<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>What can I say, but . . . "ADD THE WORDS!"</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the <i>Metro</i> (London, England) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/22/hermaphroditic-cat-awaits-a-gender-reassignment-surgery-to-become-a-boy-5031554/?ito=v-b">http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/22/hermaphroditic-cat-awaits-a-gender-reassignment-surgery-to-become-a-boy-5031554/?ito=v-b</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><h1 itemprop="headline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 1; font-size: 44px; font-family: ScoutBold, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hermaphroditic cat awaits a gender reassignment surgery to become a boy</h1><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mittens, a stray cat with both male and female genitalia, is to undergo gender reassignment surgery after being taken in by a caring family.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Murphy family discovered their new-found pet’s dual-gender after taking it to a local veterinarian for an examination.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Surgery is required for the cat because the dual genitalia are causing bowel and urinary issues.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Colleen Clarke-Murphy, the cat’s new owner, had hoped for Mittens to become female, but vets advised her to assign the cat’s gender as male.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ms Clarke-Murphy from Newfoundland in Canada told <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/hermaphroditic-cat-to-get-gender-assignment-surgery-1.2920260" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">CBC</a>: ‘I’d like for it to be a female, but it really doesn’t matter.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘She was part of my family when she came home with my daughter.’</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The cat will be both spayed and neutered before reconstructive surgery is carried out.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The $1,500 (£802) bill for the complicated surgery will be met thanks to a friend of the family who is auctioning old items on Facebook.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; 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padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/ID/2649097432">http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/ID/2649097432</a></p></div><div>---------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>