Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1904 — Short-Tailed Cats of Japan. [ARTICLE]

Short-Tailed Cats of Japan.

Cats in Japan almost universally have short tails, and If a cat does come into the world with a lengthy caudal appendage It is usually chopped off, for the Japs detect a likeness to snakes In the long tall and cannot endure it The Japanese cat has the usual number of lone* In its tail, but they are not developed. Self-trust la the essence *f heroism.—