One of Ghana’s leading tertiary institutions, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has started issuing special ID cards to cats found on campus.
‘As part of KNUST’s Campus Cat Identity Initiative, official ID cards have been issued to resident cats Kwasi Joe and Kofi Sam at the Main Administration enclave’, a post Kasatintin.com sighted on the institution’s official Facebook page said.
Explaining the reason behind the ‘cat ID card initiative’, authorities stated on KNUST website that ‘The presence of campus cats has long served a role in controlling pests, fostering a calm environment, and offering companionship to students and staff.
The new ID cards, issued under the designation “University Cat”, include the cats’ names, assigned campus location and care zone, and a symbolic validity period. The initiative also introduces a community-supported feeding and veterinary care schedule coordinated through the URO [University Relations Office) and designated staff volunteers’.
The statement added that ‘The initiative will be rolled out in phases across identified cat zones, with the goal of ensuring regular health checks, designated feeding points, and educational campaigns on positive human-animal interaction’.
Social media is buzzing with comments (Scroll down to read the comments).
‘If I visit the main admin block, do I say ‘Hi Prof’ or ‘Doc’? 😂 Nonetheless, kudos on the creative initiative!’
‘You can’t do this in any Volta Tertiary. Play dey your eyes top paa’
‘Valid until 2099 ??? The cats are gonna live till then?? 🤣🤣😭‘
‘Before you realize, cats will be awarded Honorary Doctorate Degrees and you will be there struggling to get a BSc.
Please when are the snakes getting theirs? 😁😁😁‘
‘Ghana has problems and schools were built to address this challenges by training and shaping minds,bodies(skills acquisition) etc to solve them yet cat identification is celebrated in school suppose to produce engineers,artisans etc in 21st century.’
SOURCE: Kasatintin.com
