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“My favorite part about Tail Town is the different cat personalities, and when the cats get adopted,” said volunteer Darlene Zobel, petting a white and brown tabby, Hana, on her lap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Since then, the white and tabby cat, officially introduced on Downing Street's website as the "Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office", has reigned supreme from the country's most photographed doorstep.

From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026

Across the pond, Larry, a stray tabby dubbed the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, lives at the British prime minister’s residence and regularly gets press coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

Who knows how long the tenacious tabby would have continued with this Sisyphean task had Rumi not stepped in?

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2025

Only the high wailing continued, and then both Will and Lyra saw what it was: a tabby cat, cowering against the wall of the tower, its ear torn and its tail bent.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

By varying the number of warp threads, weavers could create common Icelandic patterns, mostly basic weaves known as twills and tabbies.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2022

For example, if he hears the expression “It’s raining cats and dogs,” he expects tabbies and terriers to fall from the skies.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021

There are spotted shorthairs, eyes turned upward in remorse; blue-and-green tabbies with Groucho Marx eyebrows knitted in confusion.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2021

These theatrical tabbies and toms will survive this latest wreck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019

The heads of the tabbies ought to be broad and large, and not snouty.

From The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables