Chief mouser Palmerston back at UK Foreign Office after time off for 'stress.'
LONDON — When Palmerston, the U.K. Foreign Office’s “chief mouser,” vanished from public view earlier this year, some became concerned about the black-and-white rescue cat's whereabouts., which has 100,000 followers, has announced his return to frontline duties.
Like countless human office workers, Palmerston needed time off because he was suffering with stress, Sir Simon McDonald, the permanent under secretary and head of the Diplomatic Service at the Foreign Office, said on Monday. “It was no longer an environment that was working for him,” he wrote in a internal blog to staff. “He was over-grooming on his front legs, a sign of stress.”
Palmerston, named after Britain’s longest-serving foreign secretary, was moved on vet's advice to the home of one of McDonald's staff in July. He is one of a number of cats connected to British government departments with popular social media presences — a trend that began with“During his summer holiday, Cabinet ministers, colleagues and overseas visitors have asked me anxiously about his whereabouts,” McDonald wrote. “The good news is that Palmerston is coming back this week.
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