Reason #241 Why I Love Canada:
Rene Chartrand
My mom took me out for Indian food last night, and while we were out she told me a fanciful tale which I assumed was an urban legend. Checking up on it today, I find out it's absolutely true.
Apparently behind the Parliament Hill buildings in our nation's capitol, there is a large community (28, although my mom said 50
) of feral cats. They're reputed to be descendants of the original moggies who were brought to keep parliament ratfree (judging from some of the current denizens, they've not wholly succeeded). Pensioner Rene Chartrand built a village of cat shelters for the beasts to live in, and fed them from his own pocket with scraps of bologna and such. Apparently he's taken the job over from another cat caretaker, Irene Desormeaux, who looked after them from the 1970s.
The wild kitties have become a feature of Parliament Hill for visitors, and the cat town is even mentioned on the government's Parliament Hill website. Ralston Purina has recently started supplementing their diets and taking some of the pressure off Mr. Chartrand's wallet.
Rene Chartrand
My mom took me out for Indian food last night, and while we were out she told me a fanciful tale which I assumed was an urban legend. Checking up on it today, I find out it's absolutely true.
Apparently behind the Parliament Hill buildings in our nation's capitol, there is a large community (28, although my mom said 50
) of feral cats. They're reputed to be descendants of the original moggies who were brought to keep parliament ratfree (judging from some of the current denizens, they've not wholly succeeded). Pensioner Rene Chartrand built a village of cat shelters for the beasts to live in, and fed them from his own pocket with scraps of bologna and such. Apparently he's taken the job over from another cat caretaker, Irene Desormeaux, who looked after them from the 1970s.
The wild kitties have become a feature of Parliament Hill for visitors, and the cat town is even mentioned on the government's Parliament Hill website. Ralston Purina has recently started supplementing their diets and taking some of the pressure off Mr. Chartrand's wallet.
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