English Stage 1Individual Project

Emanuela de Carvalho Vital

Teacher: Mr. Harvey

Wirreanda High School

Cats

The domestic cat is a small, usually furry, domesticated, and carnivorous mammal. It is often called the housecat when kept as an indoor pet, or simply the cat when there is no need to distinguish it from other felids and felines.

Cats are valued by humans for companionship and their ability to hunt vermin and household pests.

Personally, I also find them really adorable.

Statistics about cats

52% of owners own more than one cat.

On average, owners have two cats (2.2)

More female cats are owned than male cats (80% vs. 65%respectively)

21% of owned cats were adopted from an animal shelter

Cats sleep for an average of sixteen hours a day. This means that two thirds of its life are spent in the land of nod.

Most Popular Female Cat Names: Chloe Bella Lucy Kitty Princess

Most Popular Male Cat Names: Max Tiger Smokey Oliver Charlie

Cats vs. dogs statistics

63% of Australian households own pets

Although dog households outnumber cat households, there are more cats than dogs in Australia.

Cat owners tend to have more animals than dog owners on average - 2.1 cats compared with 1.5 dogs per household.

In 70% of feline households, cats are allowed to lie on the furniture. In 40% of canine households, dogs are allowed to do so.

In 65% of cat-owning households, cats are permitted to sleep at night on some family member's bed compared with 39% of dogs

Pet Ownership by Groups:

Total pet owner %

Own dog %

Own cat %

18- to 49-year-olds 58 50 35

50- to 64-year-olds 57 43 29

65 years and older 43 33 17

Cats and the internet

Since 2005, cats have become a popular subject on the internet. "LOLcats" are image macros consisting of humorous photos of cats with superimposed text written in a form of broken english. The LOLcat meme gained much of its traction through the weekly ritual of "Caturday" in imageboards and weblogs. "I Can Has Cheezburger?" is the most famous weblog featuring LOLcats.

On June 12th, 2007, Time Magazine published an article about the LOLcat phenomenon, reporting that a Google search for “LOLcat” already yielded over 3.3 million results and that the webiste I Can Has Cheezburger was receiving 200-500 submissions per day. On December 4th, 2009, Entertainment Weekly ranked LOLcats as #99 in a list of the “100 Greatest Movies, TV Shows and More.

My cats

Alice

My cats

Magali

My cats

Charlie