Sweet Killer
They don't catch thieves, don't detect drugs, and their positive impact on our health is questionable. So what exactly are cats for?
By Zuza Lamża
At the end of 2019, sad news spread across the media: after a long struggle with a bone disease, Lil Bub had passed away. Newsrooms around the world paid posthumous tribute to her, from the New York Times to Polish gossip sites. Everywhere, people recalled her extraordinary courage, her big heart, her charity work, and her never-ending optimism.
On the one hand, none of this is surprising: after all, a star of the first magnitude had died — the host of a talk show that welcomed Whoopi Goldberg and Michelle Obama, the heroine of an award-winning biographical film, whose fans lined up for miles to get her autograph.
On the other hand, only recently, tabby kittens like her, struggling with the same congenital anatomical problems, had little chance of survival. Let alone a career.
