[CAT] Five cat links: homophobia, perfume, tiger genetics, Japan, Freddie Mercury

[rfmcdonald]

• Bored Panda shares the story of a gay man in London apparently turned down as a prospective cat dad because of his sexual orientation.


• JSTOR Daily, reporting from the search for a man-eating tiger in India, notes that some perfumes apparently attract big cats (and small ones?).


• D-Brief notes findings from researchers in cat genetics that six different subspecies of tigers exist in the world today.


• Quartzy notes the story of two cats who have been trying to get into a Japanese art museum for two years.


• Vanity Fair notes how Freddie Mercury was terribly fond of his cats, devoting songs and albums to them, even.