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A New Study Finds That Domestic Cats Traveled the Silk Road to China About 1,400 Years Ago
The modern world’s pet cats are products of a long process of domestication and trade. It began some 10,000 years ago in ...
Woman Takes 20-Year-Old Cat To Vet for 'Final Days'—Shock Over What Happens
After having a "final days" session, a family prepared to say goodbye to their senior cat a third time, but the feline had ...
A heartwarming tail: Missing Bay Area cat found after five years
The tail, er, tale, began in August when the cat appeared at a venue that might seem counterintuitive, given the traditional ...
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Pet cats arrived in China via the Silk Road 1,400 years ago, ancient DNA study finds
How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats ...
‘It’s been 11 years’: Cat lost in Wisconsin reunited with owner hundreds of miles away
Rutherford the cat first disappeared from his home in Wisconsin in 2013. Years later, he was found over 800 miles from home ...
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China’s First Domestic Cats Took the Silk Road 1,400 Years Ago, New Study Finds
Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...