I *used to have* a very nice map of the world on the wall in my
computer room. Licorice has been slowly ripping the edges of it,
which I tolerated because the parts that got ripped weren't part of
the actual map. He likes to take the push pins (that hold the map
up) out of the wall and bat them around on the floor. Then he carts them off to
other areas of the house (for me to step on - ouch). When I find
them, I put them in places he can't get to. I'm not crazy about him
having those things in his mouth because of the sharp pin.

He loves to take things off walls and tear them up. So far, he's
removed almost everything from a cork bulletin board I also have in
the office. He bats at the papers from a perch on the treadmill
standing nearby, and when they fall to the floor, he tears them up. I
didn't mind that so much, because almost everything on that cork
board was old and outdated - so he was just helping me clean up!
Eventually, though, he removed everything he could reach on the cork
board, so he went back to tearing the edges of the map.

Well, tonight I came home to find the map on the floor, and Licky
dive-bombing it. Sigh... I give up! I really liked that map, but
(1) it's pretty torn up by now, and (2) he's having a grand time with
it - so it has now become a Licky toy. It's a large sheet of paper -
about 45" by 30" (114.3 by 76.2 cm), so he's been "hiding" under it
(with his lower half sticking out), jumping into it, ripping it,
meowing loudly at it, and lying on top of it, looking proud of
himself.

Europe and Asia received major damage, as did Africa. Also, northern
USA/southern Canada are missing a big chunk. And now, the Great
Destructor is off, pursuing other activities...

Joyce