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Meet the Cats of USA TODAY: Celebrating International Cat Day

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USA TODAY staff share adorable stories and fun facts about their cats in honor of International Cat Day 2025.

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·Portugal
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This Friday, August 8th, we celebrate cats! But why this international day today more than the rest of the year? Created in 2002 by the International Fund for Animal Protection, this day aims to "encourage both cat owners and feline enthusiasts to celebrate and take care of them" according to Wikipedia. And the black cat? It has its own day on August 17th to "rehabilitate black cats, victims of superstitions about them".

If today your cat jumps on your keyboard, completely ignores you, or demands food with the look of an Egyptian emperor... don't blame him. It's his day. Well, another one of his days. Because yes, although it may seem exaggerated, cats have more than one date on the calendar. There's February 20th (in honor of Bill Clinton's cat, Socks), October 29th (National Cat Day in the US), and this August 8th, International Cat Day, established in 2002 by…

In the same way that the dog has its own day, the cat also has one, only that unlike the canines, the mininos have up to three dates to celebrate. The fact that there are different days to commemorate these tender cats, can confuse people, since the question arises: why are there three days to celebrate cats? International Cat Day is not only celebrated on August 8, it is also celebrated on February 20th and October 29th. Below we explain the re…

·Lima, Peru
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By Rubén Jocol For the International Cat Day, on August 8, institutions and organizations call to raise awareness about the care, respect and protection of these animals that, in addition to being beloved pets in millions of homes, are also part of the balance in our ecosystems. Coinciding with the time of greatest [...]

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