Cat being given a checkup before qualifying as a ship's cat for the US Navy, WW2, 1943
When we moved to our place here in the bush, there were mice, rats, and rabbits all in clusters near the house. Our working cat removed that problem over about 8 months. Now, she's a bit older and sleeps most of the time.
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Pepper the cat, pictured here on Mary Pickford’s shoulder, worked in silent films at Keystone Studios starting in 1913.