[Vision2020] For you Cat and Dog Lovers

[Tom Hansen]

>From "The Times Online" (London, England) at -

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3162659.ece

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Dog retrieves his best friend - a cat buried in the garden

A pet dog missed the family's dead cat so much that he dug up his grave and
brought the body back into the house. 

When Oscar's owners woke up the next morning they discovered the dog curled
up beside Arthur, the late cat, in his basket. 

His owners, Robert Bell, 73, and his wife, Mavis, of Wigan, Greater
Manchester, believe that the dog had licked the cat clean before falling
asleep. 

Mr. Bell said that the two pets were constant companions. Arthur, who was a
large cat, used to help Oscar to climb on to the sofa. 

Oscar, an 18-month-old Lancashire Heeler, had watched Mr. Bell dig a grave
in the garden and then lower the cat into the hole.  Mr. Bell said: "He had
managed to climb out through the cat flap in the night, obviously with the
intent to get Arthur back. Bearing in mind that Arthur was a huge cat, Oscar
must have used all the strength he could muster. 

"Then he pulled him into the basket and went to sleep next to him. Arthur's
coat was gleaming white. Oscar had obviously licked him clean. It must have
taken him nearly all night." 

Arthur is now reburied in a secure grave. And Oscar has a new playmate, a
kitten called Limpet.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps." 

-Emo Philips