Sad update everyone, Tama recently passed away… An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the cat’s funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16. [x]
For those who haven’t read articles about it, the local shrine elevated her to a god. She’s now the Eternal Stationmaster and patron god of the station.
Beautiful.
Now I’m crying thanks
and a new cat was hired right?
yep! her name is Nitama (essentially ”second tama” or “tama II”) and she served under Tama as an apprentice before being appointed her deputy
…(even if patient shows no overt signs of pain since many non-domestic species become docile when painful), provide analgesia. No wildlife (unless hand-raised) is “tame” or “grateful for being rescued” - these signs may be interpreted as neurological trauma, fear, debility, extremes of age, or possibly normal predator avoidance behavior.
