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HEY!

Jojo! Why have you not shared Longwood cats with us!

SEA, great article. 😆

That is so funny. Thanks for posting it SEA SEA, it made my day. We used to own an orange cat (actually he owned us) named Orange Julius, Big J for short and he was the best cat ever.

I live near a couple of urban garden centers and they both have cats. One of them is a large orange cat and loves sleeping by the cash register.

That was adorable! Thank you for posting! I am honestly beginning to think that the only good use of social media is the cute animal content. 😊

Sweet story! Now I wonder if the Chicago Botanic has cats - have never seen any.

A number of years ago a plan was floated to charge people to use youtube. Apparently the loudest outcries about this came from two groups of people - Taylor Swift fans and cat video fans.

Love getting the inside scoop. 😄

This is my favorite thread! Both the article and the truth!

Aww. It is nice to hear the as it really is report from Jojo.

Now we know something has to be done to supply Longwood with more cats though! : ) I would have enjoyed knowing Big J.

We used to have a very large cat who had to have been a shop kitty somewhere in his previous life. Never met a stranger. Would supervise all work men at my house. Would jump on the kitchen table when guests were here to share with them, his ''better side" lol. Was always quick to get to know anyone came by. Percy sounds a little less friendly, yet still has his cat things that he does. But yeah, we need to get you more cats! I like how it's a flora and fauna kind of place.

I'm glad y'all liked the article. I thought it was a good one for our group, and having Jojo to set the story straight makes it even better!

I sent my friend this as a joke( the mock-up that is):

Awww, now I feel bad for Percy being the only cat at Longwood. Are they not going to get more? Guess traps are being used now instead of cats.

That is the best article! I love it! I saw this in my facebook thread today and laughed so hard!!

I can entertain myself all day with memes and other funny car videos and stories.

Cats play an interesting though, not vital role at Longwood. It really becomes more of a guest engagement then pest control role. and not all guests were great with the cats. Kids could be rough and people liked to feed them. My favorite cat was Pierre, a beautiful, long-haired, black and white cat that had a rocket engine purr. Pierre, however, had a thing against those seeing eye dogs in training. He liked to sneak out and thwap those poor energetic dopey pups across their faces. We are a great place for training as there are plenty of crowds and distractions for these dogs. Pierre was adopted by the luckiest, Longwood employee ever.

Can’t edit so adding another comment. Spooky, one of our resident cats had a ton of fans. One woman would come every day during the pandemic and brush spooky for a half hour. She would even let him drink from her water bottle cap. It was a little over the top, but she loved that cat and he mostly tolerated it. She later told me that spooky got her through the pandemic. can’t argue with that.