Feline Honorary Spotlights and Feline's New Year resolutions 2022
Feline Honorary Spotlight
Happy Wednesday: Today I got an interesting story to share about a thanksgiving Cat (Wed 12.14.22)
Happy Wednesday everyone.
Please note: This doesn't have anything pertaining to railroad but wanted to share as this is the month of December which is the month of cat from what I researched anyway about December and cats.
I just found this article about a very interesting cat who had an interesting thanksgiving occurring to the article's publication. The cat known as "Smells" had an interesting trip from New York state to Florida.
According to the article, "Air travel around the holidays can be stressful, just ask Smells." which I would agree after an interesting trip Smells had after being trapped in a check in bag. Well it shows one fact that we can all agree on, Air travel is certainly stressful during the holiday times as we've seen by Smells. Luckily Smells is doing ok according to the article.
To read the article, click the link below:
Feline Feast: Cat Found at JFK Gets Holiday Meal After Jumping in Checked Bag-NBC CT article--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Happy Thursday: Lets have a therapy session with felines (Thur 12.15.22)
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| Image: lovinkat via Flickr (Cropped version) |
Hi All, Happy Thursday
I wanted to continue with my feline series that I've been doing since the start of December. Up to today (Thursday December 15th,2022) had been a feline related railroad series where I was shining spotlights on felines who worked on the railroads. But I've changed it slightly as I turned to focusing more towards the felines and less railroad related feline stories due to other sites (listed below) who handle those tasks.
Note to all: So for the rest of the month, I'll be spotlighting different feline jobs. I'll still be doing a Railroad Winter series for the week of Sunday 12/18/2022-Friday 12/22/2022. So lets focus on today's spotlight where I shine the spotlight on therapy felines. It will be a brief story as you can read in further details through the links at the bottom of the post so lets get into today's spotlight.
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As in the therapy world, everyone loves the lovely therapy dogs who come in to support kids and make people feel comfortable. Along with the therapy dogs, there are also four little paws with a tail that goes meow instead of woof which are the signs of cats. There are also therapy felines who are trained in the same training as therapy dogs and other animals that provide support to people. In parts where dog might be too intimidating, cats can sometimes stroll in to win the hearts of people who may be scared of dogs.
Therapy cats work exactly the same way as therapy dogs do in terms of making people feel safer especially therapy cats who help kids with Autism. To learn more about therapy cat and Autism kids, please click on link #1 below to learn more and read the article. I do hope you enjoy this post and feel free to click any of the links down below to learn more on this topic.
Join me tomorrow at 7am to learn about felines on the front line with the public safety community. I'll be having a discussion about the following felines:
- Feline firefighter (Flame the Arson Cat)
- Feline Police officer (Captain the police cat)
- Feline Emergency Medical Responder (Killer the FDNY Station 57 Cat)
- Feline Dispatcher (TazCom Dispatch Center's Tigger)
Links (click any below)
- What Is a Therapy Cat and What Do They Do?-Pawsome Cats Link
- Therapy Cat-Google Search results (Search term results that list other links that I saw on google)
- Why Therapy Cats are Just as Effective as Therapy Dogs-vetmed.ucdavis.edu (comparing between Cats and Dogs)
- Sandy Hook Promise (goes to => https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/ please go support the promise)
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Feline Responder Friday- The feline responders of Fire,Police,EMS and Dispatch cats who come to the aid of the First Responders (Fri 12.16.22)
Hi, Everyone
- Firefighter-Flame the Arson Cat
- Police officer-Captain the police cat
- Emergency Medical Service responder-Killier the station 57 cat
- Dispatcher Tigger
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FIRE SERVICE: Flame the Arson Cat
Flame the Arson Cat
From the fire service community, their first furry companion I chose was a ginger & white cat from Greenville, South Carolina named "Flame" the Arson cat who lives at the Belmont Fire Department. He just showed up at the firehouse one day and fell in love with the members of Belmont Fire Department.
