Found cat with harness and leash attached [Update: owner found!]

[brandon stafford]

Walking to work this morning, I found a cat dragging a retractable leash near Somerville Ave and Park Ave. Here is said cat: https://twitter.com/#!/rascalmicro/status/195527295828635649/photo/1

If this is your cat, you can get in touch with me by posting here or tweeting at me. The cat is currently at 10 Tyler Street in Somerville.

Comments

[brandon stafford (from livejournal.com)]

Owner located thanks to Somerville Animal Control. Thanks, local government! Elapsed time ~36 minutes.

[brandon stafford (from livejournal.com)]

A good point. The owner was able to tell me the name of the street the cat was found on (because he lives up the block), so I think it's his.

[ron_newman]

Why would someone leash a cat?

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Some people take cats out for walks.

[ritcey.livejournal.com]

I think that's a Savannah - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_(cat) - a domestic/serval hybrid. They're apparently very dog-like and will walk on a leash, play fetch, etc.

[squirrelitude]

The real question is: What kind of cat will suffer a leash to be put on it?

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Maybe for you.

I, for one, see the evidence before me in those pictures.

[ratatosk.livejournal.com]

I have walked cats on leashes. Mostly it was really, really, really boring, because the cats insisted on sniffing every single thing ever. But I saw someone walking a cat on a leash in the arboretum once without problems.