Catastrophe averted as Hunter the cat returns to Inner Temple
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A popular member of the Inner Temple who went missing has returned safe and sound.
Panic had started to spread through the Inner Temple Gardens after Hunter the cat disappeared over the weekend. Fraught assistant gardener Nanette Hudson issued a plea yesterday morning when the feline did not show up for breakfast.
The worried guardian feared that Hunter may have been cat-napped and claimed the vanishing act was “completely out of character”.
Barristers and clerks were urged to peer into the nooks and crannies of the old buildings in case the ginger and white cat was trapped in a basement.
In an email sent out to chambers, Hudson said: “Hunter, the garden cat, has not appeared for breakfast this morning. If anyone has seen him, either today or any time over the weekend, or knows where he is can you please let us know.
“This is completely out of character as, being a greedy guts, he never misses breakfast.
“He may have become trapped in one of the basements so please could I ask chambers to check their buildings just in case.”
However, the crisis was averted four hours later when Hunter returned
Hudson followed up: “We’re none the wiser as to where he has been and what he’s been up to, but he is unhurt and hungry…no change there then.”
An Inner Temple spokesman added: “The catastrophe has been averted.”
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Readers' comments (28)
Jim | 22-Jan-2013 3:32 pm
How is this a mews story? It's a paw effort.
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Anonymous | 22-Jan-2013 3:36 pm
I have a feline you haven't heard the last of this...
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Anonymous | 22-Jan-2013 3:37 pm
"Legal fat cat is late for routine appointment" No news there
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Felix | 22-Jan-2013 3:51 pm
Really Jim. If you'd pawsed for thought, I think you'd accept that you are being a bit catty.
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Donny | 22-Jan-2013 3:54 pm
The cat sat on the Matt...and forced him to write this tripe, presumably?
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Anonymous | 22-Jan-2013 4:23 pm
I reckon Donny has come within a whisker of the truth
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Anonymous | 22-Jan-2013 4:34 pm
Whatever the reason for his disappearence, I'm sure he feels good tabby back.
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Anonymous | 22-Jan-2013 4:36 pm
Purrfect ending to a potentially upsetting tail
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TheLawMap | 22-Jan-2013 5:01 pm
Aww. this is a lovely story and I am pleased that he is safe and out of the cold!
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Anonymous | 22-Jan-2013 5:27 pm
A paw show.
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Anonymous | 23-Jan-2013 3:47 am
Thankfully the headline writer and the refined commentators here at thelawer.com have refrained from making any bad cat-related puns. That would be a real faux paw. About that we can be pawsitive.
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Anonymous | 23-Jan-2013 5:37 am
Can anyone comment on this story without making a cat related pun?
Sounds like Mission Impawsible.
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Anonymous | 23-Jan-2013 9:31 am
Fur enough
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Cat flap | 23-Jan-2013 12:04 pm
Me. Owwww
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Slow purrr | 23-Jan-2013 12:24 pm
The most comments since a Halliwells thread.
This really is however de minimus non felix lex, but as for the locus nemo cat non . . .
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Anonymous | 23-Jan-2013 2:43 pm
Just in time, a bit (cat)nippy out there.
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Anonymous | 23-Jan-2013 3:33 pm
Could somebody at the Lawyer please pull this story beclaws the puns are nauseating.
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Anonymous | 23-Jan-2013 3:36 pm
Most fortunate that Hunter wasn't trapped in one of the basements - I hear he is clawstrophobic.
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Marc | 23-Jan-2013 4:05 pm
These comments are furry amewsing
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Paws for thought | 23-Jan-2013 4:11 pm
Having purrused all of the comments I've a feline that readers of The Lawyer fancy they are quite the cat's whiskers at some categorically paw puns.
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