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Jan
2
The cat, the brick and a political protest - New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz
A brick-wielding protester, a prowling cat and a local woman crossed paths at Prime Minister Helen Clark’s Mt Albert electorate office in the first hour of 2008 - with hair-raising results.
The woman was looking for a neighbour’s lost cat about 12.30am when she saw a scooter pull up and its rider throw a brick at the office window. The window was cracked but not broken.
She approached the scooter to try to get its registration number and was startled by the cat.
When the woman screamed, both the cat and the brick-thrower took fright and left quickly.
A group called People Power has owned up and threatened further protests. It said the brick was thrown to protest against the Electoral Finance Act, which was enacted yesterday. The group wants it repealed.
Dec
31
… actually just a subset thereof. (Left to right: Inky, Marley, Yo-Yo and Little Girl Cat)
Dec
31
year-end wrapup
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Cartier-Bresson, eat your heart out. A masterpiece.
Dec
29
LAPD enlists feral cats for rat patrol - Los Angeles Times
They are the homeless of the domestic animal world — colonies of feral cats that roam residential neighborhoods and lurk around office buildings and commercial garages, scavenging for food.
Unlike other strays that might rub up against a leg hoping for a crumb or a head rub, these felines are so unaccustomed to human contact that they dart away when people approach. Feral cats cannot be turned into house pets. When they end up in municipal shelters, they have little hope of coming out alive.
But one animal welfare group has figured out a way to save their lives and put them to work in Los Angeles. The Working Cats program of Voice for the Animals, a Los Angeles-based animal advocacy and rescue group, has placed feral cats in a handful of police stations with rodent problems, just as the group placed cats in the rat-plagued downtown flower district several years ago — to great effect.Six feral cats were recently installed as ratters in the parking lot of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southeast Division, and another group will be housed at the Central Division early in the new year.
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Dec
28
Can everyone read me now?
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Sheesh. It’s not like it was acid green on maroon like in the old Wired.
Dec
24
Violent cat leaves postmen running scared - Telegraph
A cat with a grudge against postmen left his owners fearing they were social lepers.
Sarah and Ben Goddard, of Derby, began to wonder why they had become so unpopular when their daily post dried up.
Mrs Goddard, 24, a nursery nurse, said she noticed a problem when she got only a few congratulation cards after her marriage.
“Every time someone asked me if their card had arrived I had to tell them no,” she said.
“From then on we would get just the very occasional piece of mail.”
All was explained when she chased after a postman who told them they would have to collect their mail from the sorting office.
“He said our dog was always attacking him and had even drawn blood,” she said.
“I told him we’ve only got a cat.”
The couple later received a note that deliveries could be suspended because staff feared being savaged by their cat.
They learned that 18-month-old Georgi had been attacking postmen for months.
One victim was left bleeding after the cat swiped his hand as he pushed envelopes through the door.
The problem was solved when Mr Goddard, 27, a land surveyor, put a postbox at the end of the driveway.
But Mrs Goddard is still confused by the furore created by their cat.
“I can’t understand how the postman would have scratches all over his arms. What was he doing putting his arm through the box?”