Cat recruited at a London Station

[D306]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7098219.stm

Cat recruited to patrol station

Pc Tizer is said to be a valuable member of the team


Police at a north London railway station have got mice running scared - after recruiting a 13-year-old cat.
Tizer was adopted by British Transport Police (BTP) from the Cats Protection charity in September and inducted into the force as an honorary constable.

In his role as the Chief Mouser Pc Tizer walks around King's Cross rail station to keep it rodent-free.

An "essential member" of the team, he has unfettered access to all areas and shares an office with a senior officer.

'Playing fetch'

Insp Roy Sloane, who enlisted the tabby, said: "Pc Tizer is already an essential member of the team.

"Since we got him we haven't seen any mice in the building at all... Prior to his arrival we were spending a fortune on pest control and it wasn't really working."

Insp Sloane said he visited the charity's adoption centre in north London with the aim of finding a cat to clean up the station's rodent problem.

He met Tizer, who arrived at the centre in August after his owner died.

Insp Sloane, who shares his office with Pc Tizer, added that his feline colleague helps other officers "de-stress" and has given a boost to the force's morale.

"Everyone is always asking after him, and he is probably the most popular member of staff," he said.

Cats Protection Adoption Centre acting deputy manager Alex Davies said: "He loves being around people, and likes nothing more than playing fetch with his toy spider."

Aww. A cat that gets rid of rodents at Kings Cross. Maybe it's going to join the forum? (Joke there) or is it going to be the first animal that is a train spotter?

 

[laseandre]

Is it going to be the first animal that is a train spotter?

Imagine that.
Cat language: "Miaow."
English: "Better take a picture of 222101 then."

 

[TheSlash]

They should of asked, i've got 3 cats they could of had!!

 

[EE Type 3]

I'm just waiting for it to end up in Edinburgh

 

[me123]

Aww... Is it not a bit dangerous though? What if it goes to sleep in front of the Cambridge Flyer just about to depart? Meowch!

 

[Demps]

Thats brilliant.

 

[33056]

I'm just waiting for it to end up in Edinburgh

Not so very long ago, many signalboxes had cats. One signalbox in the Willesden area in particular had a number of semi-wild cats that one of the signalmen used to feed however, not all his colleagues were so keen on the feline company.

One dark night, an empty stock for somewhere "up north" stopped outside the box, so, seizing the chance, the cat-hating signalman managed to persuade a couple of the most friendly cats to board the stock (this was long before central door locking BTW), quickly slamming the door shut behind them.....guess some station or depot gained some new pets that night

 

[Respite]

We have a yard/station cat at shrewsbury. Lovely little fella he is. Although he has taken trips to various parts of the rail system by falling asleep on units in the yard, he always seems to come back.

 

[EE Type 3]

I think I've seen him around

P.S. Damien is evil!

 

[Respite]

I think I've seen him around

Nagle Abbey Forgate yard supervisor.He does venture on the platforms at times,but generally hates the dumbass passengers.

P.S. Damien is evil!

Where's your proof?

Actually it goes like **** through a goose, top quality 158 & I've had no probs with it yet. Touch wood/crucifix/slaughter small goat etc etc.

It actually does have a listing for 666 on the sheet for vultron display unit for destinations.

 

[Demps]

We have a yard/station cat at shrewsbury. Lovely little fella he is. Although he has taken trips to various parts of the rail system by falling asleep on units in the yard, he always seems to come back.

Thats awesome.

 

[AlexS]

There's 2 cats, Mogus and Stanier, that live at the GCR shed at Loughborough. Formerly had a station cat at Loughborough called GC who moved afield a few years ago to a canal boat.

 

[Juniper Driver]

I remember when I was first at Waterloo in the late 80's there used to be a cat at Queenstown Road.

 

[EE Type 3]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/GhostCav/Nagle.jpg

Nagle Abbey Forgate yard supervisor.He does venture on the platforms at times,but generally hates the dumbass passengers.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/GhostCav/DSC00801.jpg

Where's your proof?

Actually it goes like **** through a goose, top quality 158 & I've had no probs with it yet. Touch wood/crucifix/slaughter small goat etc etc.

It actually does have a listing for 666 on the sheet for vultron display unit for destinations.

It's a hellfire 158, but always seems to evade me

Although I did get it recently 8)

http://daviddawson.fotopic.net/p46344371.html

You based at Shrewsbury then? I know quite a few of the station staff there, as I did work experiance there

Dave

 

[Ascot]

We got one on at Kidderminster, called Cooking Fat (reverse the first letters) likes to sleep under the wagon but come 1940s and thomas she goes into Hiding.

 

[Jim]

I remember I went up Warrington the other year and they had a nice "ball of fur". http://dennis-lance.fotopic.net/p18363539.html