New Zealand Police Department cat gains global fame after Facebook video goes viral

A laid-back cat at the Wellington District Police Department in New Zealand has attained global fame after her owner posted a video on the PD’s Facebook page. To date, the video has been viewed 870,000 times and has 6,300 comments.

Two useful tags. Click either to see the articles: Toxic to cats | Dangers to cats

Tia (Photo courtesy Facebook New Zealand Police)

Constable Kerry Morrell and his cat Tia work in the crime office. Tia enjoys helping with the paperwork and is an excellent typist, according to Morrell.

Tia prefers walking around (as well as on top of things) in the office. She has a custom police vest and is taken on walks outside.  Morrell says she requires more breaks than the human officers and insists on a quick nap every half hour.

Note: Please be patient while this extra cute viral video loads (Facebook is slow)

Useful links
Anxiety - reduce it
FULL Maine Coon guide - lots of pages
Children and cats - important

https://www.facebook.com/NZPolice/videos/vb.183410325126292/1182210625246252/?type=2&theater

Tia replaced Constable Elliot (a guinea pig) and has been on the job a few months now. When not using her crime-fighting skills Tia sniffs out mice.

Not only has Tia made the news on blogs and private websites, People.com and USA Today have also covered this beautiful feline. Hopefully, she won’t allow her instant fame to go to her head.

Follow Elisa on Facebook.

Elisa

Useful tag. Click to see the articles: Cat behavior

Note: sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified.

Elisa Black-Taylor

Elisa is an experienced cat caretaker and rescuer. She lives in the US. As well as being a professional photographer, Elisa has been a regular contributor to PoC for nine years. See her Facebook page.

You may also like...

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *