Mabs sent in this story, with only one bit of commentary. Fuckin’ French. I’m inclined to agree.

The southern French city of Marseille called off a three-week hunt for a black panther on Tuesday after the animal sighted by several residents turned out to be a large house cat.

“The ‘panther’ is just a black house cat — a very big one though,” said a spokeswoman for the local prefecture, adding the animal was about 24 inches long and weighed some 22 pounds.

So the French are essentially afraid of Garfield.

…Sounds about right.

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