Hi everyone,
Many of the cathedrals in the UK have local resident cats which of course help keeping them mice free!
Louis (left) – Who is the resident cat of Well’s Cathedral however faces a new enemy in his kingdom, a local tabby cat named Pangur (right)!
One would think that surely a cathedral is large enough for both of them to find their own space? Not for these two… they seem to favor the same spots! 🙁
More on this story from the BBC:
A turf war looks set to break out at Wells Cathedral, where the resident tomcat is facing competition from a tabby interloper.
Ginger Louis has become one of the most photographed features at the cathedral since staff adopted him 10 years ago.
But his fur has been ruffled by local tortoiseshell Pangur, who has taken to roaming the pews and sitting in front of the altar during services.
Lindsay Mann, from the cathedral, said Louis was not “enormously impressed”.
Pangur is owned by Philippa Collings who lives near the cathedral, but he prefers stealing Louis’ food to eating at home.
‘Not best friends’
Ms Collings said: “He’s just decided he likes the cathedral and the cathedral shop much better than he likes me, his poor owner, and he very, very rarely comes home.“Two and half months will go past and he won’t come back. He’s just got far too much going on in his life.”
Ms Mann said both cats appear to favour the same spots in the 12th Century building.
“Louis is quite firmly entrenched at the cathedral. He has his own basket in the shop,” she said.
The 17-year-old tomcat is said to be “aloof” but so far there have been no major spats between the feline pair.
“The cathedral’s quite a large place but they do tend to favour the same areas and I wouldn’t say they are best of friends,” she added.
The original post can be found here.
Thanks,
Marc
Maybe the owner of Pangur could take in the older Louis – so to retire him of the role as cathedral cat? With 17 he is a senior cat and needs less duties.
That’s a good point~ i shall have a look what happened since the initial article 🙂
Wonderful! I am from Glastonbury, just down the road from Wells. I am going back next week maybe I’ll call in the cathedral and see these cats for myself 🙂
If you do maybe we could get you to do a first hand view follow-up post on how they are doing. 😀 I live in London btw 🙂
If I do I’ll try and get some photos 🙂
Fingers crossed 😀
My girl had a boy try to move in here on her but she wouldnt let him for nothing hahaha shes a mean girl… lol
She may have let him if he had worshipped her? Female cats like to be Queen. 😉 Nubia doesn’t let her brother get away with ANYTHING LOL
Well… actually I think he was just too young… she was really not havin none o that… but oh yes she is actually a princess by rights. Poor little Shade… LOL
Awwww poor lil guy haha
This may be irreverent, but it seems even cats can’t get along in church. 😛
Haha 🙂
Oh my young one temper your roar, for this old man is not out of the jungle yet! Your day will come to take over the throne, but for now be content to learn at the masters feet. …..or get out of my church! ?
LOL! Love it 🙂
Excellent story! I very much enjoyed this! Thank you! ~SAW
You are welcome 🙂
LOL, love it!
But, if it was my cat he/she would never be allowed outside! 🙂
I would visit this Cathedral just for the cats 🙂
Its on my list of visits because of thst now 😀
Looking forward to a follow up story. Thank you again Marc-André for sharing all these little gems of mews.
Most welcome 🙂 if you find any interesting canadian ones let me know ^^
It called CAThedral no for nuffin’!
XXXX Your elected Purrime Ministerettes of Planet Purrth serving all anipals except snakies!
Love it 😀 i didnt even think about that haha
But Purrime Ministerettes didded. We serving cats. All anipals, actually. But no snakies. No, no, no. *shaking heads*
😀 oli agrees with you on the snakies. He destroyed four fake snakie toys so far in his 2 years !
Snakie toys is okay! But real snakies has been depurrted to Pole up North by Purrime Ministerettes. All of dem.
Ok marked the north pole as a “do not visit” place haha
That why them there. Only hoomans who is misbehaving are sended up there to be nommed by the snakies.
Haha. Well i’m taking good care of Oli and Nubsey so should be safe 😉
Who that?! Snakies?!
Looks like two generals without an army. 😀
LOL! That is a very good way to look at it haha
They are obviously not Anglican cats. If the Anglican Church over there is anything like the Episcopal Church here, the back of the church fills well before the front.
Oh? I shall have to look this up on google now!
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