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The work is being conducted by scientists from the Animal Welfare Epidemiology Lab at the University of California Davis. Last fall, the team recruited volunteers who owned exactly two cats to look at cat videos on the internet, as part of a project to study how well owners could read feline body language

<p>Jane Randolph, a willowy beauty who was memorably terrorized by shadow and sound in one of the great suspense films of all time, the original "Cat People," died May 4 at a hospital near Gstaad, Switzerland, after breaking her hip. She was 93.</p>

Kathy Stack remains in dogged pursuit of a missing cat. Her efforts to find her pet feline, Paco, have proved both expensive and relentless. She makes the investigators on the CBS-TV missing persons drama "Without A Trace" look like slackers.

Basic Rules For Cats Who Run A House DOORS: Do not allow closed doors in any room. To get a door opened, stand on hind legs and hammer it with forepaws. Once door is opened, it is not necessary to use it. After you have ordered an "outside" door opened, stand halfway in and out and think about several things. This is particularly important during very cold weather, rain, snow, or mosquito season. Swinging doors are to be avoided at all costs. GUESTS: Quickly determine which guest hates cats the most. Sit on that lap. For sitting on laps...