On weekends, she volunteered at a big-cat sanctuary in Leaside, cleaning out the cages and playing with the baby lions.

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She's a glam-cat paragon of strength and calm.

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Ms. Davison says she has received requests for cat-swimming lessons, but hasn't yet taken on feline clients.

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Claire gave Max a look she might give a three-headed cat.

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The six-month internship at Cat Haven was her big break -- her ticket, she hoped, to getting a full-time job at a zoo.

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She said the number of customers - who would "obviously be cat lovers" - would be limited to maintain a "quiet environment" and sleeping cats would be left undisturbed.

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Her owner, who was heading from London to Radcliffe-on-Trent. only found out when a relative rang to say Bisou was missing and she thought the cat might be with her.

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