Cats With Jobs

[pastafreak]

What a great idea...blue collar cats...they keep businesses in the Washington DC area free of pests. A bit like barn cats.

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/538169/blue-collar-cats-have-a-job-to-do-killing-pests/

[barry1010]

Westminster has cats to catch mice, too

[barry1010]

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/the-londoner-the-cool-cats-of-westminster-a4198121.html

[pastafreak]

Yes, I've seen that article before.
The cats in D.C. are part of a dedicated rescue program. I know many rescues here place feral or unsociable cats with farms. I wonder if any place them with city businesses.

[rowanwitch]

I have the London transport payroll documents for a number of railway cats. Mostly recorded as Tom followed by the depot they worked. They were classed as employees with a wage that covered their food and vet bills.

[pastafreak]

I never knew there was such a thing as paid railway cats.

[rowanwitch]

Occupation vermin control
Although I think they spent more time scrounging snacks in the canteens

The documents date back to the 1970s, don't know if they still have cats on the books. I did offer them to the London transport museum but they were not interested

[wolf63]

rowan - could you consider leaving them to Oxfam in your will. That should give me enough time to work out how much they are worth so that they could be sold. ☺☺

Wolf, ever hopeful, Oxfam x

[mushroom25]

there's a limit to what cats should be expected to do.......

[pastafreak]

Lol! That's brilliant!

[wolf63]

mushroom - that was very entertaining. I've seen (and liked) some of the photos before - he has selected some brilliant ones.

This is a new one - https://postimg.cc/MfZjPbMT