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Cats owned: Black Moggie
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Location: Belfast
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29-06-2007, 01:35 PM   #1

Cats Origins Traced


Read this on the BBC news website, it states all domestic cats can be traced back to five female anscestors.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6251434.stm



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Cats owned: Raggie and BSH
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29-06-2007, 02:02 PM   #2

Re: Cats Origins Traced


Thanks for that. It was really interesting.



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29-06-2007, 03:05 PM   #3

Re: Cats Origins Traced


How interesting.......thanks for the link!



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Cats owned: MainCoonX, SnowShoeX, & Their Baby
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29-06-2007, 03:24 PM   #4

Re: Cats Origins Traced


Pretty interesting! Thanks for sharing.



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Cats owned: Leia: blue torbie
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29-06-2007, 04:17 PM   #5

Re: Cats Origins Traced


That was fascinating! I've e-mailed it to several friends....thanks for posting the link!



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Cats owned: A very pretty kitty!
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29-06-2007, 06:14 PM   #6

Re: Cats Origins Traced


That is very interesting! i love the first pic of the kitty :P



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