Phoenix was one of 15 felines selected as a finalist in the Outstanding Rescue Cat category.

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The web allows us to be like felines, connecting on our own terms and at our own leisure.

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Nearly 20 years after the organization began collecting cheetahs that were injured or threatening livestock, Africat runs a reserve that houses many of their rescued felines.

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While the first felines of the 1950s were ferocious, with yellow eyes and sharp claws, by the 1960s they had a playful, cublike look.

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Since 2000 the number of felines being taken in by the Guernsey Society for the Protection of Animals (GSPCA) each year has fallen from 1, 000 to 100.

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Ms. Raisanen, a groomer in Fairview Park, Ohio, helped found the Professional Cat Groomers Association of America in 2008 to establish better education standards for the animal specialists who trim, clip, style and fluff felines.

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Though they are cute and cuddly, felines are actually finely tuned killers that affect wildlife to such an extent that the researchers have called on authorities to come up with ways to lessen their environmental impact.

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