Find out more via the following links below about Flame the Arson Cat
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Law Enforcement: Furry Companion
From the law enforcement community, their first furry companion I chose a white & orange cat from Port Lavaca, Texas named "Captain" the police cat who lives at Port Lavaca Police Department. He is the second highest ranking member on the police force. According Chief Colin Rangnow, had an idea of the department adopting a cat as he grew up with different types of animals, so they decided to adopt a cat from the local shelter.
Find out more via the following links below about Captain the Police Cat aka "the long paw of the law"
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Emergency Medical Services: Furry Companion
From the Emergency Medical Service community, their first furry companion I chose was a cat from FDNY Station 57 in Brooklyn, New York. According to the crew at the EMS station 57, the stray cat, mostly named "Killer" , happened to wander into the station and became an influencer of the station. Sadly as of April 2019, "Killer" passed away due to her being very ill due to cancer.
Find out more via the following links below about "Killer" the Station 57 Cat
Killer the Station 57 Cat (In Killer's memory after passing in April 2019)
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911 Dispatch Centers: Furry Companion
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| TazCom Dispatch Center's Tigger |
From the 911 dispatch center group, their first furry companion I chose was a cat from TazCom Dispatch center in Perkin, Illinois. Tigger as the orange tabby is called, continues the legacy of the TazCom dispatch center's cat mascots after the first cat named "Crack" which is short for Crack Head (no one knows the meaning behind the first cat's name of Crack Head at least from the public anyways). Tigger certainly knows when dispatchers get stress from the 911 call when he jumps up or gives a purr sound to calm their nerves down. Find out more via the following links below about Tigger the orange tabby TazCom's Tigger continues tradition of dispatch cats
Lets check out a book with the Feline Librarian on Saturday (Sat 12.17.22)
Hi All, Happy Saturday.
On today's spotlight, we take a look at 73 authors who work with their feline authors to write books. Below I'll be listing 50 out of the 73 authors who work with cats with a link that goes in further details on these authors. I do hope you enjoy the list down below.
- Aldous Huxley.
- Alexandre Dumas.
- Alice Walker.
- Allen Ginsberg.
- Andre Norton.
- Angela Carter.
- Beverly Cleary.
- Charles Baudelaire.
- Charles Bukowski.
- Charles Dickens.
- Charles Dudley Warner.
- Chester Himes.
- Christina Rossetti.
- Cleveland Amory.
- Colette
- Doris Lessing.
- Dorothy L. Sayers.
- Edgar Allan Poe.
- Edith Södergran.
- Edward Gorey.
- Edward Lear.
- Elizabeth Bishop.
- Ernest Hemingway.
- Frank O’Hara.
- George Bernard Shaw.
- George Plimpton
- George Sand.
- Gillian Flynn.
- Gloria Steinem.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- Haruki Murakami.
- Herman Hesse
- H.G. Wells.
- Isaac Newton.
- Jack Kerouac.
- James Franco.
- Jean Cocteau.
- Jean Paul Sartre.
- Jorge Luis Borges.
- Joyce Carol Oates.
- Judy Blume.
- Jules Reynard.
- Julio Cortázar.
- Lord Byron.
- L. M. Montgomery.
- Margaret Atwood.
- Mark Twain.
- Michel de Montaigne
- Neil Gaiman.
- Ray Bradbury.
These 50 authors listed above are a mixture of Authors,Poets had photographs taken of them, had awards like Nobel Peace Prize for Literature who love their felines or posed with them in photographs. Another point to make is that some of these names are famous while others may not but still be popular in literature circles and readers who love their favorite authors books. Heck some of the above may be your favorites that are listed above. Like #50 Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors (more on this another time) and #34 Isaac Newton + #47 Mark Twin are two of the greatest scientists in history.
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Let's talk about Feline History with a Historian Cat (Sun 12.18.22)
- Stubbs, a 17-year-old orange tabby, is mayor of the historic district of Talkeetna, Alaska.
