Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennium ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, they hitched a ride along the Silk Road. A team of Chinese researchers has ...

A domesticated feline at a temple in China has been dubbed the “high-five cat” because of the manner ... greets tourists by raising its paw to meet the palm of people’s hands.

Chinese media reported that a search team was on the trail of the third leopard after paw prints believed to have been left by the cat were found on Sunday, deploying dogs and a powered parachute ...

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.

The moggy, which wears a gold chain, greets tourists by raising its paw to meet the palm of people's hands. Xiyuan Temple in ...

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BEIJING: A domesticated feline at a temple in China has been dubbed the “high-five cat” because of the manner ... greets tourists by raising its paw to meet the palm of people’s hands.