Gus the cat is best understood for going into a dog swimming race on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
However this year the well-known feline has actually been scratched by his owner Glenn Druery in the middle of worries residents might get catty.
” It’s regional yobbos vs a little cat,” Druery informed A Present Affair.
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Gus is no regular cat. The Tonkinese enjoys swimming with his owner and political strategist Druery.
” I did a great deal of research study. I desired a cat that was dog-like and a cat that liked water,” Druery stated.
” And amusing enough, I dislike felines and these Tonkinese felines are rather hypoallergenic and I’m not adverse this man.
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” He’s been swimming considering that he had to do with 11 weeks old. It’s not an issue.
” He swims with me, he kayaks with me – stand paddleboards.
” We treat him like he becomes part of our way of life.”
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So in 2019, Druery chose to go into Gus into the Scotland Island Dog Race.
Every Christmas Eve, for nearly 50 years, canines paddle with their owners throughout a 550-metre stretch of water in between the island and Church Point, in Sydney’s north.
” For a bit of a laugh we went into Gus in the race and low and witness he preceded in his classification,” Druery stated.
” He swam at his speed – cat speed.
” He did beat a few of the canines though, however most significantly it was an enjoyable, actually great day.”
Every male and his dog gathered to see Gus swim, however not everybody enjoyed about it.
” We really had risks. Gus had risks,” Druery stated.
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” Among these regional parochial yobbos stated he was going to shoot the cat and beat me up if he ever saw us once again.
” Another female gestures this (slit throat) and indicated the cat.
” I operate in politics and I get that sort of rubbish all the time and I can handle that, however they threaten( ed) my cat, for God’s sake.”
However residents Louise and Vinnie – who are not individuals stated to be threatening the cat – believe Druery and Gus are asking for difficulty.
” He’s (Druery) not even a regional, the man who stated all that crap,” Louise stated.
” He does not live here, I do not comprehend it. He clearly simply desired the promotion.”
When asked if residents would do anything to damage the cat, following the risks Louise stated she does not think anybody regional would “eliminate somebody’s cat”.
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” They (residents) like animals,” Louise stated.
” They may have wished to choke him (Druery), however not the cat.”
Vinnie stated the race began “as an island thing”.
” Then you get morons bringing felines down. It’s much like you’re taking the piss,” Vinnie stated.
” It resembles taking a knife to a weapon battle. It’s simply not gon na work.”
” It’s simply silly. It’s a dog race.
” What are you bringing a cat for mate?”
Druery scratched Gus from the race this year.
” If it was me, no issue I ‘d go,” Druery stated.
” However it’s not simply me and his security is initially.”
However the vibrant duo hasn’t eliminated a resurgence.
” I believe something Gus would be promoting, if he might speak, would be altering the name from the Scotland Island Dog Race to the Scotland Island Animal Race,” Druery stated.
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