I think the only part of the cat that is really the cat is the head. All the pictures have a darker flat background.
I assume the scene is setup and there is a hole in the background for the cat to stick it's head through. The photographer can get the cats to look somewhere and take the picture. It's also possible some of the paws are real but I also feel they don't quite look right.
Yeah I dunno about that. Those legs look pretty bent out of shape...