Two cats, two statues
So I tried to follow up on this story about a cat statue in Kyoto Park, which is (confusingly) in Kyiv, Ukraine. AI found it confusing, too, because it led me to this story about a whole ‘nother cat from Kyiv, Ukraine with a statue (the one above).
Note: I would normally stick to the good old English spelling of Kiev, but the articles quoted say Kyiv, so it felt weird.
The first cat was some kind of special needs cat (that’s the bit I wanted to know more about) named Tyapa who got nursed along for seven years, and the big Persian beast named Pantyusha lived in an Italian restaurant until it had a fire and smoke inhalation got him.
Both stories at the respective link. Neither one is very interesting, but I piddled away my afternoon following this up, so I share.
December 8, 2025 — 5:12 pm
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