The steamship Fort St. George ferried fresh water...  ...ers from New York to Bermuda beginning in 1921. A cat named Minnie decided the ship was a good place to...  ...ie decided the ship was a good place to live. The ship's crew did not return the affection.Minnie, the bla...  ...return the affection.Minnie, th...

The steamship Iron Monarch had a ship's cat whose name was not recorded, but her feats of rep...  ...might have just called her "Pussy," they held the cat in high regard. In October of 1925, the ship was...  ...eseeching tones, “Oh, where is our poor old cat ?”And ov...

Ship's cats have always been common, because they are the bes...  ...e rats and other vermin on long voyages. However, cats are just one of many types of pets taken on ocean...  ..., with dogs used for hunting at ports of call and cats on exterminator duty. More than all of this...

Cover cat IIA photo posted by Strauss von Skattebol (Skatty...  ...tebol of Rebelpaws, a young polydactyl Maine coon cat who accompanies him on every journey. Skatty aler...  ...nd water and in this case, Skatty is a polydactyl cat , which is what ships’ *strong cla...

There’s so much we don’t know about th...  ...so much we don’t know about the history of cats , but one study is giving us some clues. Are domes...  ...t one study is giving us some clues. Are domestic cats really all that different from their wild counter...  ...the same the world over? And ho...

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Haifax, Nov...  ...Nova Scotia, is throwing a retirement party for a cat . But this isn’t just any cat . Rodent Control Officer Erik the Red has been ser...

Having a cat aboard a ship is good luck, they say. It’s...  ...ndanger precious food supplies. Some ship’s cats were so well-known or beloved that they are part...  ...use he charmed the Prime Minister.Blackie was the ship's cat of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Princ...