Russia: See the Hermitage's famed feline caretakers find a new home
M/S Cat wearing a woolly hat
M/S Girl holding a cat
W/S Cats moving around the museum
M/S Cat sniffing table
M/S Cats eating in the museum hallway
M/S Girl stroking a cat
C/U Girl stroking a cat
M/S Cat lying in a cage
M/S Cat sleeping
C/U Cat sleeping
M/S Woman holding a cat
C/U Woman stroking a cat
M/S Girl looking at cats
M/S Cat licking its paw
M/S Girl holding a cat
M/S Cat lying in a cage
C/U Picture of cats attached to cage
M/S Visitors holding and stroking a cat
W/S Cats sleeping on giant chair
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Feline fans flocked to the St Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum on
Friday, eager to find a new furry friend to take home. The Hermitage, which
is famous not only for its impressive art collection but also for its posse
of protective cats, organised the give-away after collecting too many cats
for the museum's rat-catching requirements.
Since half-way through the 18th century, the Hermitage has kept several
dozen cats to protect the museum from marauding rodents. However over the
last few years, the amount of cats has increased significantly and museum
staff decided to find new homes for some of its furry friends before the
winter sets in.
If a good match can be found, visitors can fill in an application form,
which, if successful, will be followed by an interview before the
applicants get to take their new companions home. The State Heritage Museum
is considering to make this a monthly event, depending on the success of
the project.
The Hermitage was built over 1754-1762, and was designed by architect
Bartolomeo Rastrelli as an imperial residence for the daughter of Peter the
Great, Empress Elizabeth of Russia. Sick of rats in her palace, Elizabeth
sent out a decree in 1745 calling for the best and biggest cats in Kazan
to be sent to the court to take care of the problem, and aside from the
Siege of Leningrad, cats have been a permanent fixture ever since.
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Darmstadt holds the official title Wissenschaftsstadt (City of Science) as it is a major centre of scientific institutions, universities and high technology companies. The European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) is located in Darmstadt as well as GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research, where the chemical element Darmstadtium (atomic number 110) was discovered.
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