The Team
Welcome
Photo: Lee Bishop
…to the Winter 2010 issue of The Cat
Tom Briggs Editor Rasoul Hudda Senior Designer Sam Roberts Creative Artworker
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Wrap up warm and winter well!
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Winter 2010
Kleptomaniac cats How to stop
a pilfering puss
The danger at home s
Common hous ehold poisons reve aled
Festive felines Christmas card cats celebrated
Soul survivors Can cats reinc
Published quarterly by Cats Protection. Printed by Gemini Press Ltd.
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Francesca Watson Editor
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Amy Rutter Editorial Assistant
Welcome to the last magazine of 2010… where has the year gone?! Tom Briggs has taken the reins of editorship for this edition and, as ever, it’s packed with interesting and absorbing features and articles. There’s Christmas cheer on our centre pages as Marilyn Crowther discovers the delights of Victorian cards with a festive feline theme. Amy Rutter reports on CP’s advancement in the digital world on pages 18 to 20, while on pages 38 to 39 we meet an amazing CP volunteer who has represented her country in the Special Olympics and Tom Briggs unmasks the felons of the feline world on pages 22 to 24. After bringing these outlaws to task, Vicky Halls then explains how to deal with your pickpocketing puss on pages 28 and 29! On a recent visit to a cattery I discovered far more than first meets the eye and returned with fascinating tales of glamourpusses both from the silver screen and the cat pens. You can discover more on pages 44 to 46. We have an informative article about common household poisons on pages 52 to 53 and don’t miss out on the return of our Writing Competition. There is a tear-out giving details and entry form on page 47. It’s time to be inspired and get your cat poems and prose into us. Speaking of competitions, isn’t our cover cat gorgeous? She’s called Monkeypants and she was an entrant to our 2009 photo competition.
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