April 2024 - Paws and Claws Society, Inc.

Mexico ensures palace cats will receive food and care forever

At Mexico’s National Palace, the presidential palace and also the seat of Mexico’s executive branch, there are currently 19 cats living in the building full time, with many more that come and go. These cats have free rein of the palace and its gardens, even walking into meetings and making cameos on camera when press briefings and interviews are televised. And now, the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has declared these cats to be “living fixed assets”, …

Below are links for further reading on topics mentioned in our Spring/Summer 2024 issue of Burlington Reports: Puffer Fish Creates This Blue Water Art (YouTube) Pufferfish: Nature’s Greatest Artist? (YouTube) 7 Amazing Structures Built By Animals (YouTube), beginning at 6:21 (Japanese Pufferfish) Underwater Art: Cute Pufferfish Excavate Intricate Nests in Waters off Amami Ōshima Feline Grimace Scale web site Facial expressions of pain in cats: the development and validation of a Feline Grimace Scale annieknowsanimals on TikTok: Part 2 – …

. Have you ever noticed how many commonly used idioms (phrases or expressions that are not meant to be taken literally, as a literal translation would either make no sense) have animals in them? The origins of some of these phrases are easy to figure out, but some of them may raise a question or two as to who first said them and why. Check out the crossword puzzle from the Spring / Summer 2024 issue of Burlington Reports and …

In this Issue of Burlington Reports: • Undersea Artists (White-spotted pufferfish) • Burlington The Cat: Saved By The Button • Squirty’s Words: Do birds have a sense of smell? • Visually Recognizing Pain in Cats (The Feline Grimace Scale) • Crossword Puzzle – Common Idioms Using Animal Names • Flat-Nosed Pets and Hot Weather • Hot Asphalt Burns Paws / Hot Vehicles Can Be Deadly
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