Valentino is his real name, and he has real owners. But the cat named Valentino tends to go by Havercat these days, named after the Haverford College campus he has wandered for nearly a year, and the library he has chosen as home.
According to Philly.com, the college claimed the cat wandered into the library last December, yet despite every attempt to shoo him out, Havercat found a way back in.
Havercat's original owners apparently didn't want him back. As a result, eventually a litter pan was brought into the library. Then food. Then bedding. Valentino became Havercat, and Havercat became a college prowler. So much so, he was caught on video killing a wild baby bunny.
Oh...oh, dear lord, this turned dark quickly. I thought this was about a cute cat living in a college library?
The library's Facebook page even posted casual follow-up videos to the baby bunny murder with a non-action packed eight second video labeled "Looking for more."
The joys of casual murder! It's adorable when so much fur is involved!
Except all of that prowling of the campus led to Havercat recently becoming injured somehow. Maybe it was a car that hit him, maybe a posse of ticked-off rabbits had a go--no one knows--but Havercat was found hurt. Veterinarians claim it was only bruising, but that he'd need weeks of indoor seclusion to rehabilitate, which the library cannot provide.
In the meantime, he'll be fostered in various homes until a forever home is available--preferably far, far away from Peter Rabbit's home.
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