Undercover cat killed in traffic accident

Accipiter22

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Poor wall-eyed cat :(

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/11/kitten.obit.ap/index.html
nEW YORK (AP) -- Fred, a tabby who found fame as the "Undercover Kitten," has died in a traffic accident, the Brooklyn district attorney's office said Friday.

Fred was a rescued stray when he was enlisted by law enforcers in February. He posed as a would-be patient to help police nab a man pretending to be a veterinarian.

He got his due at a press conference, where he sported a tiny badge on his collar.

"He's pretty easygoing, a real Brooklyn guy," his caretaker, prosecutor Carol Moran, said at the time.

Fred received a Law Enforcement Appreciation Award and was honored at "Broadway Barks," the theater district's adopt-a-thon benefit hosted by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters.

Fred accidentally got out of Moran's house on Thursday, wandered into traffic and was run over by a car.

The district attorney's office said that Fred had been "preparing for a new career in education," with a "significant role" in a classroom program that teaches children how to care for animals.

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BKLounger

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Preparing for education? Maybe he should have practiced looking both ways before crossing the street first.
 

Raduque

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Originally posted by: Blazin Trav
How the heck does a cat assist in detective work? :confused:

RTFA

"He posed as a would-be patient to help police nab a man pretending to be a veterinarian. "
 

Gooberlx2

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Originally posted by: Blazin Trav
How the heck does a cat assist in detective work? :confused:

Hidden cameras/audio equipment I'm betting. Built in to the collar maybe? I bet there's a story of it if someone wants to find it.
 

Gooberlx2

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Originally posted by: LoKe
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This is what gets posted on CNN? :confused:

CNN basically puts up whatever the AP uploads. It's a human interest story (or animal interest as it were) in a large metropolitan area.

The story, right above it on the front page is: "Bikini photos rub French wrong way"

I wonder if "Top Stories" are determined by which stories are getting the most clicks.
 

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Poor kitty
 

Blazin Trav

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Originally posted by: Raduque
Originally posted by: Blazin Trav
How the heck does a cat assist in detective work? :confused:

RTFA

"He posed as a would-be patient to help police nab a man pretending to be a veterinarian. "

Yeah I read that... but seems like there isn't much else he could do.
 
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Originally posted by: Blazin Trav
Originally posted by: Raduque
Originally posted by: Blazin Trav
How the heck does a cat assist in detective work? :confused:

RTFA

"He posed as a would-be patient to help police nab a man pretending to be a veterinarian. "

Yeah I read that... but seems like there isn't much else he could do.

OMG, yea..the cat pulled the old 9-5 gig and road with some of the officers. His partner is the most upset about the traffic accident.

You're dense.