Liege, Belgium 1879 - 37 plucky postal cats were employed to carry bundles of letters (and postcards) to nearby villages.
Editor to Marie: You have quite an active imagination. But this is ridiculous.
Marie to Editor. This is history! Go read the book!.
They were 'trained' to complete this harrowing task for saucers of cream. The experiment was short - lived.
8 cool cats commented:
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Maybe instead of postal carriers they should have trained them to be bodyguards or assassins!
How funny...I bet they delivered mail to whomever they felt like delivering it to!!
Never heard of this...adorable kitten photo too!
Oh my... talk about the wrong tool for the job! When a group of people is totally unmanageable, there is a saying: "It's like hearding cats." I think perhaps the postmaster hadn't heard this saying?
Marie, not exactly the Pony Express but that means of delivering the mail only last about a year. The telegraph killed that experiment. Cute photo of the three cats. David
tres mignon
How funny. Cat delivering the mail is a pic I would love to have snapped. Extremely cute kittens
Such a cute picture of kitties...and cats delivering mail, hmmmm. Enjoy your blog Marie.
Judy
Whatever possessed them to even think of trying that?
Love the Pepé Le Pew cards.
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