Animals Matter  See what Express-News pets' columnist Cathy M.
Rosenthal has to say about animals and everything that relates
to them.  Hypoallergenic Cats   In the movie “Cats and Dogs,” a
scientist attempts to create a vaccine to prevent people from
being allergic to dogs — forcing cats in the movie to rebel and
say, “hey, what about us?”  Felines have a right to rebel. There
are more cat owners in the United States and more people who are
allergic to cats than to dogs. Yet research and technology
usually favor our canine friend.  While no such vaccines exist
for either pet (allergy shots offer some relief), researchers
have taken selective breeding of pets to the next level. Almost
everything in the designer mutt arena is being bred with a
poodle, the best dog for people with allergies — Labradoodles,
Golden Doodles, etc.  Now a research company has decided to do
something similar for cats. A company named Allerca has studied
Siberian cats for natural variations in the cat gene that
controls allergy-induci