Spotlighting Felines who have/currently/soon to have government positions (Mon 12.19.22)
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| Socks who lived in the White house with US President Bill Clinton |
Hi All,
Happy Monday to all. In today's spotlight we turn to the government positions that surround the United States's White House & mayor's office in Alaska, United States and Great Britain's Prime Mister office. Below are the lists of felines (with links at the bottom for further details) that have/current/soon having government positions.
Great Britain's Prime Mister office: Chief Mouser
- 1924-1930
- Feline name Treasury Bill (otherwise known Rufus of England)
- 1929-1946
- Feline name Peter
- 1937/1940-1943
- Feline name Munich Mouser
- 1940s
- Feline name Nelson
- 1946-1947
- Feline name Peter II
- 1947-1964
- Feline name Peter III
- 1964-1976
- Feline name Peta
- 1973-1986
- Feline name Wilberforce
- 1989-1997
- Feline name Humphrey
- 2007-2009
- Feline name Sybil
- 2012-2014
- Feline name Freya
- 2011-Present
- Feline name Larry
United States-White House Feline Presidents
- Abraham Lincoln-Tabby & Dixie
- Rutherford B. Hayes-Piccolomini,Siam,Miss Pussy
- Theodore Roosevelt-Tom Quartz and Slippers
- Woodrow Wilson-Puffins
- Calvin Coolidge-Blacky and Tiger
- John F. Kennedy-Tom Kitten
- Gerald Ford-Shan
- Jimmy Carter-Misty Malarky Ying Yang
- Ronald Reagan-Cleo and Sara
- Bill Clinton-Socks
- Joe Biden- Willow
Alaska, United States
Lets Interview Famous Cats from around the world (Part 1 of 2) (Wed 12.21.22)
Hi All,
Happy Wednesday, we are 10 days away from ending the 2022 calendar year. On today's spotlight we take a look and break down the famous cats from around the world. The list below will only contain the country and the famous cats from each country. To see the complete description of each country and their famous cats please see this link here =>Famous Felines around the world. I do hope you enjoy the post.
-Conductor Wolf
Famous political felines:
- Feline name Tuxedo Stan
- Feline name Governor Grey
- Feline name Paddles (New Zealand's "First Cat")
- Felines name Think Think & Ah Tsai
- Feline named Catmando (joint leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party from 1999 to 2002)
- Feline name Freya (Chief Mouser to Cabinet Office 2012-2014)
- Feline name Gladstone (Chief Mouser of HM Treasury since 2016)
- Feline name Hamish McHamish
- Feline name Humphrey (Chief Mouser to Cabinet Office 1989-1997)
- Feline named Larry (Chief Mouser to Cabinet Office since 2011)
- Feline named Palmerston (Chief Mouser of Foreign & Commonwealth Office since 2016)
- Feline named Peta (Chief Mouser to Cabinet Office beginning in 1964-1976)
- Feline named Peter (Chief Mouser to Cabinet Office 1929-1946)
- Feline name Sybil (Chief Mouser to Cabinet Office 2007-2009)
- Feline name Wilberforce (Chief Mouser to Cabinet Office 1973-1986)
- India "Willie" Bush
- Misty Malarky Ying Yang
- Feline name Puffins
- Feline name Socks Clinton
- Feline name Shan
- Tabby & Dixie
- Feline name Tiger & Blacky
- Feline name Hank the Cat
- Feline name Mayor Stubbs
- Feline name Sweet Tart (3 year term as feline mayor of Omena, Michigan in July 2018)
- Willow Biden
- Feline name Ambassador
Famous online felines: (Mixed from US,UK,South Korea,Japan, Russia & Ukraine
- FamousNiki
- Longcat
- Grumpy Cat
- Jorts and Jean
- Kebab Shop Cat
- Keyboard Cat
- Lil Bub
- Messi
- Maru
- N2
- Henri, le Chat Noir
- Sockkington
- Tara
- Zoe the Cat PhD
- Bilbo the Cat
- Kittisaurus cat family
- Smudge
- Stepan
- Big Floppa
- Thurston Walffles
- Phonenix
Famous Film & Television felines:
- Morris the Cat
- Orangey
- Palmer the Cat
