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theHandpuppet

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Fri Oct 17, 2014, 08:39 AM Oct 2014

Horse farm employee makes name as biographer of famous blind cat Magoo

the Lexington Herald Leader
Horse farm employee makes name as biographer of famous blind cat Magoo
By Cheryl Truman
Oct. 13, 2014

NICHOLASVILLE — Anne Carmichael found her calling somewhere in the wilds of Facebook.

An administrative assistant at Taylor Made Farm in Jessamine County and animal lover, Carmichael saw a piece on Facebook about a blind cat in Philadelphia. His name was Magoo Who?, after the cartoon character Mr. Magoo, who was noted for his poor vision.

Among the blessings of the Internet has been the rise of the celebrity animal: Doge, the skeptical Shiba Inu meme dog, and the felines Grumpy Cat, adorned with a permanent look of outrage, and Lil Bub, who through a series of medical maladies looks like a wide-eyed, toothless, open-mouthed perpetual kitten — in cat terms, irresistible.

And then there's Magoo Who?, a blind cat who was close to be euthanized when he was adopted by a New Jersey couple, Colleen Kelly Angstadt and her husband Scott....

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/10/13/3478534_horse-farm-employee-makes-name.html?sp=/99/1344/&rh=1#storylink=cpy

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