Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1917 — Cat and Snake Pals. [ARTICLE]

Cat and Snake Pals.

One of the most novel friendships ever known is creating wide Interest in Pomona, Cal., and the surrounding vicinity. It is the friendship of a small black cat and a large black garden snake on the ranch of George Warner, who lives a short distance from Pomona. Warner discovered the friendship several months ago after noticing his cat made a regular morning visit to an old dugout on the place. Following the animal he found it was met by the snake and the two played together for half an hour or more. Warner followed the cat every day and witnessed a friendly frolic between the two. Warner has become so interested in the unique situation of a cat and a snake becoming “pals” that he has posted notices on the ranch that only rattlesnakes are to be killed, lest someone inadvertently kill the cat’s friend.