(中央社伦敦4日专电)英国捕鼠官的政绩出炉,住在首相官邸的「第一猫」赖瑞,捕鼠成绩大幅落后于外交部的黑白猫巴默斯顿,实在不太称职。
肥嘟嘟的虎斑猫赖瑞(Larry)是前首相卡麦隆(David Cameron)为了解决唐宁街10号的鼠患问题,在2011年开始饲养的猫,现在10岁。卡麦隆去职后,赖瑞仍留下,换了新主人梅伊(Theresa May)。
Source: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/larry-was-a-lie-david-cameron-shows-true-colours-in-leaving-his-cat-at-10-downing
Posted by Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office on Monday, October 31, 2016
Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/images-of-the-day-1.3029500
Posted by Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office on Thursday, March 30, 2017
不过,虽然号称内阁办公室首席捕鼠官,赖瑞却是缺乏「杀手本能」,对捕鼠没有太大兴趣,曾经被镜头捕捉到,先是抓到一只小老鼠,却又「纵鼠归巢」。赖瑞不太会抓老鼠,但却颇会抓镜头。它每天最爱在唐宁街10号外晃来晃去,在媒体前翻滚卖萌,露出白肚皮,吸引视线。
相较下,身材明显标准许多的巴默斯顿(Palmerston)则恪守捕鼠官职务。
Source: https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/palmerston-cat-celebrates-successful-year-catching-mice-foreign-office/
Posted by Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office on Thursday, April 13, 2017