Cats (was something else from the graveyard)

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 10177

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Rosa M. Andujar" <randujar at w...> 
wrote:
 Also, there are several
> references to Mrs. Figg's many cats and I wonder what exactly are 
the
> magical properties of cats?  Crookshanks was able to recognize 
Sirius the
> Animagus and helped him as a result.  Perhaps cats have something to 
do
> with this ancient magic?  

The cats we know of so far are pretty powerful, if not necessarily 
loveable.  Crookshanks, as you said, is a great judge of character if 
nothing else, but the other cat that we really know about in the books 
is Mrs. Norris, and the references to her all seem to indicate that 
she has a strong connection to her owner and seems to serve as an 
extra set of eyes and ears for him.  It is mentioned over and over 
that Filch has an uncanny tendency to show up right behind her.  Maybe 
Mrs. Figg's cats are like this.  Maybe they run around the 
neighborhood checking up on things/making sure no baddies are lurking?

kimberly,
wondering why Figg only had muggle pictures of her cats.