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50 Amazing Photos From Cat Heaven Island In Japan
Buzzfeed ^ | 11/25/12 | Summer Anne Burton

Posted on 12/01/2012 9:43:11 PM PST by Slings and Arrows

Photographer Fubirai has spent the last five years documenting the lives of the semi-wild cats that roam the island in Fukuoka, Japan. The cats are fed by local fishermen and wander freely through the streets, boatyards, porches, and houses of the city. Heaven.

(Excerpt) Read more at buzzfeed.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: catheaven; kittyping
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To: Slings and Arrows; All

It’s a real “CAT”mandu!


41 posted on 12/02/2012 7:38:27 AM PST by mdmathis6 ("Barry" Xmas to all and have a rapaciously taxable New Year!)
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To: green pastures

42 posted on 12/02/2012 10:29:29 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: green pastures

#46 — “ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOKITTY!”


43 posted on 12/02/2012 10:33:34 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: AmericaUnite

Agreed.


44 posted on 12/02/2012 10:34:40 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

G-d is utilitarian.


45 posted on 12/02/2012 10:35:35 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Navy Patriot; Slings and Arrows
It's not rare for a cat that is allowed to roam, to adopt two families, and "commute".

Remember the British story of the cat who "commuted" to a distant neighborhood by hopping on a local bus every day?

46 posted on 12/02/2012 10:37:44 AM PST by thecodont
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To: Gefn

Thanks! My kitties are family.


47 posted on 12/02/2012 10:40:58 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: R. Scott

That they do.


48 posted on 12/02/2012 10:43:38 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: mdmathis6
Smiley - Rimshot
49 posted on 12/02/2012 10:45:16 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: thecodont

Yep. Never paid a fare either, the freeloader.


50 posted on 12/02/2012 10:50:03 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

That’s a delightful link and so is the thread. Great job, my friend.


51 posted on 12/02/2012 10:56:54 AM PST by TheOldLady
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To: wrencher
Cats are an invasive species that kills for fun and decimates the wild bird population.

Humans are an invasive species that kills for fun and decimates the population of any number of wild species.

That said, I'll bet that island doesn't have much of a rodent problem.

52 posted on 12/02/2012 10:57:54 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Cut the cable today!)
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To: Slings and Arrows; Gefn

Thanks! As someone else already said, they all look healthy and cared for. Some beautiful cats in that collection!


53 posted on 12/02/2012 11:02:45 AM PST by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

54 posted on 12/02/2012 11:04:10 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: TheOldLady

My pleasure.


55 posted on 12/02/2012 11:15:23 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: knittnmom

You’re welcome, and agreed.


56 posted on 12/02/2012 11:17:35 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: JoeProBono

57 posted on 12/02/2012 11:18:28 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows

Love the MGM kitty! Do you all remember the little meowing kitty at the end of Mary Tyler Moore?


59 posted on 12/02/2012 12:37:29 PM PST by Gefn
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To: Gefn
Love the MGM kitty! Do you all remember the little meowing kitty at the end of Mary Tyler Moore?

I do indeed.</feeling_old>

60 posted on 12/02/2012 12:52:03 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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