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.
ROFLMAO - A great wallpaper!
Ooops!
Sorry Darksheare!
I got my kitties confused. There is another FReeper with a HUGE black cat... forgot who she belonged to.
I will not forget your Mad Cow Cat again!
Serb5150 wrote:
Sweet Sasha is a gentle giant. She would never conquer a country, but I suppose if they're surrendering anyway she might as well take advantage of it.
It's Garfield!
I wouldn't mind being stuck with France.
Remember what I'd do to them should time travel be possible...
Love to eat them mousies
Mousies what I love to eat
Bite they little heads off
Nibble on they tiny feet
I think that's from B. Kliban.
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