Louis Wain Fact #10:
He was seemingly the first to discover cat’s aversions to orange peels! While originally dismissed as one of his eccentric beliefs, it has since been corroborated by science and many now use lines of orange peels or other citrus fruits to deter feline intrusions to their gardens or flowerpots.
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Wain was an advocate of families taking their pets with them and opposed the apparently then-common notion of letting them fend on their own while their owners were away.
See also: <a href=https://catland.distin.org/post/view/8678>You've Forgotten Me!</a>