To quote Margaret Benson, “The cat is, above all things, a dramatist; its life is lived in an endless romance though the drama is played out on quite another stage than our own, and we only enter into it as subordinate characters, as stage managers, or rather stage carpenters”. |
As Garfield says, “When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap”. Photo: Mado Flynn. |
Maryam al-Balushi feeds and takes care of 480 cats and 12 dogs at her home in Muscat, Oman. Regardless of the judgment of others, she says she prefers the company of her pets to most people. “I was in a dark place and they were the lifeline that rescued me”, she said. Photo: Mohammed Mahjoub/AFP. |
A dog wearing a mask walks on a road in 上海 (Shànghǎi), China. Photo: 阿里宋 (Ālǐ Sòng)/Reuters.
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A dog in a costume waits for coins where tens of thousands revellers celebrate the start of the Kölner Karneval (Cologne Carnival) in the streets of Cologne, Germany. Photo: AP.
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Don’t stop the music. This daring dog
came as Rihanna at the 29th Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in Manhattan, New York City, United States on Sunday, October 20, 2019. Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images.
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A pair of dogs relax in a park in ひたちなか市 (Hitachinaka), Japan, in a kochia field. Photo: 花井亨 (Tōru Hanai)/EPA.
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A Chihuahua in a dress leans against the leg of an activist during an animal rights march in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Photo: Ukrinform/Barcroft Media.
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A Pomeranian dog sits in a rolling pet carrier in 香港 (Hong Kong), China, September 4, 2019. Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters.
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Rascal, quite unarguably the most iconic Chinese crested dog in the world, always knows how to take over the whole scene keeping overeager fans at a distance. Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images.
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A woman and her dog take part in a march in defence of animal rights in Havana, Cuba. Photo: Stringer/Reuters.
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A dog poses on the backstage at the 16th annual New York Pet Fashion Show in New York City, United States. Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images.
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The National Paw-trait Gallery, a pop-up art gallery dedicated to extraordinary dogs is opening today at the Protein Studios in Shoreditch, East London, United Kingdom. Photo: Nigel Howard.
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A woman walks a dog with styled and dyed fur on a street in 沈阳 (Shěnyáng), 辽宁省 (Liáoníng province), China. Photo: CSN/Reuters.
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Rascal, who is among Chinese crested dogs what Greta Garbo was to the West, takes time out to pose for a portrait far from the crowd. She looks pretty “woof”! Photo: BBC Newsround.
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Around a thousand of pro-EU dog owners and their pets gathered at Waterloo Place in London, United Kingdom on Sunday, October 7, 2018 to ask for a new “Wooferendum” on Brexit. Photo: AFP/Tolga Akmen.
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