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TexasTowelie

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Sun Sep 4, 2016, 03:16 AM Sep 2016

Inmates, cats tend to garden at Boulder County Jail


In this Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 photo, Ardra the cat hangs out in the Boulder County jail garden in Boulder, Colo. Cats have joined forces with inmates to raise produce in the jail garden, which will likely yield more than 20,000 pounds of produce this fall. (Jeremy Papasso/Boulder Daily Camera via AP)

The Boulder County Jail has two new residents, and they are both really scary.

If you're a mouse, that is.

Charlie and Adra are a pair of cats — nature's terminators — brought in to hunt mice and scare away rabbits at the jail's organic garden.

So far, they are doing pretty well.

"The kitten is the one that likes to mouse," Sgt. Paul Heger said. "The other one is OK. They catch mice and keep them out of the plants, so we don't have to use chemicals."

Read more: http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_30269542/inmates-cats-tend-garden-at-boulder-county-jail
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Inmates, cats tend to garden at Boulder County Jail (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2016 OP
I'm sure the inmates like the cats too sakabatou Sep 2016 #1
Awwwww.... sweet! liberalla Sep 2016 #2
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