Beth Davis of Hillsboro said her cat, Barney, joined her family in 2017 after she noticed him hanging around her workplace.
“I work in St. Louis and he lived in a sewer drain by my work,” she said. “We trapped him and brought him here. Because he was a wild cat, he was supposed to be a barn cat. Instead, he’s become our front porch cat. He lives on our front porch. He’s not an inside cat.”
Davis said she believes Barney is about 7 years old.
“He’s really friendly,” she said. “He doesn’t like to be picked up, but he’ll let you pet him on occasion.”
Barney can be skittish with outsiders, though, Davis said.
“He doesn’t like strangers at all,” she said.
However, Barney became friends with the family’s other pet.
“He loves my dog, Noodles, a standard poodle,” Davis said. “The cat follows the dog around the yard.”
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