Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, kitten calling, black-silver-tabby / Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, kitten, blue-silver-tabby / Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, kitten on scratching post, choco-tabby-white / Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica

Petra Wegner / British Longhair kitten, aged 9 weeks, sitting next to scratching post (Highlander, Lowlander, Britannica)

Petra Wegner / Three British Longhair kittens, aged 9 weeks, sitting on scratching post (Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica)

Petra Wegner / British Longhaired kitten, climbing on scratching post, aged 9 weeks. (Highlander, Lowlander, Britannica)

Jabruson / Termite mound (Macrotermes) located close to elephant path through forest and as such used as a scratch post by passing African Forest Elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki N...

Jabruson / Termite mound (Macrotermes) located close to elephant wallowing hole and used as a scratch post by passing African Forest Elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis). Agile Mangabey (Cercocebus agilis) pa...

Petra Wegner / Bengal cat, male kitten, 3 months standing on scratching post.

Petra Wegner / Bengal Cats, kittens, 8 weeks, playing together on scratching post.

Petra Wegner / Bengal Cats, kittens, 8 weeks, playing together on scratching post.

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, kitten, blue-silver-tabby stretching up on scratching post / Highlander, Lowlander, Britannica

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, kitten on scratching post, black-silver-tabby / Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, kitten on scratching post, cinnamon-tortie / Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, kitten climbing up scratching post, black-and-white / Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, kitten on scratching post, choco-tabby-white / Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, kitten on scratching post, black-silver-tabby / Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, two kittens on scratching post, black-silver-tabby and choco-tabby-white / Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, two kittens on scratching post, black-golden-tabby and choco-tabby-white / Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica

Petra Wegner / Three British Longhair kittens, aged 9 weeks, playing on scratching post. (Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica)

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, cream-white coated, sitting next to scratching post. ( Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica)

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, black silver tabby classic, sitting by scratching post. (Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica)

Petra Wegner / Two British Longhair kittens, aged 9 weeks, sitting on scratching post (Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica)

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, aged 5 months, sitting next to scratching post. blue-silver-tabby-point (Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica)

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, sitting next to scratching post, aged 5 months. Blue-silver-tabby-point. (Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica)

Mark Taylor / Maine Coon kitten, 7 weeks, using a scratch post.

Petra Wegner / Two albino Ferrets (Mustela putorius forma domestica) playing on a scratching post

Pete Cairns / European Lynx (Lynx lynx) adult female using tree as scratching post to sharpen claws. Bardu, Norway, captive

Pete Cairns / European Lynx (Lynx lynx) adult female at scratching post sharpening claws in winter birch forest. Bardu, Norway, captive

Jim Brandenburg / Sioux Quartzite scratching post rubbed smooth by American Bison (Bison bison) over a period of hundreds of year, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Sioux Quartzite scratching post rubbed smooth by American Bison (Bison bison) over a period of hundreds of year, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota