8/93Number of American cats fitted with pacemakers last year: 800

American Animal Hospital Association (Denver)

5/01Estimated number of “crush films” involving live rodents and high-heeled women seized from a New York man in 1999: 70

Suffolk County Probation Office (Yaphank, N.Y.)

    Hours of community service at an animal shelter to which he was sentenced last December: 280

Suffolk County Probation Office (Yaphank, N.Y.)

1/05Total number of cats that entered the Cat Fanciers’ Association 2004 “Best Cat in Championship” competition: 31,899

Cat Fanciers’ Association (Manasquan, N.J.)

    Points by which a cat named Colin Powell defeated the runner-up: 114.35

Cat Fanciers’ Association (Manasquan, N.J.)

9/87Percentage of cat owners who say they confide in their cats about important matters: 57

Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian (Lawrenceville, N.J.)

8/88Chances that an adult will die after a fall from six stories: 9 in 10

Robert Dernling and Kenneth Warner, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston)

    Chances that a cat will: 1 in 10

C.J. Mehlhoff and W.O. Whitney, Animal Medical Center (N.Y.C.)