Cat caught smuggling phone, saw and drills into Brazilian jail

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Cat caught smuggling phone into Brazilian jail
All detainees considered suspects after guards halt feline courier carrying mobile phone, saw and drills through gates

Conal Urquhart and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 5 January 2013




Prison guards caught a cat carrying a mobile phone and a saw trying to walk through prison gates in north-east Brazil, it has emerged.

The guards saw the white cat walking towards them with tape wrapped around its back and stomach. When they looked closer they saw the cat was also carrying drills, an earphone, a memory card, batteries and a phone charger.

All 263 detainees in the prison of Arapiraca, a city of 215,000 people in the state of Alagoas, are considered suspects in the plot, which is being investigated by local police. ...........................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/05/cat-smuggling-phone-brazilian-jail

[darkangel218]

1. Thats so cruel to the cat! Poor thing :(

[Brigid]

2. That was my first thought too.

They probably had to take the poor kitty to a vet and have it sedated in order to remove the tape.

[kestrel91316]

4. You make it sound like that's a fate worse than death.

Sheesh. Even in Brazil they have vets who actually have a clue.

This would not have been difficult or dangerous. Though they probably had to shave the cat.

[Brigid]

5. Point is, it was still cruel.

I know you are a vet, but that cat looks awfully uncomfortable in that photo.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. yeah, poor cat

[invader zim]

3. never trust a cat

Cats are evil I tells ya...