Cats suffer stress, experts say

A recent New York Times article said that prominent webloggers, including Kevin Drum and Glenn Reynolds, have increasingly moved to a ‘feline Friday’ model of weblogging in which Friday is given over to posting pictures of their cats. Now we are cat lovers; we have two at home (as well as our dog) but I have never thought they are very blogworthy. This, however, is a cat-related item interesting enough to post:

Cats’ stress level is ‘comparable to humans’: “Cats can suffer from stress-related illness like humans, a study by animal experts suggests. Rivalry with another cat is the biggest source of feline anxiety closely followed by moving home or the arrival of a new member of the owner’s family.” (BBC)