Manninagh KateDhu,
commonly known as Peta (1963/64 – early 1980), was the
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom government between 1964 and , and was the first female cat in that role. She became the replacement of Peter III, who had died at the age of 16 in 1964.
After Peter III's death, the
Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
The Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man ( gv, Fo-chiannoort Vannin or ''Lhiass-chiannoort Vannin'') is the Lord of Mann's official personal representative in the Isle of Man. He has the power to grant royal assent and is styled "His Excelle ...
, Sir
Ronald Garvey, suggested that a
Manx cat
The Manx cat (, in earlier times often spelled Manks) is a breed of domestic cat (''Felis catus'') originating on the Isle of Man, with a naturally occurring mutation that shortens the tail. Many Manx have a small stub of a tail, but Manx cats a ...
be his replacement, and sent Peta to the Cabinet. She was noted to be lazy and loud, and not toilet trained.
By 1969, some civil servants had tried to remove her from Cabinet, but this did not happen, because of the suspected bad publicity that this action would incur.
She was not heard of again, until a reply to a member of the public in 1976 revealed that she had retired to the home of a civil servant.
Her successor was
Wilberforce, who became the next Chief Mouser in the 1970s.
See also
*
List of individual cats
This is a list of famous cats which achieved some degree of popularity either in their own right or by association with someone famous.
Before the modern era
* Nedjem or Nojem ( Egyptian: ''nḏm'' "Sweet One" or "Sweetie"), 15th century BC. The ...
References
1980 deaths
Cats in the Isle of Man
Individual cats in the United Kingdom
Individual cats in politics
Working cats
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