Where did the idea for kitty litter come from?
When it comes to kitty litter, there’s crystal, clumping, scented, or unscented. There are a countless number of choices available today, but in the old days, cats simply used wooden boxes filled with sand, sawdust, or ashes. That is, until 1947, when a man whose family sold industrial absorbents, gave a batch of clay pellets to a woman in Cassopolis, Michigan. The woman was tired of her cat tracking sooty paw prints around and wanted a cleaner alternative. She and her cat loved the clay pellets and kept coming back for more. So the man, Ed Lowe, bagged the stuff and kept selling. In 1964, Mr. Lowe founded the Tidy Cats brand. And there’s a “litter” history for you. -Dr.
