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CountAllVotes

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29. That is so cool!
Sun May 5, 2013, 02:37 PM
May 2013

I found a bit more on this (never knew about this at all I must admit):

>>"The grammarian Ibn Babshad was sitting with his friends on the roof of a mosque in Cairo, eating some food. When a cat passed by they gave her some morsels; she took them and ran away, only to come back time and time again. The scholars followed her and saw her running to an adjacent house on whose roof a blind cat was sitting. The cat carefully placed the morsels in front of her. Bashbad was so moved by God's caring for the blind creature that he gave up all his belongings and lived in poverty, completely trusting in God until he died in 1067 (oral tradition recorded in the late 14th century by the Egyptian theologian and zoologist Damiri (d. 1405)" (Lorraine Chittock, Cats of Cairo, p. 40).

I mean like



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Let me at the person who did this to that sweet kitten joeybee12 May 2013 #1
It amazes me how people get away with sh*t like this CountAllVotes May 2013 #2
The fines and punishments aren't harsh enough... joeybee12 May 2013 #3
I agree w/you 100% CountAllVotes May 2013 #5
Slightly aside, there was a show on Animal Planet about puppy mills, and PA is notorious joeybee12 May 2013 #7
Yes, sadly CountAllVotes May 2013 #10
Sadly, the Amish Freddie May 2013 #18
I always want these people gone get the red out May 2013 #6
Same with me... joeybee12 May 2013 #8
Me too. LiberalLoner May 2013 #14
Me, three. narnian60 May 2013 #23
Likewise. Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #22
I hate people that hurt animals & kids graywarrior May 2013 #4
Especially since they tend to do both. nt SunSeeker May 2013 #17
May the person that did this meet his Karma one day. Ikonoklast May 2013 #9
You are right CountAllVotes May 2013 #11
The people he meets in Afghanistan would kill him if he abused a kitten. Ikonoklast May 2013 #12
I never knew that CountAllVotes May 2013 #13
"Muezza" was the name of his favorite cat. Ikonoklast May 2013 #15
That is so cool! CountAllVotes May 2013 #29
If I had been the kitten's owner get the red out May 2013 #16
I am so upset by this. I just don't understand how some people life long demo May 2013 #19
OMG... darkangel218 May 2013 #20
I would like to adopt him x darkangel218 May 2013 #21
It is really important to find the person who did this... Moostache May 2013 #24
Poor baby. City Lights May 2013 #25
I choose to focus more on the people who have saved the kitten's life mythology May 2013 #26
Thanks for posting this Timbuk3 May 2013 #28
If it's possible Timbuk3 May 2013 #27
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