- Tsim Tung Brother Cream
Famous Literature felines:
- Feline name Bob
- Feline name Casper
- Feline name Cleo
- Dewey Readmore Books
- Garfield
- Feline name Henrietta
- Feline name Hodge
- Feline name Jeoffry
- Feline name Tao
Famous felines:World Record Holders
- Feline name Blackie
- Feline name Colonel Meow
- Feline name Creme Puff
- Feline name Himmy
- Feline name Meow
- Feline name Prince Chuck
- Feline name Smokey
- Feline name Stewie
- Feline name Tiffany Two
- Feline named Towser "The Mouser"
- Feline name Félicette
- Feline name Cygnus
- Feline name Arcturus
Famous felines: On Ships & Railways
- Feline name Mrs. Chippy
- Feline name Nansen
- Feline name Simon
- Feline name Trim
- Feline name Unsinkable Sam
- Feline name Dirt
- Feline name George
- Feline name Tama
Famous felines: Mascots
- Feline name Cherry Pop
- Feline name Matilda
- Feline name Şero (shorten for Şerafettin)
- Feline name Smudge (Glasgow,Scotland)
Lets Interview more Famous Cats from around the world (Part 2 of 2) (Thur 12.22.22)
Hi All,
Happy Thursday, we are 11 days away from ending the 2022 calendar year. On today's spotlight we take a look and break down more famous cats from around the world.
To see the complete description of each country and their famous cats please see this link here =>Famous Felines around the world.
To see Part 1 of this post click here => Lets Interview Famous Cats from around the world (Part 1 of 2) Where I listed every feline section up to the "Other Feline" section. As its cover in this post.
So I do hope you enjoy the post.
-Conductor Wolf
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Other Famous Felines
- Dusty the Kelepto Kitty
- Artful Dodger
- Bart the Zombie Cat
- Beerbohm
- Blue
- Blackie the talking Cat
- Chase No Face
- CC (Copy Cat/Carbon Cat)
- Colin
- Crimean Tom
- Emily
- Faith
- Fred the Undercover Kitty
- Jack
- Ketzel
- Lewis
- Little Nicky
- Macavity
- Marzipan
- Mike
- Mittens
- Nora
- Oscar
- Oscar the hospice cat
- Panteleimon
- Peter the Lord's Cat
- Pickles
- Red
- Room 8
- Rusik
- Scarlett
- Senator Capitol Kitty
- Sissi the Red Cat
- Tibs the Great
- Tiddles
- Tobermory Cat
- Willow
- Winnie
Other pets of famous people
- Baggage
- Bimbo
- Cheddar
- Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson, and Benjamin Button
- Mourka
- Ollie
- Pickle
- Snacks
- Sprite
Let's take a dive into the Feline Mascots group (Fri 12.23.22)
Hi All,
Happy Friday everyone. For those who celebrate Christmas we are one day away from Christmas eve & two days from Christmas day. Otherwise for those who don't Happy Holidays to all anyway. On today's spotlight, we are taking a look at the feline mascots category.
- Algonquin Hotel ==> Link(Algonquin Hotel-Cat Tradtion)
- Bill
- Rusty before being renamed to Hamlet (for 8 more male felines)
- All female cats name Matilda
- Female cat name Ragdoll
- Chessie => Link (Chessie)
- Hector the Cat => Link ((Hector the Cat))
- Hikonyan => Link (Hikonyan)
- Kerfuś => Link (Kerfuś)
- Minsie the Cat => Link (Minsie the Cat)
- Morris the Cat => Link (Morris the Cat Advertisement Mascot)
- Shimanekko => Link (Shimanekko)
- Carolina Panthers
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- Detroit Lions
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Detroit Tigers
- Charlotte Bobcats
- Florida Panthers
- Nashville Predators
- Orlando City, SC "Lions"
- Minnesota Lynx
Feline's New Resolutions Spotlight (Mon 12/26-Fri 12/30)
Happy Tuesday Folks,
Another day is closer to New Year's Day so it's time for a dive into another Feline New Year resolution. On today's spotlight we take a look into Feline New Year resolution #2:Explore higher education. So lets get into it.
