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.
Posted: December 8th, 2025 under personal.
Comments: 5
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Comment from ExpressoBold Pureblood
Time: December 8, 2025, 7:41 pm
I was stunned when Towering Intellect Joe “Buffoon” Biden declared that Kiev (Kyev) was accurately pronounced “Keeve” after decades of everybody pronouncing the name as two syllables: “Key Ev”.
Joe is a congenital pathological liar so I was surprised even further when other actually not brain-dead people began perpetrating the fraud. I doubt we will ever know the actual extent of the damage Joe Biden perpetuated in the USA and Europe.
Comment from Rich Rostrom
Time: December 8, 2025, 10:30 pm
Menton, at the very east end of the French Riviera, has “Australia Beach”.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: December 9, 2025, 2:31 am
Texas has:
Paris, Moscow, Naples, Italy, Dublin, Vienna, Berlin, others.
(Hmmmm….looks like a Napoleon World Tour…)
And Gun Barrel City
But we ain’t got no Keeve Or Greeve or a Key-ev!
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: December 9, 2025, 3:39 am
My DAR chapter met on Saturday for our annual Christmas luncheon. The room we met in had been decorated in cats, Christmas cats. Hundreds of cats. Christmas books about cats, Beanie Babies cats, statues, stockings, Christmas Cats table cloths, Christmas stocking holders, and even singing Christmas kittens that popped out of a wrapped gift box if you walked too close to it. It was charming and overwhelming all together. We had a lovely time, but now I have to keep an eye on my DAR sister who decorated the room. 🙂
Comment from Gordon R. Durand
Time: December 9, 2025, 2:09 pm
Did you see the article on anthropology.net where Chinese farmers had to make do with leopard cats, Prionailurus bengalensis, for three millenia until Felis catus finally arrived via the Silk Road about 600 AD?
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