Manx

The name Manx means “from the isle of Man,” Man being in the sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The Manx people are rather fond of their...

Who’s the daddy?

English , a female cat in heat can become pregnant by more than one tomcat at one time. That is, a litter of six kittens might have the sam...

Russian Blue

It really did originate in Russia, and was for a while known as the Archangel Blue, after the Russian port city of Archangel. Russian trader...

Korat

good luck gift at your wedding. This occurred often in the province of Korat in Thailand, which lent its name to this naturally occurring b...

Expectant mom

mating . This isn’t as certain a sign as feeling the lower abdomen to see if any tiny fetuses are present. Radiography, which is harmless ...

Abyssinian

Abyssinia was the old name for Ethiopia in north-eastern Africa. Soldiers returning from there to Britain in the 1860s brought back some of ...

Cardinal Richelieu

Armand Jean du Plessis (1585–1642) is better known as Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister of France’s King Louis XIII and just as autocra...