<p>I hope they know how to work that thing.</p>

When Cats Attack

I hope they know how to work that thing.

Photograph by Harry Whittier Frees, Library of Congress

National Geographic to Stop Publishing Nude Animal Pictures

The media group says that it will no longer degrade animals by showing photos of them without clothes.

April Fools!

But you can still enjoy these real, quirky snapshots of well-dressed cats and dogs, created by photographer Harry Whittier Frees in the early 1900s.

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