Winkler also distributed Sullivan's Felix the Cat films. One of Disney's first cartoon characters was — you guessed it — a black and white cat who walked on two legs and got into mischief.

A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia.

has been linked to multiple big cat mortalities,” said John Korslund, a retired U.S. Department of Agriculture veterinarian epidemiologist, in an email. The deaths prompted policy changes ...