EARLIER this week, we had the opportunity to celebrate some of our nation's favourite furry friends on National Cat Day.

Monday, August 8, marked the occasion and saw cats all over the UK celebrated by their owners.

Cat's are one of the most common and ancient pets, and they have even been worshiped as gods in places such as Egypt.

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In recognition of our much-loved moggies, we asked readers to send pictures of their feline friends in to us.

You can view our gallery of just some of those pictures above.