A farewell to cats?

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The Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum in Key West, Florida, is the perfect destination for fans of A Farewell to Arms and other Hemingway classics. But it also attracts people fascinated by polydactyl cats (those with extra toes). The 45 six- and seven-toed cats now living in the house are said to descend from a cat that was a gift to Hemingway, who died in 1961. They've been pampered for generations, eating well, getting weekly visits from a vet, and lounging around the vast estate. But after years of legal wrangling, a court recently ruled that the...