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Local Dog Beginning to Suspect She Was Adopted

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A dog in Cedar Falls, IA has doubts that her brothers and sisters are biological, reports local news station KQVN.

“We found the story after a social media post alluding to her suspicions went viral,” says KQVN news director, Ashlee Scott. “I sent a crew out there, and sure enough, some things just don’t add up.”

The news team found a group of dogs who grew up thinking they had been adopted together from the same litter. But one dog, whose name has been withheld, didn’t seem like part of the pack.

“For one, her birth certificate has mysteriously gone missing,” says Scott. “And for another, she looks like a cat.”

The dog is still awaiting the results of DNA testing.

via Poppet and the Wolfpack

Business Booming for Cat’s Socially Distanced Walking Tours

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The pandemic has been a boon for Bruce, a cat from Bryn Mawr, PA whose socially distanced walking tour company has taken off.

Launched with little fanfare in mid-2019, the walking tours have become a go-to activity for families looking for a safe way to spend some time together over the past couple of years.

“His timing couldn’t have been better,” says friend Nicole Martinez. “I mean, some days he grapples with the moral implications of making money off a global pandemic. But most of the time he’s just happy he’s helping people have fun safely.”

Bruce currently offers two tours under his Bryn Pawr Walking Tours brand (we know, groan). One highlights all the houses with angry dogs, while the other is a three hour round trip walk with stops at the place where Bruce once found a mouse, and the front porch of a friend’s house where he left it as a present.

Tours run daily through the end of the year.

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Take-Out Ordering Way Up Among Cats During Pandemic

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A new study released today by the National Restaurant Association finds that take-out ordering was up 437% among cats in 2020. While take-out dining was already trending up, there was an extreme spike in March of last year as pandemic-related in-feline dining closures hit.

“This mirrors what we’re seeing across other species,” said Restaurant Association spokesperson Latoya Reynolds. “We saw similarly large jumps in take-away and delivery habits among dogs, horses, and cockatiels.”

Many restaurant owners had to scramble to shift-away from on-location dining to pickup and delivery.

“We didn’t have a paw-friendly app before last year,” said Joe Montez, owner of Carribe Grill in Pasadena, CA, referring to an online ordering experience with buttons large enough to accommodate appendages that lack opposable digits. “We partnered with a local developer to revamp the user interface of our ordering site and immediately saw a jump in pet-related orders.”

Other interesting findings from the National Restaurant Association study:

  • The most popular dish among cats was Grilled Salmon followed closely by Lobster Newberg.
  • For dogs, the most popular dish ordered last year was That Thing We Dropped on the Floor. Perennial favorite Is that Bacon? It Smells Like Bacon! came in second.
  • As a group, cats tip at 25% below the national average.
  • While dogs rate “delivery speed” as the most important aspect of the take-out experience, they were 5 times more forgiving of cold food than any other animal group.

Via imKohl.