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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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1 posted on 06/22/2004 7:49:09 PM PDT by mhking
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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...

2 posted on 06/22/2004 7:49:54 PM PDT by mhking
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To: mhking
This one's way too easy. :)

LBT

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3 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.")
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To: mhking

Inspector Clouseau, where are you?

'Ave you seen a pantheeeer? Cato? CATO?


4 posted on 06/22/2004 7:52:39 PM PDT by Law is not justice but process
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To: Law is not justice but process

Not "cato." "Chat."


5 posted on 06/22/2004 7:54:27 PM PDT by EggsAckley (........"John Kerry changes positions more often than a Nevada prostitute".........)
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To: mhking


6 posted on 06/22/2004 7:57:03 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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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.


7 posted on 06/22/2004 7:59:41 PM PDT by seastay
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To: EggsAckley

Alas, le chat e petit.


8 posted on 06/22/2004 8:00:54 PM PDT by Law is not justice but process
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To: mhking
A picture of the cat:


9 posted on 06/22/2004 8:04:11 PM PDT by 4mycountry ("Change?" "Yes, I think I did!" - 'Monk' TV show)
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To: spetznaz

Just a big kitty, Pong


10 posted on 06/22/2004 8:15:06 PM PDT by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
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To: mhking

Someone's been in their cups.

11 posted on 06/22/2004 8:17:54 PM PDT by struwwelpeter
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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.
12 posted on 06/22/2004 8:18:32 PM PDT by sarasmom (Sometimes, I wish liberals had beliefs, so I could desecrate them. (spok))
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To: mhking
What a bunch of pu**ies. My cat is much bigger than that.


13 posted on 06/22/2004 8:29:58 PM PDT by Serb5150 (God Bless Ronald Reagan.)
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To: mhking

Maybe he was scouting the location for a zot?


14 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)
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15 posted on 06/22/2004 9:23:08 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.)
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To: Sofa King

In France, certainly plenty of targets for zotting.


16 posted on 06/22/2004 10:32:28 PM PDT by baseballfanjm
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To: Lady Jag

Some cute cats on this thread, and evidently a really fearsome one, en France - zoot alors!


17 posted on 06/22/2004 10:37:43 PM PDT by jocon307 (help....I lost my tagline! wait I found it: Immigration Moratorium NOW!)
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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.


18 posted on 06/23/2004 4:02:14 AM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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To: Darksheare

Have you let your kitty visit France lately?


19 posted on 06/23/2004 4:03:26 AM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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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...


20 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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