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Warpy

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3. So many stores in Boston have store cats

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 11:25 PM

Nov 2015

the public health inspectors developing selective blindness unless they were badly kept.

I'd think bakeries and breweries would be the best places to keep working cats.

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Stray Cats Guard Chicago Brewery, Protect Precious Beer Grain From Rats [View all] Little Tich Nov 2015 OP

Raise a glass to working kitties every day! bullwinkle428 Nov 2015 #1

.. Liberal_in_LA Nov 2015 #20

love it niyad Nov 2015 #2

So many stores in Boston have store cats Warpy Nov 2015 #3

I've also seen cats in places that sell animal feed starroute Nov 2015 #4

thats silly just store the grain in some pyramids like god intended us to do dembotoz Nov 2015 #5

Not to put too fine a point on it... Shandris Nov 2015 #18

LOL, love the Kitty Barracks in bottom pic. TwilightGardener Nov 2015 #6

Hehe! Cool names! darkangel218 Nov 2015 #7

And the cat in the photo looks healthy, well fed and clean Midnight Writer Nov 2015 #23

2 other kittens (well, cats, lol) are pictured at the link too. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #24

Love this story. Agschmid Nov 2015 #8

Stray Cats??? The band??? Nt Logical Nov 2015 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Nov 2015 #39

They're an Australian band called Cats at Work...Big Hit: "Safety Pounce" Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #57

Cat Power! Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #63

Remember several countries in Europe.. Laffy Kat Nov 2015 #10

Do they strut? n/t ryan_cats Nov 2015 #11

I love the Cats at Work program...every community should have one nadine_mn Nov 2015 #12

At first, I thought the headline was referring to the Stray Cats band Tab Nov 2015 #13

The best part is the cats get to do what they love most--hunt! nt valerief Nov 2015 #14

Love this story. SoapBox Nov 2015 #15

our local farmer's co-op KT2000 Nov 2015 #16

It's my understanding that cats became domesticated SheilaT Nov 2015 #17

I've read that too. yardwork Nov 2015 #47

Some say the Nubian cities (South of Egypt) had grain which attracted rats which attracted Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #64

One of our local breweries keeps cats as well. eggplant Nov 2015 #19

Feral cats are an invasive species in America. nt U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #21

Yah OK. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #25

It's true. U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #27

Then go volunteer and donate to Cat rescue groups. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #28

Did not complain. I stated a fact. U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Nov 2015 #31

Facts do not bother me. U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #33

And I gave you solutions. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #34

I posed no problem. U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #35

They been around America for 3 million years. Rex Nov 2015 #37

They are a non-native, invasive species. U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #38

That nice, but feral cats been around for millions of years. Rex Nov 2015 #48

They are a non-native, invasive species. U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #54

As opposed to bobcats or lynx or cougars? nt alp227 Nov 2015 #69

Bobcats are a North American subcategory of the Lynx, therefore bobcats are native. U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #70

Don't bother. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #72

I responded to you four (now five) times. U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #73

I have nothing else to say to you. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #74

I thought you had nothing left to say to me, yet U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #77

Sounds almost relevant. LanternWaste Nov 2015 #42

Sounds almost like snark. U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #59

and your point is? magical thyme Nov 2015 #44

My point is that feral cats are an invasive species in America. U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #60

and that relates to the OP how? magical thyme Nov 2015 #62

If these cats are being released outside than they are an invasive species. U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #66

neutering them prevents them from reproducing, which does reduce populations over time magical thyme Nov 2015 #68

If you read post #35 you will see "I am hopeful that those cats are kept indoors." U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #71

and I wrote indoors or out, depending on the situation. magical thyme Nov 2015 #79

So are humans. Kalidurga Nov 2015 #78

So are humans. I hope you got "fixed"! Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #58

So are Feral Hogs and Burmese Pythons. Shall we "fix" them as well? U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #61

You're right, I shouldn't equate cats with humans. Humans are far, far more destructive. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #65

Glad you admit that cats are invasive, that's a start. U4ikLefty Nov 2015 #67

Lolololol!!! darkangel218 Nov 2015 #75

... Kali Nov 2015 #76

Thousands of species are "invasive." ... You have a strange obsession with cats being invasive. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #81

That tabby looks badass. nt SunSeeker Nov 2015 #22

"I have come here to eat kibble, and kick rat ass. And I'm all out of kibble!" bullwinkle428 Nov 2015 #43

Looks just like my little mouse hunter! Blue Owl Nov 2015 #49

wait -- these guys?? unblock Nov 2015 #26

are the cats all fixed? wheniwasincongress Nov 2015 #29

I would think so, since a cat rescue group set them up. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #32

yes. vaccinated as well. magical thyme Nov 2015 #45

Disneyland has a feral cat colony too Sen. Walter Sobchak Nov 2015 #36

Check my Journal! Little Tich Nov 2015 #40

Demacats JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #41

"Cats at Work"...what a cool program! magical thyme Nov 2015 #46

Great idea...a humane life for the cats...anda useful one... joeybee12 Nov 2015 #50

Unionize! merrily Nov 2015 #51

That is a tough looking cat! kimbutgar Nov 2015 #52

Descendants of the Egyptian goddess, Bastet, still hard at work! BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #53

Even the cats know what's good! Initech Nov 2015 #55

Go Kitties! Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #56

Litter boxes. JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #80

Thanks for posting Omaha Steve Nov 2015 #82