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Cats' Adventures & Travels

Jesse Knott rescued Koshka from abuse in a combat zone of Afghanistan – in turn the cat also rescued him
With Ted Brady, Pikachu took a 10-month cycling tour across the States
Brother and sister kittens Puce and Guiton crossed the Atlantic on a tiny, primitive raft
Bree - Pacific sailor
From the Swiss Alps - Tomba the mountaineering cat

Felix of Mayflower II - aboard during the 1957 re-creation of the voyage of the Pilgrim Fathers
Biker cats Rastus and Motor Cat - from New Zealand and Washington DC respectively
Kitty the Backpacker - trekking 1000s of miles from the US to the southern tip of Argentina
'Bionic' cat Oscar from Jersey - fully mobile again after losing two feet in an accident

Cooper - Seattle's photographer extraordinaire
Ship's cat Pwe twice overcame disaster while en route for Cape Horn in the '50s
Halifax over-wintered in the ice of the high Arctic in the '90s (d. 2009)
Chibley of the sail-training barque Picton Castle sadly died in 2011, but now there is George
a few months after completing her 5th round-the-world voyage

From Scotland - Fleetwood who's personally visited nearly 90 pubs
Gauguin - rescued from a South Pacific island
From Wales - The Ginger Darlings walk up to four miles a day
Nigeraurak - Arctic explorer and survivor, Karluk expedition, 1913-14

Mishka the Kosovo refugee cat, smuggled to Canada from the Balkan conflict
Molly from the Deli-cat-essen in NY + Precious, a survivor of 9/11
Three tales - two lucky escapes and an astonishing journey
Two more lucky escapes - Ashley and Carlsberg
Lucky rescued from a freezing Montana river + Emily from Wisconsin who found herself in France

Cats in Wartime

Wartime Cats - on Land and in the Air
Wartime Cats - at Sea

The Animals in War Memorial in London + another tribute at Stockport, UK
PDSA Animal Cemetery at Ilford

Two 19th century mascots from the Crimean War and the American Civil War

and in Famous Felines you'll find
Simon of HMS Amethyst - awarded the Dickin Medal in 1949

Church Cats

Vesper of St Mary of the Angels, Hollywood, California
Inigo and Jones of the Actors' Church (St Paul's), Covent Garden, London
From Canterbury Cathedral and St Patrick's RC Church, Edinburgh respectively, meet Laptop and Fred
Doorkins Magnificat of Southwark Cathedral, London + Louis of Wells Cathedral, Somerset

The Cats of Salisbury Cathedral
Samuel Emmanuel of Southern Pines, North Carolina
Church of the Advent at Boston, Massachusetts + First United Methodist Church, Victoria, Texas

Miss Mac, Ko-Ko and Mungojerrie of Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire
Tom of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
Tiddles of Fairford, Gloucestershire + Reverend Red of Clapham, West Sussex

Also read about Faith, the London Church Cat in the WW2 Blitz in Famous Felines

We also wanted to show this image of another church cat (click to enlarge it) which was seen online but with no information about who/where/when it was. Possibly it may originate from Germany but we're not sure, so if any readers have further details, please let us know.

Library Cats

Pages dedicated to library cats worldwide, past and present — further additions always welcome
Three pages of American Library Cats
Canadian Library Cats
Library Cats from New Zealand and Australia
Library Cats in the UK - Fidel of Deal Library, Kent
European Library Cats

Library cats - general history, society, job description, and rules

and in Famous Felines the best-known library cat of all,
Dewey Readmore Books from Spencer Library, Iowa

Miscellany

The Summit Cats of Mount Washington Observatory, New Hampshire
The Cats of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada

Museum Cats

Cats at The Alamo in Texas
Cats at the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum - Key West, Florida
Guarding treasures at The Hermitage (Winter Palace) - St Petersburg, Russia

Le cimetière des chiens - Asnières-sur-Seine, Paris - thought to be the oldest pet cemetery in the world
Rodent Control Officers Clara & Erik - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Percy Katz of the Joplin Museum Complex, Missouri
Warbird Bob supervised restoration of vintage aircraft in Florida, a B-17 bomber being his favourite
Smudge from the People's Palace at Glasgow, a full card-holding member of the GMB Union

'Trolley Cats' - Trolley Museum, Fort Smith, Arkansas
A virtual museum . . . but Max and Maxine are real
Recalling Blackie of the Koshare Indian Museum, La Junta, Colorado

and in Famous Felines,
Mike & Black Jack of the British Museum, London

Practice Cats

Indy of the Discovery Bay Veterinary Hospital in California, and his predecessor Annie
Clinic cats Mr Squeakers of Dauphin, Canada and Wirus, of Wroclaw, Poland
Oscar and Buckwheat - cats in two care homes who predict death
Clinic cats at Norman, Oklahoma and El Paso, Texas

Working Cats

This sub-section has its own index page: take the Working Cats link above

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Our featured feline at the head of the page is Socks, pictured in 2003 surveying his 'estate' in the early morning sunshine. Affectionately known as Soxy, he blossomed from a thin and hungry stray into a substantial and handsome cat who loved life and company, and his gentle ways endeared him to many friends. He is now no longer with us, but you can read more from his human companion here.

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