History a’la Carte for Ginger Cat Appreciation Day 2019
To celebrate Ginger Cat Appreciation Day, I’ve got a delicious smattering of articles featuring ginger cats in history!
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Orange Tabby Cats Facts
Jim Davis, creator of Garfield, once said “In my head, the sky is blue, the grass is green and cats are orange.” While Davis’ famous comic strip has also included cats that were gray, yellow and even pink, blue and purple, it’s big orange Garfield that everyone remembers. Orange cats just seem like a lot of fun!
The origin of the tabby coat and other cat mysteries revealed
The distinctive pattern of the tabby cat’s coat emerged in the Middle Ages and didn’t become common until the 18th Century, new research has found.
This is just one finding from a large study that used DNA analysis to trace the geographic dispersal and domestication of cats from ancient to modern times.
The research, published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution reveals “unprecedented insights into the origins and global spread of one of our oldest pets”, said Australian co-author Dr Alison Crowther, from the University of Queensland.
Stray Ginger Cat Decides He Will Be the Doorman for a Museum
A ginger stray started hanging around the Serpukhov Museum of History and Art in Serpukhov, Russia back in 2014. Soon he made himself a doorman and started greeting and meeting guests coming into the museum.
Adorable Fat Cat Invades the Most Famous Paintings in Art History
Artist Svetlana Petrova finds a creative muse (or “mews”) in her ginger cat, Zarathustra, and the adorable fat feline has made its way into some of the most well-known works of art history. With crazed cat eyes, a fluffy belly, and a penchant for flowers, the creature seamlessly invades paintings to add his own dose of beauty while giving new meaning to them. In some of the images, he looks like he’s downright crashing the compositions—but in true cat fashion, he couldn’t care less.
Churchill’s wish upheld as new cat welcomed to Chartwell
For his 88th birthday in 1962, Churchill was given a marmalade cat named Jock after one of his private secretaries, Sir John “Jock” Colville, who gave him the pet.
The cat was so dear to the former Prime Minister that it was rumoured that meals would not start until Jock was at the table.
He and his family requested that, after his death, there should always be a marmalade cat named Jock with a white bib and four white socks resident at Chartwell in Kent.
Interesting story about ginger cats. I have never had a ginger. All of tabbies were gray or black and white.
They do seem to make their presence known throughout history. You can give them credit where credit is due.
Tabby’s:
Oscar, Hermione (they’re polydactal siblings – Oscar is exceedingly laid back, & Hermione is exceedingly racist towards any cats that are not fluffy tabbys)
Dagur (Named after the How to train your Dragon series character. My favorite cat since my first cat)
Toph (named after the blind earthbender on Avatar) fluffy Orange tabby. Most recent addition to the clan
Sun-Frost – Short hair Orange Tabby
Ginny – Tortoiseshell short hair with a half tabby face
Then we have Poppagena – she’s a great mouser & a Tuxedo cat
And I still claim Dodger, our mostly white & grey short hair who recently moved himself down the road to my in-laws. We’ve had him longer than any of our other cats & I’m fairly certain he’s going to outlive all of us. Used to try to suck on anyone’s ear lobe. He’s still wierd, but he’s sweet.