Guy banned from having a dog a college, gets to have a "very large cat"

[Liberal_in_LA]

he master of a Cambridge University college that banned dogs from accommodation has been allowed to keep his canine companion after persuading officials it was "a very large cat".

YoYo the bassett hound lives at Selwyn College with Roger Mosey.

Mr Mosey said cats were allowed but dogs were "technically" banned.

However, after a past master set a "dog-owning precedent" decades ago, the college "tongue-in-cheek agreed YoYo could stay as a large cat", he said.

Mr Mosey, former editorial director of the BBC, became master of Selwyn College in October.

After settling in he asked permission from the college council to have a dog, despite the rules.
'Love your cat'

"Many former masters have kept cats but the greatest master, Professor Owen Chadwick, did keep dogs during the 1950s, 60s and 70s," he said.

Permission was granted by the council, and duly noted in the minutes: "i. College Animal - Noting precedent under the mastership of Professor Chadwick, Council approved the Master's request to adopt a Very Large Cat in the Master's Lodge."

http://www.newser.com/story/193140/guy-banned-from-having-dog-its-a-very-large-cat.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=united&utm_campaign=rss_lifestyle

[shenmue]

1. Squee!

[VanillaRhapsody]

2. What a lovely large Calico he has there!

[Aerows]

3. Are they really all that different

from a "very large cat"? They sleep a lot and eat, which is pretty much the definition of any cat I've ever had LOL.

[BrotherIvan]

4. I think it's where they poo

But I do appreciate the humor from these old chaps.

[hifiguy]

5. Ears are a bit droopy for a

cat. Big nose, too. He Should have a vet check that cat out.

[AleksS]

6. Nothing new. Lord Byron pulled a similar stunt in the 1800's but with way more flair.

Nothing new. Lord Byron, the English poet, brought a tame bear to Cambridge when they wouldn't let him keep a dog.

http://seriousfacts.com/english-poet-lord-byron-pet-bear/

[hifiguy]

7. Now THAT is

style.