Bundarrah Days

HAS your old Tom arrived home with a few more nicks in his ears lately. Is dear Marmaduke looking so battle scarred that's he's often mistaken for Scarface Claw?

Blame it all on global warming. The American Scripps Howard News Service reports that some vets and animal welfare experts are connecting a kitten boom to global warming.

Apparently it works by altering the feline reproductive system lengthening what's known as the kitten season.

According to the warming theorists because domestic cats evolved in Africa where it's warm cats in North America and Europe are mimicking their ancient origins and becoming more fertile.

And that, of course, means the fur will fly.