New Zealand's First Cat

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One for the cat lovers.

New Zealand's new Prime Minister has a cat called Paddles that now has it's own Twitter account

http://www.smh.com.au/world/new-zea...ardern-finalises-cabinet-20171024-gz732s.html

Apparently there is a bit of a controversy with comments about the former PM's cat by Paddles.

Paddles has also already quipped with former prime minister John Key's cat Moonbeam for having "no grip on social media" and "no opposable thumbs" and made countless jokes about her favourite food - fish - plus a range of social issues.
 
Love cats, love dogs, love animals..... BUT THEY DON'T NEED a twitter account (imo... of course)....:huh:
 
I already follow the Twitter account of Larry the Cat - the cat at No 10 Downing Street, the UK PM's residence - so I'm going to follow Paddles as well.
 
According to Wikipedia, "The domestic cat (Felis catus) was introduced into New Zealand by European settlers in the mid 19th century."

So maybe it would be possible to find out what was (one of the) first cat(s) in NZ.
 
Oh, Paddles, we were just getting to know you and like you.
Not long ago we were happy and full of pride about your new national position. But now we are sad and sorry for you. Goodbye. :(
 
So sad, RIP pretty Paddles.

Hopefully, all other cats will be putting forward their candidacy to be First Cat of New Zealand. :p
 
Winnipeg said:
Why would they let the cat out!!??? :confused::confused::mad::mad::angryfire:angryfire
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It's possible that they didn't. A prime minister's house is a busy place, with people coming and going all the time, so a cat could have slipped out without anyone noticing. Let's not condemn them without knowing exactly what happened.
 
overedge said:
It's possible that they didn't. A prime minister's house is a busy place, with people coming and going all the time, so a cat could have slipped out without anyone noticing. Let's not condemn them without knowing exactly what happened.
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It's almost impossible to keep a cat in in such circumstances. If they have access to doors opening to the outside, doors left open, or open ground level windows without screens, cats will have opportunities to go out.

And of course the issue of whether indoor cats can lead as full lives as cats who have access to the outdoors is a subject of considerable :argue:.

I like to leave my doors open a fair bit year-round for a lot for fresh air, and would hate to have screen doors. None of my cats have come to harm because of it and that's quite a few cats over the course of 25 years (excepting one who hurt his paw somehow, possibly in a fight, but it did heal up fine in time). I don't live in the country where cats face more predators outdoors, but if I did, I'd go without a cat rather than having to set up a household which kept them exclusively indoors.
 
New Zealand wants to be predator-free by 2050, and that includes feral cats:
http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/wonder-list-bill-weir-new-zealand-predator-free-2050/index.html

Outdoor cats are really devastating to wild bird populations.
https://www.npr.org/2013/01/29/170588511/killer-kitties-cats-kill-billions-every-year

Best to keep your pet kitty indoors, for their own health as well as the benefit of wildlife. Outdoor cats have a very high probability of contracting feline leukemia and feline aids from other cats.
http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/health_information/brochure_felv.cfm
https://www.vetinfo.com/what-is-feline-aids.html

I have two indoor cats. There is no way I would allow them outdoors as they would not last long given the owls, hawks, foxes, coyotes, and rattlesnakes in our area. And cars.
 
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