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house cats

noun

plural of house cat

as in cats

a small domestic animal known for catching mice the house cat at the Cheshire Cat Bookstore has the dual responsibility of being mascot and mouser

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Recent Examples of house cats Officials now are seeing more house cats abandoned on the streets as the price of pet food and veterinary care has skyrocketed since the pandemic, according to Sarai Rivera, founder of My Bella TNR cat rescue in Hartford. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026 But the feral ones steer clear of humans, while the former house cats have roughly 10,000 students to spread their affection. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026 And, like most native birds and mammals, marmots are on the menu of house cats, too. — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026 But beside possible starvation, many other dangers threaten house cats when out in the wild. — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025 The Burmese python is a nonvenomous predator and has exhibited an appetite for birds, small mammals, reptiles, and even house cats and dogs. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025

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Moving the two cats and six kittens from the lumberyard through the TNR process required the work of at least seven volunteers and the total minimum cost of spaying/neutering will be between $800 and $1,200.

— Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The feline panleukopenia vaccination also protects cats against two other common viruses — feline herpesvirus and feline calicivirus.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026

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After visiting a neighbor who was fostering kittens, the little girl would bring one home, hoping to keep it despite her dad’s allergy.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
At the end of production, all seven of the kittens were adopted out, including one that went home with costar Tiffany Haddish.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026

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