clive has the looks of
an alley cat but has a heart of gold!
Astoria resident Mary Witty said the sudden disappearance of seven
alley cats she was caring for just before Christmas was immediately suspicious to her.
However, in 1910 the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that outbreaks of rabies, diptheria, tuberculosis, and smallpox had been traced to «
alley cats» consorting with free - roaming pets.
In a study of over 100,000
alley cats, less than one percent of those cats were suffering from debilitating conditions.
We also help to address the problems of «
alley cats» through our rescue programs and have established a Sanctuary that will help homeless animals.