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Meow the 51st – Cat Figures … Some More

In real life, cats fulfil certain roles, such as pet  and fellow creature. Apart from that, cats also appear as companions of evil, as heroes, tricksters, guardians, and healers. In popular culture, cats have played their part in children’s...

Meow the 49th – Catvertising

Recently on Austrian TV, more or less in one single commercial break, two ads: one for Ikea and one for Voltaren Schmerzgel. What is the association of furniture and medicine with cats? For one, cats indicate comfort and home....

Meow the 44th – Human Interest Story

Any current affairs story can be given a human interest angle in a feature story. And cats in a story make humans even more interested in the story. The story about the tweeted cat pictures in the Brussell’s terrorist...

Meow the 34th – Cat Heroes

When a cat does something heroic, it makes the headlines worldwide as shown at the example of the cat who saved a baby from the cold in Russia. As can be seen, for example, in stories Katze rettet Baby...