From Source: 10 New Year’s Resolutions Cats Make-catster website (Same for post #1 article)
Like many humans, cats desire obtaining higher education. Humans usually mean college, while cats are referring to higher levels of household surface. They’d resolve to finally get on that kitchen counter and learn how the bagels that mock them from on high taste. They’d look forward to exploring the top of the dresser, studying the swat-ability of various baubles. Oh, and there’s another part of this resolution: “… and not get caught.”
My Comment:
I do agree with this paragraph about felines who explore near the top of every room by climbing up stuff to get up on top of shelving and top of curtain rods. In terms of people, we can help our felines stay on the floor by keeping them off our counters to climb up higher even though they want our attention seeking felines. With every new year, we promise to keep our feline companions from climbing up higher but we know as people it is hard to hold that promise. But as felines they seem to not care because they just look for attention even though they can cause us a little bit of a problem. I find that from a feline's point of view, they have their resolutions and so do we as humans who can agree/disagree with them.
Join me tomorrow when I share my remark on feline's pen cap collection resolution. So stick around for that at 9am on Wednesday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Wednesday December 28th,2022-Feline New Year resolution #3: Cut down on Nap time
Happy Wednesday all,
Another day is closer to New Year's Day so it's time for a dive into another Feline New Year resolution. On today's spotlight we take a look into Feline New Year resolution #3: Cutting down nap time. So lets get into it.
Source Link: https://iheartcats.com/10-new-years-resolutions-for-cats/ (#3 on the list for reference)
From Source:
#3 – I will take more naps
24 hours in a day is just not enough time to get all those naps in, but I should really try. That time I spent playing with you for example, could have been spent napping.
My Comments:
Well as felines, I feel this is a hard resolution to break but an easy one for their human companion to break. The reason why it's easy for humans to break is that they get up and move around all the time whereas our feline companions seem to just walk around real quick and then curl up to go back to bed. Most felines are more active at night and sleep during the day but some big felines seem to move during the day and sleep at night like tigers and lions. It's interesting to think a feline wants more nap time even though most of their day is usually spent sleeping instead of being active all the time.
Join me tomorrow at 9 am, where I'll take a dive into feline cuddling and share my comments about that new years resolution along with a special photo.
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Thursday December 29th-Feline New Year resolution #4: Cuddle Time with Cats 
Happy Thursday all,
Another day is closer to New Year's Day so it's time for a dive into another Feline New Year resolution. On today's spotlight we take a look into Feline New Year resolution #3: Cutting down nap time. So lets get into it.
Source Link: https://iheartcats.com/10-new-years-resolutions-for-cats/ (#10 on the list for reference)
From Source:
#10 – I will cuddle more
I know you love it when I interrupt whatever thing you are doing because you are bored (reading a book, typing on the computer, etc), and sit and purr.
My Comment
We as people get a lot of interruption in our lives but when it comes to our Felines, they are the cutest interruption we can get. With the felines for our companionship, they can be the best at helping with us when we have a stressful day or need a mental health break. So when our felines come to us, we should take it as a sign of needing a break from our lives and relax for a bit cause they could help distress and unwind from a busy day.
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Friday December 30th,2022-Feline New Year resolution #5: Play time with our felines
Happy Friday all,
1 day left before getting to say goodbye on New Year Eve as there are two days left until 2023. So it's time for a dive into another Feline New Year resolution. On today's spotlight we take a look into Feline New Year resolution #3: Cutting down nap time. So lets get into it.
Source Link: https://iheartcats.com/10-new-years-resolutions-for-cats/ (#8 on the list for reference)
From Source:
#8 – I will play more
I am going to stay young by playing more. Which means you need to play with me more. I need to keep you healthy too..otherwise whose going to refill the food bowl?
My Comments:
When the felines want to play, it's a sign for us to exercise along with them. Most like to exercise while others like to sleep most of the day. The way I look at it is this, the younger they are, the more they want to play. The older they get, the less playful they want to be with us.
