{"id":1422,"date":"2023-07-31T17:21:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T17:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2023-07-31T17:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T17:21:56","slug":"where-everybody-knows-your-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=1422","title":{"rendered":"Where everybody knows your name\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following on from the previous post, I recently heard about a cat named Murphy. Murphy is a well known face in his local area; he\u2019s an extremely friendly boy and enjoys visiting people and places on \u201chis patch.\u201d He spends a lot of time outdoors &#8211; through choice &#8211; broken up by little check ins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, someone took advantage of his amiability and actively took Murphy off the street. There\u2019s no confirmed explanation why and this occurred not once, but twice. Police intervention was sought to get Murphy returned home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While no physical harm had come to Murphy, he was understandably disoriented and distressed. Murphy had his own routine; his own chosen drop ins, and enjoyed that. Those things were disrupted for him, and the result is a cat with much less confidence. <br><br>Murphys experience  is a clear example of a cat being treated as a possession, rather than recognising his autonomy. His family respect his approach to life and try very much to cater to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you see a cat out and about, and are concerned for their welfare, please follow the appropriate steps to safeguard them. Simply taking a cat with no real acknowledgment of the potential disruption caused may not be the help you think it is. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/09E2229B-220B-4639-8507-BF78F7AE2DDC.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/09E2229B-220B-4639-8507-BF78F7AE2DDC-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/09E2229B-220B-4639-8507-BF78F7AE2DDC-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/09E2229B-220B-4639-8507-BF78F7AE2DDC-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/09E2229B-220B-4639-8507-BF78F7AE2DDC-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/09E2229B-220B-4639-8507-BF78F7AE2DDC.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Murphy , happy at home after his most recent experience. <\/em><br>(Photo source: Murphy\u2019s social media account.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from the previous post, I recently heard about a cat named Murphy. Murphy is a well known face in his local area; he\u2019s an extremely friendly boy and enjoys visiting people and places on \u201chis patch.\u201d He spends&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1445,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions\/1445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}