This US airport hires a cat to sooth anxious passengers | World News

In a bizarre event, a cat has been appointed as an official at US’ San Francisco Worldwide Airport to calm nervous flyers, based mostly on a report by The Neutral (article previous paywall).

The airport took to Twitter to announce the appointment of the 14-year-old black and white cat, Duke Ellington Morris, to the “Wag Brigade” along with the its snap sporting a tiny pilot’s hat and shirt collar. “Purrlease welcome our newest Wag Brigade member, Duke Ellington Morris!” the caption be taught.

The Wag Brigade, initially launched by the California airport in 2013, objectives to “carry educated animals to the airports to help sooth anxious travellers,” the report added.

Earlier, this technique was restricted to canine, nonetheless over time it has been expanded to include completely different educated animals along with cats, rabbits, and even the “world’s first treatment pig”, LilLou, the report added.

The San Francisco SPCA certifies animals who effectively full its Animal Assisted Treatment (ATT) course and are then chosen for his or her temperament and habits

Based mostly on the report, the cat was rescued in 2010 from a feral cat colony. He was adopted by a five-year-old woman and her mother who acquired it licensed as a treatment animal.

However, it’s not the first time that animals have been engaged at airports to reinforce passengers’ moods. In 2017, Cincinnati/Northern Ohio Airport launched treatment miniature horses in a bid to loosen up careworn travellers passing by its doorways, the report added.