by Michael
(London, UK)
It’s a jazzy headline that I just made up but it is about a serious topic; how the domestic cat can really and truly contribute to society. To all those idiots who say that cats are useless and that they should be shot or “euthanized” or whatever else you would like to do to hurt cats, take a look at this video:
{Note: Videos often have a lifespan and get pulled so eventually this may disappear!}
This is an ordinary, ginger, oldish (look at his tummy!) cat – who I would say is a tom cat – who has sauntered into a noisy and active school environment and made himself at home.
In doing so he has not only made friends with all the students and head teacher, he has enriched their lives. And the head teacher has recognised this.
No single human could have achieved that in such a nonchalant, composed, quiet and natural way. And without a single word of English spoken. It was all achieved by “presence”.
Actually, he is not always quiet! And a good thing too. I think this video, which Dorothy Wandruff has shown me (thanks Dorothy), shows how the domestic cat is so very useful to us.
They improve our lives in an almost invisible way sometimes. For cat caretakers they are our constant. Everything else changes and is slippery – cats are there for us.
I hope we can recognise that and I hope the people who ignorantly declare that cats “can’t do anything” change their minds.
