British Pathé

Synopsis: Silent newsreel footage shows three Turkish Van cats eating and being forced to swim in tubs.

Reality Cats: The unused and unissued footage shows the cats with a couple of women who seem to be demonstrating how they are “teaching” the cats to swim. While Turkish Vans are naturally good swimmers, these poor cats seem to want to do anything but take a swim!

The cats are more comfortable in the garden playing and eating, although the one woman seems to want to control where and how they eat as well.

Final Mewsings: Just because cats can swim doesn’t mean they *want* to!

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