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Like Benga, Duda firmly believes that his kitten is why he survived this ordeal. "What I remember is the fear of the unknown and the fear of not making it through the night alive," Duda ...

By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Domestic cats could provide an unexpected new route for the bird flu virus H5N1 to evolve into a more dangerous form, according to a new study published on ...

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The happiest moment is because the cat is here with me," Benga recalled Duda saying. The auburn-colored kitten, a tomcat named "Peach" in Ukrainian, was experiencing the effects of malnutrition ...

A Ukrainian man was saved from freezing to death in the Carpathian Mountains by the warmth of his kitten, rescuers in Romania said. Vladislav Duda, 28, was rescued from a mountain ravine in ...

The auburn-colored kitten, a tomcat named “Peach” in Ukrainian, was experiencing the effects of malnutrition after they ran out of food four days earlier and melted snow helped to keep him alive.