I adored this little book filled with true stories about heroic and amazing cats from around the world. Beautifully designed and peppered with interesting cat facts and tips, it’s a lovely coffee table book that would be great to find at your veterinary hospital waiting room. The Canadian star is Monty, an orange tabby living in Camrose, Alberta. In 2011, he saved his guardian, Patricia, from going into a diabetic coma. Monty learned this skill on his own and often sounded the alarm when her blood sugar levels were unsafe. Monty has been inducted into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame for his lifesaving work.
A black tomcat named Sable became a crossing guard, helping middle school students cross a busy street in West Richland, Washington. When a child fell on the icy street, Sable was the first to attend to the boy, licking his face. Sable was so dependable, the school made him an honorary member of their safety patrol, and his guardian began dressing him in a safety vest for his shifts. Sable decided to retire at age 18 in 2013. A famous medium-haired tuxedo named Humphrey especially touched me. In 1989 he became the official mouser in the U.K. Prime Minister’s residence in London. When the Daily Telegraph wrote a cheeky story about bird kills that suspected the cat, outraged readers came to Humphrey’s defence. The government issued a press release stating that the cat’s kidney trouble precluded him from successful hunting. After Humphrey disappeared for three months in 2015, the Times reported that he had died. But a nearby hospital recognized him from the obituary photo as the stray cat they had adopted. News of his rescue flew around the world! Two years later, a government worker wishing to remain anonymous took in Humphrey for his retirement from public life. Nasty rumours that the new Prime Minister’s wife hated cats caused the public to wonder whether he still lived. Photos of Humphrey eased their minds. Humphrey continued to live until 2006, when he was 18 years old. It encouraged me to hear of Humphrey’s long life after confronting kidney disease. My senior cat, Kringle, was recently diagnosed with the disease. Occasionally there are bad days, but he has stabilized, even gained weight. With regular fluid therapy and nursing care at home, now three days a week, his fur is gleaming again. There's still some matting, but it’s better than before. The fatal illness may have lost some of its teeth. It may encourage others to hear about Russell, an orange tabby from North Carolina who recovered from severe burns; calico Holly, who travelled 190 miles home to West Palm Beach, Florida after being lost for 62 days; and Corduroy, the 26-year old tabby who once disappeared for a year. Corduroy was a comforting companion when his guardian recovered from a tragic accident that left her partially paralyzed. He was the Guinness World Record holder for the world’s oldest living cat in 2015, until he was supplanted by Scooter, a 30-year-old Siamese from Mansfield, Texas! Sadly, Scooter passed away shortly after gaining the title in 2016. Later that year, Corduroy went missing and is presumed to have died at age 27, but what a life! (My tortoiseshell Missy was a contender against Corduroy until she passed at age 26.) It was remarkable to meet intrepid kitties like Dodger, who rode the bus every day in England; Kuli, the one-eyed surfer of Honolulu, Hawaii; Millie the rock-climbing cat of Salt Lake City, Utah; and Didga, the skateboarding cat of New South Wales, Australia, who set a Guinness World Record for the most tricks by a cat in one minute. Bambi, a deaf cat adopted by a deaf family in Connecticut, learned several words in American Sign Language. Even the family's hearing cat joined in the training. None of that surprises me. Kringle and I have a daily routine where he performs tricks for treats. As I include a hand signal with each request, it was an easy transition when his hearing went. An index finger moving down means to sit. The same finger moving to the right means to shake a paw. Throwing the treat is self-explanatory: chase it. Moving my open hand with the treat on it, over my crossed leg means to climb on my lap. He sometimes ignores that request, showing me the tricks he prefers to do. It makes me smile when he shakes a paw, so we repeat that several times. You’ll enjoy meeting every one of the 23 profiled kitties in this book, and never underestimate a cat again. And like me, you'll probably reflect on how your own life has been enriched by furry companions. - Irene Plett Details: Aline Alexander Newman, Cat Tales: True Stories of Kindness and Companionship With Kitties (2017, National Geographic, 160 pages, ISBN 9781426327346) Topics: Guinness World Records, working cats, therapy cats, life-saving cats, intrepid cats, adventure cats
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