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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 10:50 AM
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For more than 200 years, cats have had a full-time job at the Hermitage Museum

http://english.aljazeera.net/video/europe/2010/09/201091215451541779.html


Cats fight rats at Russian museum

About 60 felines follow their ancestors, working to keep the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg rodent-free.

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One of the largest art galleries in the world is relying on feline power to keep it rodent-free.

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the video is neat - you get to see the inside of the beautiful Museum and the basement with the cats and the woman who takes care of them.

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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 10:51 AM
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1. I recc'd an ensho thread.
Edited on Mon Sep-13-10 10:51 AM by Codeine
That's the sound of Hell freezing over in the background, btw. ;-)
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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 10:53 AM
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3. lol - that's ok you will survive to unrec. another day
nt
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 10:51 AM
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2. You can smell them. My grocery store also had a few feral cats in it; sometimes they would fight
under the food displays.
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 11:03 AM
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4. Now that's what I call job security n/t
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CountAllVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 11:19 AM
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5. great story!
No rats/mice around my house either as I have 3 cats and being rodent free (and raccoon and skunk free) is a blessing!

I love love love my precious cats. :D

:dem: :kick: & recommend.
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MinneapolisMatt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-10 02:30 PM
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6. How sweet!
Nice video!
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