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Aussies......What do you think of the tragic news today?

Kevin Rudd's cat, Jasper died. I am an animal lover - don't get me wrong but its all over the internet, was given a mention on every Sydney news channel tonight...We, as little people in the scheme of things dont get a mention if one of our beloved family members dies, let alone our beloved animals. What do you all think - Have they got nothing else to talk about ??

Update:

@ Jay D: Don't be like that - I feel sorry for the poor cat but why does it get a news mention?

@ BHP: Don't think K Rudd would be interested in a new dog yet - he still has the golden retriever - maybe what's up pussycat would be a better song !!

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    Oops ! Sorry but I missed it ...I feel so ashamed of myself . So Ruddy's Moggy's carked it has it...a national day of mourning would be appropriate.

    Are we that starved of anything the least bit newsworthy that this is the best they can come up with ? Says a lot about what the fickle public's interested in ....

    btw , I have form when it comes to feral cats ! Say no more .....

    Source(s): J...
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Must have been a slow news day. The commercial stations really think we're all stupid. Some of the guff they run in the news is just ridiculous. There's a whole world out there generating news stories that would be more interesting or have more impact than that.

    RIP Jasper, I know it's awful when a pet dies. But HOW did the media find out anyway?

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I agree with you wholeheartedly. What is it coming to when the death

    of a politicians cat makes the news!

    I can't stand cats because they kill small birds & animals but everyone

    to their own.

    In the west there is not a single night that passes where the commercial

    channels, at their 6:00pm time slot, doesn't have a similar story to this.

    Either that or someone putting on fake crying about how her eleven kids

    wont have any Christmas presents due to a fire at their rented house!

    They call them human interest stories......I can't say here what I call them!

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Cats carry i highly infectious decease called Toxoplasma for which there is no cure .

    this is a very seriuos desease for pregment humans .

    personly i wouldn't risk it . Sorry for all you cat lovers out there but im just stating the facts .

    There was a story on ACA done on this 2 weeks ago .

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  • Cecil
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    I was soupset I had tocalm myself with a strong cup of Australian Afternoon tea.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    yeah its not something we really need to know is it..apparently he tweeted that his pussy cat passed away..the media go mad over celeb tweets

    spellchecker apparently does not allow the word p u s s y...lol

  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    I had nothing to do with that...I mean, that's terrible.

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