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Jeanne Hedge - 23 Jun 2004 16:18 GMT

For 3 weeks they've been looking for a panther reported by the public
to be roaming the streets of Marseilles. Searchers have now caught up
with it:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/22/france.panther.reut/index.html

Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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Karen - 23 Jun 2004 17:29 GMT

Heh. I used to baby sit a black cat JUST like that. He was HUGE. My voice
teacher said people often boggled when they saw him and thought she had a
wild cat (panther) for a pet. Just a big kitty.

> For 3 weeks they've been looking for a panther reported by the public
> to be roaming the streets of Marseilles. Searchers have now caught up
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> http://www.jhedge.com

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Nik Simpson - 23 Jun 2004 17:31 GMT

> Heh. I used to baby sit a black cat JUST like that. He was HUGE. My
> voice teacher said people often boggled when they saw him and thought
> she had a wild cat (panther) for a pet. Just a big kitty.

Yeah, at 24lbs, he's a couple of pounds heavier than my Mojo, the vet
assistant called him a Puma :-)

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Cheryl Perkins - 23 Jun 2004 18:13 GMT

> Heh. I used to baby sit a black cat JUST like that. He was HUGE. My voice
> teacher said people often boggled when they saw him and thought she had a
> wild cat (panther) for a pet. Just a big kitty.

I once visited a home with the biggest cats I have ever seen. They were
all rescues, not litter-mates, and not especially fat. Just enormous. A
young male cat I'd just adopted made an escape (sadly, permanently) by
knocking a screen out of the window, and I got a call in response to my
search from a man a fair distance away who'd just picked up an orange tom
that appeared to be a stray. He was much larger, tougher, and, ummm, more
mature than the missing cat, so it was immediately obvious he wasn't
mine, but the gentleman also introduced me to the other feline residents
and showed me how he'd set aside most of the attached garage for several
oversized but spotlessly maintained litter boxes for the herd of cats.

I think he must have just had a knack for rescuing large cats, or cats
which became large.

Cheryl

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Kreisleriana - 23 Jun 2004 19:57 GMT

>For 3 weeks they've been looking for a panther reported by the public
>to be roaming the streets of Marseilles. Searchers have now caught up
>with it:
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/22/france.panther.reut/index.html

OMG, just like my cousin's gigantic black cat, Shadow. He's
definitely around that size. But he's painfully shy.

Theresa
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hpickering@austin.rr.com - 23 Jun 2004 21:18 GMT

>>For 3 weeks they've been looking for a panther reported by the public
>>to be roaming the streets of Marseilles. Searchers have now caught up
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>My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com
>alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/

I want pictures of the "Panther"

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 23 Jun 2004 22:03 GMT

> For 3 weeks they've been looking for a panther reported by the public
> to be roaming the streets of Marseilles. Searchers have now caught up
> with it:

> http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/22/france.panther.reut/index.html

I don't understand how anyone could think a 22-lb cat was a panther. Don't
panthers (ie, leopards) weigh more like 100 lbs? There's no comparison!

Joyce

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Kreisleriana - 23 Jun 2004 23:37 GMT

> > For 3 weeks they've been looking for a panther reported by the public
> > to be roaming the streets of Marseilles. Searchers have now caught up
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>
>Joyce

The same way some drunk frat boys think a Great Dane running through a
yard is a lion. :P

Theresa
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