NORTON, Mass. (WBZ) – A working cat is keeping bugs far from a Boston-location brewery.
The owner says the cat is a worker and even has a business ID.
When it pertains to four-legged buddies, just a few are pawing for work, and Jax is a genuine 9-to-5 feline.
“He works for cat food and a place to sleep. And an ungodly amount of attention,” Brian Shurtleff, owner of Bog Iron Brewing, said.
Four years earlier, they rapidly understood they had a mice issue.
“Whenever you’re going to have grain, unfortunately, you are going to end up having rodents,” Shurtleff said.
With the beer and food around, he ended up being wary of utilizing chemicals or toxins.
“Staff member suggested a cat. I was at my wit’s end, said ‘Sure, let’s try it,’” Shurtleff said.
They got in touch with the Animal Protection Center, just to discover they have cats for hire and wound up with Jax.
“Yes, he lives here, yeah. He lives on the premises. He is a working cat. His collar says Bog Iron employee right on it,” Shurtleff said.
After a couple of weeks, the mice were gone.
Jax asserted his existence to all.
“I’ve been brewing for 30 year, put my life into this place, and people are like ‘Hey can we meet the cat?’ And I’m like ‘Yeah, yeah thanks,’” Shurtleff said.
Jax has actually ended up being a mascot for the bar and a social networks beloved.
“If a brewery or another establishment has a cat on their staff, they should pretty much win the employee of the month award every single month,” Mike Keiley said.
Keiley is the director of adoption centers for MSPCA-Angell.
“The natural connection between breweries and cats became apparent to us,” Keiley said.
The MSPCA has actually had a working cat program for a number of years. The program discovers houses for felines that aren’t well fit for an indoor-only way of life.
“There are a lot of cats that do need these alternative types of placements,” Keiley said, especially outside cats who require consistent stimulation or might not utilize a litter box.
Only just recently have they seen breweries relying on them.
“They need that social interaction, so places that welcome people to their establishment make a nice companion opportunity,” Keiley said.
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