CATS IN THE BLITZ
KEEN SCENT TO DANGER THEY GET RATION-BOOKS Even cats are mobilised! in Britain to-day to help the war effort. Warehouse cats guarding stocks of essential foodstuffs against the ravages of rats and mice are now allowed a priority supply of powdered milk. This milk, which has been damaged in transit and is therefore unfit for human consumption, also goes to animal hospitals. “Ration-books” for cats are issued by the Ministry of Food to warehouse keepers. The concession is applicable, first to cats kept for destruction of vermin in warehouses and stores in which at least 250 tons of food or feeding stuffs are stored, and secondly to veterinary hospitals and similar institutions for feeding of sick animals. Many hospitals in Britain keep a regular staff of cats as a guard against mice. Warehouses are supplied by Our Dumb Friends’ League with cats suitable for guarding stores of food. The League has taken- on the task of looking after oats bombed out of their homes.
The percentage of deaths of cats and other domestic animals actually killed by bombs during the heavy airraids .on Britain is very low indeed. Like dogs, cats are keen to scent danger and it is believed that their intuition has helped many people io escape injury from bombs.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3110, 24 April 1942, Page 3
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