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Cats against Climate Change!
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Cats against Climate Change!

On the important role our furry feline friends can play in saving the earth and protecting the Obamas' beachfront property from rising oceans...

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Sep 18, 2022
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This morning, I had an important conversation about climate change with my household pets: two dogs, three cats, a parakeet, a lizard, a couple of fish, and a guinea pig. Nevermind, forget the guinea pig; one of the cats just ate it while they were waiting for our meeting to begin.

Cats against Climate Change: Cap the Cat fights climate change by killing and eating Guinea Pigs!
Cats against Climate Change: Cap the Cat fights climate change by killing and eating Guinea Pigs!

I feel like it was a productive discussion. The cats were especially helpful. Whenever the dogs got out of line and started interrupting, the cats took it upon themselves to restore order by hissing at the dogs and scratching them.

I talked to them about the need for us all to make sacrifices to fight global warming climate change. And by “us all,” I, of course, mean the pets. I am modeling my household after society at large. As the self-appointed leader, I will give emotional and moral support to my children and pets as they make the sacrifices necessary to save our planet and the Obamas’ beachfront property.

“You will have to switch to a plant-based diet,” I told my pets, somberly.

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