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Cat Who Catches Mice at Train Station Gets Promoted
Komo News ^ | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH 2016

Posted on 02/14/2016 4:58:14 PM PST by nickcarraway

Felix used to be an everyday cat, just working her day job keeping mice at bay at Huddersfield Station in West Yorkshire, England.

She was brought in by First TransPennine Express at only nine weeks old to help take control of the pests in the station and she really grew into the role.

After five years of hard work she finally got the promotion she deserves.

No longer is she a simple mouse catcher - she is now Senior Pest Controller, complete with the adorable visibility jacket, name tag and authority that goes with the title.

Let's hope she uses her newly appointed power benevolently!


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Travel
KEYWORDS: cats; mice; train
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1 posted on 02/14/2016 4:58:14 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ping


2 posted on 02/14/2016 4:58:53 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; Slings and Arrows

Second PING!


3 posted on 02/14/2016 5:00:28 PM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: nickcarraway

Thats just cute!


4 posted on 02/14/2016 5:00:57 PM PST by MLL
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To: nickcarraway

Thanks for posting.


5 posted on 02/14/2016 5:03:31 PM PST by Rusty0604 (1q)
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To: MLL

I sincerely hope she doesn’t get hold of a mouse exposed to rodenticides. She is much too adorable for such trouble!


6 posted on 02/14/2016 5:07:55 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: nickcarraway
Felix used to be an everyday cat

There should be a separate news article written about the correct use of the word "everyday" in this news article.

That's very rare these days.

7 posted on 02/14/2016 5:09:54 PM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: nickcarraway

merit system still alive in Socialist UK! (or is this just another Affirmative Action promotion maybe, or?)


8 posted on 02/14/2016 5:11:16 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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To: nickcarraway

I can’t help but notice her position strategically placed on the keyboard. Just like my cat, except that my cat is useless and has never caught a mouse in her life.


9 posted on 02/14/2016 5:12:44 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: nickcarraway

Go Felix! Great job!


10 posted on 02/14/2016 5:14:34 PM PST by Catsrus (I callz 'em as I seez 'em)
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To: EinNYC

She is a cute kitty. Im sure she deserves the promotion.


11 posted on 02/14/2016 5:16:27 PM PST by MLL
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To: nickcarraway

Awwww!!


12 posted on 02/14/2016 5:19:52 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Romans 8:38-39)
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To: nickcarraway; All

Will the bright-colored vest possibly alert pests to the cat?


13 posted on 02/14/2016 5:23:48 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: EinNYC

If she’s been doing this for five years then I think she’ll be fine for another five.


14 posted on 02/14/2016 5:28:41 PM PST by LiveFree99
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To: nickcarraway

Yeah, well let’s see her go to Orlando and take on Mickey.

That mouse is like five feet tall.

That cat would be sitting at the pub in EPCOT eating fish and chips and Mickey would walk in and all you’d see is a black flash headed out the door trying to buy a ticket back to the White Cliffs of Dover.


15 posted on 02/14/2016 5:29:24 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes

I'm just an everyday cat, man. You dig?
16 posted on 02/14/2016 5:33:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: faithhopecharity

Felix is described as a female, so I’m assuming it’s a male cat who self-identifies as a female. So, yeah, AA hire, for sure.


17 posted on 02/14/2016 5:34:22 PM PST by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: nickcarraway
Whenever I see Huddersfield mentioned, I think of the characters in "Last of the Summer Wine" making references to it that make me believe it's on another planet instead of six miles away.

Nice looking moggy, BTW. One of the better civil servants they could hope for.

Mr. niteowl77

18 posted on 02/14/2016 5:36:28 PM PST by niteowl77 (I do not think "Gott mit Uns" on their belt buckles means what you think it means.)
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes

Correct use of the word “everyday” (adj.) in a _British_ newspaper.

There seems to be a trend in written American English to run words together:

bestfriend
everyday (not the adjective)
Whitehouse
alot
infact

and my favorite

eachother


19 posted on 02/14/2016 5:41:15 PM PST by thecodont
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To: nickcarraway

Nice looking cat!

Just her presence will keep a lot of the mice and rats away.

When my brother had his 3/4 wolf, the coyotes stayed WELL away, as did the mice, squirrels, rats, etc.

The only critter that would come near was a 35-40 lb. mountain lion (got pics of it, just not in a position to post), but even it would not get too close...


20 posted on 02/14/2016 5:46:14 PM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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