Cashew looks cute and cuddly but dangerous if you’re a rodent. Sharp and alert with pointed ears perked, the kitten is a gray domestic shorthair, thought to have descended from predators that once hunted rats on early European settlers’ ships. He was captured recently in a photo, lingering in a pink blanket in the arms of someone who cares at the Linda McNatt Animal Care & Adoption Center.
Last week, Animal Services Director Nikki Sassenus shared Cashew’s photograph with council members who were discussing a city audit of Animal Services and updates to the recommendations. Sassenus told council members that Cashew, who went up for adoption, represents one of the benefits for the implementation of an early intervention and identification approach at Denton’s animal shelter. It…..