UnTreeHugger: Sgt. Podge the Itinerant Cat
by Jasmin Malik Chua, Jersey City, USA on 11.14.07
Twelve-year-old Sgt. Podge, a Norwegian Forest Cat, vanishes from his owner's home each night. The next morning, he can be found in exactly the same place: a pavement about one and a half miles (2.4km) away.
His owner, Liz Bullard, takes her son to school before collecting the wandering feline from the pavement between 8 a.m. and 8.15 a.m. (GMT). The good sarge, however, doesn't acknowledge weekends or school vacations—Bullard has to pick him up, in what looks like an SUV, even when her son is fast asleep at home.
Anytime you'd like to discuss your carbon pawprint, Sgt. Podge, give us a ring. ::BBC News
wow... I wouldn't have thought this to qualify as "newsworthy"
Actually, I think it is news worthy in a way, at least here on TH. I have nothing against pets per say, I love cats, but the resources that are used up for the care of house pets in the US alone, not to mention other western countries is astronomical.
Don't know if this is accurate, but once heard you could feed the entire third world with the money spent in the US alone on house pets!
Food for thought!
Marc P.
don't think I've ever heard that statistic, but, sounds like it is probably accurate. Americans spend billions each year on our pets - I have a cat and a dog, and am 'strange' because I only spend about $20 a month on them - and that's almost exclusively food. . . and for holidays, i only buy them one small gift each, usually selected by my kids and something 'useful' like toy for our cat or a sweater for our dog. He's a dachshund, and gets very cold in the winter. :D