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Felines have been an important part of cultures around the world for thousands of years, ever since they decided to grace us with their presence by living near us, and eventually with us. There is an abundance of stories, legends, tales, and myths that revolve around particularly special cats. Here are the tales of but a few of those felines of legend. Bakeneko 化け猫 Yosa Buson (与謝蕪村, Japanese, *1716, †1784), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons If your cat ever starts dancing around joyfully with a towel wrapped around its head, you'd best start watching out for ethereal fireballs and reanimated corpses. Bakeneko , also known as "changed cats", "ghost cats", or "monster cats", are cats who were once regular cats, but who transformed into yokai , supernatural creatures. Tales of Bakeneko originate from Japan, and different prefectures have different beliefs on just how a cat becomes a Bakeneko. Cats who have been raised for twelve years in Ibaraki Pref...

ASL Solutions is proud to partner with  Petco Love  on a shared mission to help reunite lost pets with their families. Unfortunately, one in every three pets goes missing in their lifetime, but we're here to flip that "lost" into a "reunited" as quickly and painlessly as possible. Petco Love Lost is a searchable national database that uses patented facial recognition technology to make finding lost pets faster and easier. This simple-to-use tool is easily accessible to participating animal organizations nationwide, as well as any and all pet parents and people who find lost pets. Uploaded photos of missing dogs and cats are immediately scanned to determine whether the lost pet is at a participating shelter or with a neighbor in the community. Animal welfare organizations nationwide are already joining up with the facial recognition database. It's so easy for pets to wander away, and Petco Love Lost wants to take some of the stress away by providing another a...

Do you want know the difference between service, therapy, and emotional support animals? Do you not know how to behave around working animals? Read on to learn more! Norman loves his job as a therapy dog. He went through lots of training to get certified! Q: What are the differences between service/therapy/emotional support animals? A:  There are three main categories of animals that help humans mentally and/or physically: Service, therapy, and emotional support animals are all unique and can do different things for the humans around them. Some people may have more than one helper animal, and that's normal. Service animals help those with disabilities with a myriad of different tasks, depending on the disability/ies their human has. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) specifies that service animals must be individually trained to "take a specific action when needed to assist the person with a disability". They don't have to be professionally trained, and the AD...

Welcome to the second piece in a series of bios about the Spokesanimals of ASL Solutions! Runa "Slayer of the Nine Realms" Iwovolk Runa looking both inquisitive and beautiful. Runa is an affectionate, vocal, and sweet orange tabby cat. Her medium-length hair is extremely soft and fluffy, and she's more than willing to let you pet it. She loves meeting new people and getting attention from them. Runa is an extremely social cat, and she really likes to hang out around humans. Dogs, she could do without    she had two as roommates once, and she never quite trusted them. They were excitable, and she wasn't a fan. Her humans adopted her from a shelter in Bemidji, MN, in December of 2019. She had been in the shelter for two weeks when her future humans walked in, and she rubbed up against the side of the kennel and pressed her face up against the bars. Her future humans had no chance of walking away. She clearly wanted attention, and she got it right away. She was immediate...