18th November 2009

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Officer ‘Jungle Gym’ meets feline friend

Meet the policeman dubbed Officer “Jungle Gym” in Taylor, Texas.

Keith Urban was on duty and he pulled over an SUV on a country road. When he stopped to write a ticket, a feline the Taylor Daily Press describes as a “black juvenile kitten, likely about a year old” approached and wanted to play. The whole thing was captured on Urban’s patrol car dashcam.

The cat wants to climb Urban’s leg, but Urban discourages it. It persists and, if you want to skip to the good stuff, around 1:49 in the video, the summit is reached.

That the policeman continued to write the ticket even as he was climbed upon makes this what the Taylor Daily Press calls one of the Taylor police department’s “most entertaining stories of life as a police officer.”

Police chief Jeff Straub said the video showed “incredible patience on the part of the officer.”

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24th July 2009

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Enjoy the cat concerto

Keyboard Cat has competition.

Lithuanian conductor Mindaugas Piecaitis composed an orchestral piece to frame the accidental piano playing of a cat named Nora after he found a video of her skills on YouTube.

After a slow start, it’s really pretty impressive, especially when Nora hits the high note at 2:28. Also, she plays with her paws AND head.

Find a link to Nora’s extensive bio here.

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16th July 2009

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Kitty killer gets a year behind bars

The cold-blooded murderess who roasted a neighbor’s kitten in an oven has been sentenced to a year in prison.

Cheyenne Cherry, 17, pled guilty in Bronx Supreme Court yesterday to her part in the May 6 killing of a defenseless feline named Tiger Lily (right).

The animal was left to die inside a blistering oven while Cherry and a 14-year-old accomplice trashed the apartment of Valerie Hernandez. It was the accomplice, says the Daily News, who put the cat in the oven in the first place, and the two girls fled so that they wouldn’t have to hear its frantic scratching at the oven door.

At the time of her arrest, Cherry told police that the whole thing was “just a joke.” Yesterday she was just as unsympathetic. Leaving court she snapped at an animal rights activitist, “It’s dead, bitch!”

The younger accomplace faces trial in family court because of her age.

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23rd June 2009

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Mail carrier injured in kitten attack

A father and son outside London were shocked when they received the following stern warning from their local post office:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Following my visit to your residence on the 8th of June 2009, I am writing to let you know that on the 6th of June our postman was attacked by your animal in your premises while delivering mail.

Animal attacks are a major cause of injury to Royal Mail staff and so I am writing to seek your co-operation in preventing a repeat of this unfortunate incident.

I must advise you that, if any further incidents of this nature are allowed to take place, I shall have no alternative other than to consider suspending the delivery of mail to your home.

Seems straightforward, except that the only animal on the premises is Illy, a six-month-old kitten. (That’s the bloodthirsty beast above.)

Kenneth Ridge, 65, who lives with his son Bradley, 30, tells the Daily Mail, “We weren’t here, but it seems some mail was put through the letterbox and the postwoman’s hand was scratched. … Illy is a kitten, she’s very small and friendly and was just playing.”

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