Anyone who has owned many cats in long succession can define his or her life as a series of furry episodes.

Generally, or at least very often, people with a deep interest in animals are the best people around.

Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible.

For me a house or an apartment becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog.

It's our mortality that terrifies us, because what we're really seeking is immortality - that is, after all, a fool's errand.

It looks like a miniature hippopotamus with badly-fitting panty hose all over.

Being patted is what it is all about.