There were several cats that ended up being on the wrong end of human bollocks. Simon, the one from the infamous skirmish on the Yangtze River that I mentioned, succumbed to an infection.
Another rather famous cat, Mrs. Chippy, was the ship's cat on board the Endurance (yes, Shackleton's Endurance.) Shackleton ordered his crew to shoot Mrs. Chippy as well as the sled dogs after they had abandoned ship (the ship got caught in the ice surrounding Antarctica, ending up splintered and/or sunk from the massive ice.) Personally, I would have shot Shackleton for being such an inept jerk but that's my humble opinion.
There are/were hundreds more felines that went to sea, including one on the Titanic on its maiden voyage (there's debate about whether she was saved or if she went down with the ship.)
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Date: 2015-12-19 05:12 am (UTC)infamous skirmish on the Yangtze River that I mentioned, succumbed to an infection.Another rather famous cat, Mrs. Chippy, was the ship's cat on board the Endurance (yes, Shackleton's Endurance.) Shackleton ordered his crew to shoot Mrs. Chippy as well as the sled dogs after they had abandoned ship (the ship got caught in the ice surrounding Antarctica, ending up splintered and/or sunk from the massive ice.) Personally, I would have shot Shackleton for being such an inept jerk
but that's my humble opinion.There are/were hundreds more felines that went to sea, including one on the Titanic on its maiden voyage (there's debate about whether she was saved or if she went down with the ship.)