Cat Behavior

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About Cat Behavior

PLEASE include a comment of a cat's behavior in your photo's description or title. Photos without behavioral titles or descriptions will have to be removed from the group's photo pool.

Ask any question or offer an explanation of a cat's behavior.
The photos submitted don't have to be as revealing as the question or the explanation of a cat's behavior.

Discussions should be related in some way to a cat's behavior.
Please NO contests.

Tame or wild, maybe someone can help by explaining why a cat acts that way!

I picked up a book published by Alley Cat Allies.
The forward states that millions of cats are given up to the streets and to the Humane Societies each year because people expect a cat to behave in a certain manner. If people are educated as to why a cat does certain things, there will be a better understanding of them, and both cats and people will live more harmoniously together.

People live hectic lives and acquire what they think of as "low maintenance" companion animals. The first time the cat scratches the furniture, throws up a hairball, or breaks a prized heirloom while playing, or requires expensive veterinary care, some people feel that the cat hasn't lived up to their expectations. Maybe you can help!

Here are some helpful links. If you have more links you'd like to share, please let us know.

Alley Cat Allies
www.alleycats.org

Heaven Can Wait Sanctuary
www.hcws.org