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Cat Misha looking at Anoushka and wondering whether he will get any food

🕎Did you wonder who was the shamash on our #PetsofParkes hanukkiah? It was @anoushka-ar.bsky.social's late Misha, who was the inspiration and lobbyist-in-chief for this series 💔

Parkes with cats, c. 1930 [MS60/34/6]

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️Did you notice that cats are rather popular among members of our institute? Maybe here's the reason why...

A happy new year from all of us at the Parkes Institute!
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Tony Kushner walking in the savannah with his lion

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️Small cat, big cat...same difference! On this penultimate night, we'd like to introduce to Tony Kushner aka the lion whisperer. No house training needed with this one... Things are pretty wild in Southampton.
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Grey cat

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️on the fourth night of Hanukkah, we have Rude Boy, who self-defines as "your local upper class thug" and lives at @neilgregor.bsky.social's.

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Woman with cat

Woman with cat in a garden

🕯️🕯️🕯️Tonight, we have a double feature for our wonderful digital officer @katiepower.bsky.social, with her beloved Echo and Lottie. If you think we have a bias for cats, you're not wrong! #PetsofParkes

Loving #PetsofParkes

🕯️🕯️On the second night of Hanukkah, we're delighted to introduce you to @georgegilbert.bsky.social's Katya.
She likes sleeping & reading about Lenin between naps.
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Professor Claire Le Foll with her cat and her rabbit

Post-Christmas blues? Luckily, Hanukkah has just started! In the interfaith spirit of Parkes, we're offering you #PetsofParkes, a crossover between an advent calendar and Hanukkah candle lighting. @clairelefoll.bsky.social is kicking us off with not one but two pets! Meet Socquette & Lou😻