<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><a rel="nofollow" class="outbound_link" target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/goto/9133243/www.standard.co.uk/news/london/foreign-office-chief-mouser-palmerston-brings-in-first-catch-a3238846" style="max-height: 1000000px; text-decoration: none; height: 19px; vertical-align: middle; display: block !important;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chief Mouser at Foreign Office takes the enemy down.</span></font></a></div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the <i>Evening Standard</i> (London, England) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/foreign-office-chief-mouser-palmerston-brings-in-first-catch-a3238846.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link">http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/foreign-office-chief-mouser-palmerston-brings-in-first-catch-a3238846.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Publico; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A Foreign Office cat known as the Chief Mouser has delighted officials by making his first catch just weeks into the job.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Palmerston the black and white cat was congratulated on Twitter by top civil servant Sir Simon McDonald after snaring his first rodent on Tuesday.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The FCO's permanent under secretary tweeted a picture of the proud moggy reclining on the carpet, and praised his work as the second biggest news story of the day after Leicester's historic title victory.</span></p><div id="mpu0" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px auto; padding: 0px; width: 300px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/71347885/_main_eveningstandard/es_news/es_london/es_london_article_3__container__" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0pt none;"></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The feline was a rescue cat from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and has been named after the former Foreign Minister and Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston.</span></p><figure class="mediaembed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" data-tweet-id="727402807804964864" title="Twitter Tweet" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; max-width: 100%; position: static; visibility: visible; display: block; width: 500px; height: 0px; border-style: none; min-width: 220px;"></iframe></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In his short career in office, the cat has already met ambassadors from Spain and South Korea.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The idea of having a Chief Mouser at the FCO came from Downing Street, who have employed a resident ‘mouser’ since the reign of Henry VIII.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The current Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is a brown and white tabby named Larry Cameron.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stalking the halls: Palmerston, the Chief Mouser.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_050716.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_050716.jpg</a></p></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><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></body></html>