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Cat banned from Tesco by H & S officials
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A harmless and well loved cat has been banned from a Tesco store, after 4 years, amid health and safety concerns. Mango is much loved by staff and customers, and spent much of his time curled up asleep in the lobby, or amongst stock. Now, cruel and heartless health and safety obsessives have ordered that he be put outside in the cold and wet.
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He's not interfering. They love him
Oh, backpeddling now are we, you cold hearted brute :kitty:
A well loved cat booted out of his 2nd home to satisfy health and safety loons ^_^
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Now after four years of peacefully living in the store, Mango has been moved outside after being labelled a health and safety risk, customers are claiming.
Shopper Jennifer Keen saw Mango being 'ejected' after a member of staff picked him up and took him outside in the rain.
She says Tesco bosses set up a plastic kennel nearby to stop him interfering with store visitors and have told staff to remove him each time he enters the store.
A Mirror poll yesterday showed 89% of readers were in favour of the shop keeping Mango as a pet.
He's not interfering. They love him
But a company spokesperson denies removing the cat due to health and safety fears - insisting that the £60 kennel is just to make him more comfortable.
Oh, backpeddling now are we, you cold hearted brute :kitty:
Mango has become so well loved he has his own dedicated Facebook page, which was set up by an unknown customer to give his fans an outlet to share their love.
Pictures posted on the page show Mango curled up amongst barbecue coals, hiding in cardboard boxes and playing with children
A well loved cat booted out of his 2nd home to satisfy health and safety loons ^_^
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The elf n safety bods are really, (as per usual), trying to justify their own existence.
He goes there everyday to visit and hang out.
"Despite Mango's near-constant presence at the store he has an owner and a home of his own just a stone's throw away. "
that`s what you get for replying without looking at the link.
Cats are quite capable of living outdoors and if anyone is that worried I'm sure it can be given a home with a family to look after it, a supermarket that sells food is not really the place for stray cats or any feral animals.
It has a a home very close by. It likes to visit people at the store. It's a people cat obviously.
And the "dirty stray" bit you edited out......I'd bet my bottom dollar it's ass is a lot cleaner than some of the people's hands that maul the food in that store. ;-)
there was a photo of a tabby cat in the aisles being petted by a shopper in the linked report earlier but it`s been removed now so i don`t know if it was a different cat somewhere else.
It is not an area you want cat piss or stray animals rolling around, it is meant to be a hygienic area not an area you want to encourage feral animals to be. Put an area for it elsewhere or give it a proper home, not a food supermarket.
because blind people need to shop too?
there`s a massive difference between a highly trained and harnessed guide dog and next door`s poodle.
The need to make 'reasonable adjustments' under the Disability Discrimination Act. It's a special case that doesn't apply to any old feral that wants to walk around a food supermarket.
Next this lot will be advocating putting saucers of milk out for the rats that have taken up home in the bakery aisle. I know people are cat lovers, but strays don't have a place in food shops, sorry.
https://www.pinterest.com/Claireliza83/brutus-the-morrisons-cat/
http://lovemeow.com/2014/01/supermarket-cat-brutus/#grO2fzliiTbsEuUe.99
https://www.facebook.com/Brutusthesaltneycat
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/brutus-the-morrisons-cat-saltney-7944172
If rats in the bakery aisle are a problem, perhaps it would make sense to introduce some sort of predator of rats to keep their numbers down?
.. or a professional weekly pest control service, rather than inviting more animals in to kill small animals and leave then rotting in the store.
How would blind people be able to get round supermarkets/shops if their guide dogs weren't allowed in? Blind people would starve if this started happening.