I don’t think so, she’s a very small, perfectly average tabby. She’s really amazing, the most communicative cat I’ve ever seen - it’s not just the meows but also she’ll do her absolute best make herself understood, and she’s also trying her best to understand people, being very attentive to human body language/etc. (She also used to play fetch when she was younger! She’s not so spry nowadays.)
She’s the only cat I’ve known who actually respects a “no” even when her humans aren’t around to scold her, it’s just that you have to let her know by body language and not vocal commands. Eg. I’m actually slightly allergic to cats so I don’t want her to sleep in my bed when she’s over, but she can sleep on my bed once the cover is on. All I needed to do was stopping her the first couple of times when she tried to climb in, and then putting her on the bed when the cover was on. I could then leave the bed undone for a day and not find a single cat hair on it later. Also, she never tries to wake people up. She’ll sit or lie down by the bed and wait until you’re getting out, and then start crying for food or attention; but as long as you’re in the bed, she’ll just stare and, I guess, try to make you to get up with some weird cat woodoo.
A friend of mine has a gigantic Maine Coon, he’s a great cat (literally and figuratively… he’s huge), but not very vocal, interestingly. But it’s always hilarious when he meows, hearing that small sound come from such a large cat.
Well, seeing as it is the only place on the planet without a rat problem, I understand and agree with why it’s in place. I didn’t care for that particular law, so broke it, then moved - but I wouldn’t change it.
Rats are great pets.
Nicodema didn’t even have a cage. She just lived in my pocket and at home had a little shelf.
It happens a few times a year all over the US. The latest “Tiger King” stuff on Netflix and such brought out a rash of them. Ultimately when they become too much to handle, they mostly end up going to zoos or wildlife refuges, some do end up getting put down.
Source: I know people in wildlife refuges and sanctuaries (which aren’t zoos) that perform rescues and rehabilitations.
I admit to being misled by the tone of the boingboing article title. I’m disappointed, bb, yeah I’m looking at you.
It could be that the raccoon was exhibiting signs of rabies. The ap article was light on those details. The fine seems heavy handed, especially given the folks might have been guided to try to keep the raccoon as a pet by guardians of the Galaxy and myriad tik tok videos. Does stupidity tax always have to be regressive? Or maybe the officer has rabies and was filled with blood lust.
So, it’s okay to compare a prison uprising to an animal getting killed?
Seriously, Attica was a major event in the struggle for humane imprisonment, not a joke about animals. People were gunned downed in that uprising. Human beings. Really, let’s not compare them to animals maybe…
Nothing to do with the actual event - this is a Pacino meme taken from Dog Day Afternoon, wherein the character was leveraging that outrage to create chaos during a bank/hostage standoff.
Just don’t compare the attica uprising to animals. It’s not rocket surgery. Whether that’s what you intended or not, that’s what you implied. Just… don’t.
Really, let’s not compare them to animals maybe…
