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China: Copycat? Missing Pet Cat Found “Hatching” Eggs Alongside Hens in Guizhou

On April 18, 2026, in Guizhou, a video recorded a pet owner searching around the house for a missing cat. The cat was eventually found inside a paper box lined with straw. The male cat was lying there completely still, as if guarding something. Nearby, two other boxes each contained a hen sitting on eggs, which appeared to explain the scene. Once the owner looked more closely and lifted the cat’s paws, two eggs were revealed underneath. The cat had apparently settled into the straw and copied the hens by sitting over the eggs as if trying to hatch them.

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China: Delivery Robot Feeds Stray Cat in Jiangxi

A delivery robot gently approached a stray cat and offered food in Jiangxi, China, on July 1, 2025. As the machine rolled closer with food and stopped at a cautious distance, the cat first looked confused and stayed still. After a brief pause, the animal inched forward, sniffed the offering, and then began to eat as the robot quietly waited nearby.

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Endangered leopard cat released on western Japan island

A juvenile male leopard cat, an endangered species, looks around upon being released into the wild on a mountain in the southwestern Japan island of Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, on April 22, 2024, after being treated at a protection center for injuries from a car accident and completing reintroduction training.

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Endangered leopard cat released on western Japan island

A juvenile male leopard cat, an endangered species, looks around upon being released into the wild on a mountain in the southwestern Japan island of Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, on April 22, 2024, after being treated at a protection center for injuries from a car accident and completing reintroduction training.

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Abandoned male cat popular in 'adoption party' for pets

IWAKI, Japan - A male cat named "Nobita" after a character in the popular Japanese comic series "Doraemon" enjoys popularity in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2014, at an "adoption party" held by a local volunteer group for pets abandoned after the 2011 nuclear power accident in the northeastern Japan region.

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Cat, rabbit together

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Momo, a female cat, and Moco, a male rabbit, take their regular evening stroll together in the town of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 14, 2013.

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Cat drinks water in standing position

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - ''Mokkun'' (R), an eight-year-old male cat kept by Takanori Ishimura (L), a dance instructor in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan, drinks from a watering can while standing on his hind legs on July 25, 2011. Ishimura said Mokkun started drinking water like that about three years ago, and has now become a local celebrity cat for that.

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Funeral for stationmaster cat Bus held in Fukushima Pref.

The male cat Love, who became honorary stationmaster at Aizu Railway's Ashinomaki Onsen Station in December 2015, sits by a photo of his predecessor, the female cat Bus, during her funeral at the station in the city of Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, on May 1, 2016. Around 300 people attended the ceremony for Bus, who died on April 22, at an estimated age of 18, equivalent to 100 in human years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Himalayan kitten wins judges' hearts at Taiwan cat show

A 4-month-old male Himalayan feline and his owner pose for Kyodo News after receiving unanimous vote on the best kitten at the eighth cat show organized by the Taiwan Cat Club on April 23, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cat drinks water in standing position

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - ''Mokkun'' (R), an eight-year-old male cat kept by Takanori Ishimura (L), a dance instructor in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan, drinks from a watering can while standing on his hind legs on July 25, 2011. Ishimura said Mokkun started drinking water like that about three years ago, and has now become a local celebrity cat for that. (Kyodo)

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Abandoned male cat popular in 'adoption party' for pets

IWAKI, Japan - A male cat named "Nobita" after a character in the popular Japanese comic series "Doraemon" enjoys popularity in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2014, at an "adoption party" held by a local volunteer group for pets abandoned after the 2011 nuclear power accident in the northeastern Japan region. (Kyodo)