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'Panther on the Loose' Is a Cat (French city surrenders to house cat)
Yahoo! News / Reuters ^
| 6.22.04
Posted on 06/22/2004 7:49:08 PM PDT by mhking
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - The southern French city of Marseille called off a three-week hunt for a black panther on Tuesday after the animal sighted by several residents turned out to be a large house cat.
"The 'panther' is just a black house cat -- a very big one though," said a spokeswoman for the local prefecture, adding the animal was about 24 inches long and weighed some 22 pounds.
Police deployed dozens of searchers this month after reports that a blank panther was roaming around the nearby Calanques area, popular with tourists for its creeks, rocks and beaches.
Searchers finally caught up with the animal and identified it as a cat but were still unable to catch it, the spokeswoman added.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cats; cheeseeating; france; french; howembarassing; isurrender; justdamn; surrendermonkeys; surrendermonkies; whiteflag
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posted on
06/22/2004 7:49:09 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
06/22/2004 7:49:54 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: mhking
This one's way too easy. :)
LBT
-=-=-
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posted on
06/22/2004 7:51:09 PM PDT
by
LiberalBassTurds
(Al Qaeda needs to know we are fluent in the "dialogue of bullets.")
To: mhking
Inspector Clouseau, where are you?
'Ave you seen a pantheeeer? Cato? CATO?
To: Law is not justice but process
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posted on
06/22/2004 7:54:27 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(........"John Kerry changes positions more often than a Nevada prostitute".........)
To: mhking
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posted on
06/22/2004 7:57:03 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: mhking
Update on this story: Its been now reported that the searchers who were also former UN inpectors from Iraq were spotted taking bribes from a homeless cat , two days ago.
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posted on
06/22/2004 7:59:41 PM PDT
by
seastay
To: EggsAckley
To: mhking
A picture of the cat:
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posted on
06/22/2004 8:04:11 PM PDT
by
4mycountry
("Change?" "Yes, I think I did!" - 'Monk' TV show)
To: spetznaz
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posted on
06/22/2004 8:15:06 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
To: mhking
Someone's been in their cups.
To: mhking
Has anyone checked with the viking kitties?
They have contacts in the cat world, and probably just diplomatically arranged for the French to look like fools,again.
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posted on
06/22/2004 8:18:32 PM PDT
by
sarasmom
(Sometimes, I wish liberals had beliefs, so I could desecrate them. (spok))
To: mhking
What a bunch of pu**ies. My cat is much bigger than that.
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posted on
06/22/2004 8:29:58 PM PDT
by
Serb5150
(God Bless Ronald Reagan.)
To: mhking
Maybe he was scouting the location for a zot?
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posted on
06/22/2004 8:50:22 PM PDT
by
Sofa King
(MY rights are not subject to YOUR approval http://www.angelfire.com/art2/sofaking/index.html)
To: mhking
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posted on
06/22/2004 9:23:08 PM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.)
To: Sofa King
In France, certainly plenty of targets for zotting.
To: Lady Jag
Some cute cats on this thread, and evidently a really fearsome one, en France - zoot alors!
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posted on
06/22/2004 10:37:43 PM PDT
by
jocon307
(help....I lost my tagline! wait I found it: Immigration Moratorium NOW!)
To: EggsAckley
"Cato" was inspector Cleseau's house boy.. a young asian man who would lurk about and then suddenly attack the poor Inspector using Martial Arts for "training" purposes.
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posted on
06/23/2004 4:02:14 AM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
To: Darksheare
Have you let your kitty visit France lately?
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posted on
06/23/2004 4:03:26 AM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
To: Serb5150
LOL! She's cute! ( or he? )
I love when they sit there like a meat-loaf.... had a cat that used to do that...
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posted on
06/23/2004 4:05:08 AM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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