The Cat Fanciers' Association recognizes 40 breeds of domestic cats.

Ailurophilia is the love of cats. The term comes from Herodotus, the Greek historian, who called the cats he found in Egypt ailuroi or "tail wavers."

Ailurophobia is the fear or hatred of cats.

More than 35,000 kittens are born in the U.S. each year.

~~171 Amazing Cat Facts by Barbara Goodson

Score: (Successful guesser, then in point order.)
FLS 20 Ss, 15 Cs, 18 Hs = 53 points

C&K 31 As, 3 Ys = 68 points Y is a vowel in each case in this puzzle.

Miss Meow 30 Es, 5 Gs = 65 points

DeliD 26 Os, 6 Bs = 58 points

Slave15Dogs 21 Is = 42 points

Luckies4Me 22 Rs, 6 Ms, 7 Ds = 35 points

Karen 25 Ts = 25 points

Randi 12 Ns, 7 Ls = 19 points

V&J 6 Us = 12 points

Koxka 3 Ws = 3 points


I hope to hear soon whether FLS will host the next puzzle. Sorry I'd missed the earlier thread so that this puzzle was a repeat.