A Brief History of Traveling With Cats

 

Fierce felines of history sailed the world, survived Europe’s crusade against them and made it all the way to Memedom.

Th link to the post originally appeared on Smithsonian Magazine and was published August 14, 2017. 

Cat Tank

 

Motorcycling Cat

 A local cat takes a nap before riding off into the sunset!

Palmerston's Story - Follow His Thread Over The Coming Days

 

THREAD 📖 📚

Before my retirement, I want to share a short story about my adventures @foreignoffice.

It’s in 26 tweets: 15 to be tweeted tomorrow, 11 on Wednesday. The story is fictional, as are the characters, except ME and my “owner” Simon, who wrote it... pic.twitter.com/hrJGcM3Tew

— Palmerston (@DiploMog) August 24, 2020

Flowerpot Cat

 

 A local cat has chosen a flowerpot for her day bed.

Larry at Number 10 - The Book

 

The Londoner reports that Larry the Downing Street cat is to be immortalised in children’s picture-book form. 

The mouse-hunting moggy will star in Larry at Number 10 by Elizabeth Radcliffe, who tells us she’s been “a really big fan of Larry for a long time — he’s got such personality. When Dilyn [the No 10 dog] came on the scene I had an idea for the story... Larry gets his whiskers put out of joint.” The book, which is planned for later this year, will reveal all.

Mittens The Cat In the Running To Be New Zealander of The Year

 

A Turkish Angora cat named Mittens who roams tattoo parlours, office towers and churches, posing for social media snapshots along the way is in the running to be New Zealander of The Year.

Earlier this year Mittens, of Wellington, was given the key to the city, and his adventurous spirit has won him tens of thousands of local and international fans.