HuffPo reports: That a Nigerian woman is
making some eyebrow-raising headlines after reportedly disowning her cat for
“an unnatural sexual behavior” — allegedly, same-sex attraction.
As the Nigerian newspaper Leadership notes, the
woman (identified simply as being middle-aged) rid herself of Bull, whom she
owned for seven years, after the cat was deemed to “be in the habit of making
sexual advances” only to other male cats in the household.
“By this, the cat has made a record as the
first cat to be so publicly declared gay and disowned by its owner,” writer
Donatus Nadi notes in the article. As for the cat’s disgruntled owner, she
would only add, “Anybody interested in this gay cat can have it because I have
no further use of it.”
The news comes just days after Nigerian
President Goodluck Jonathan signed a controversial bill banning same-sex
marriage, gay “amorous relationships” and participation in LGBT rights groups.
While Bull may be the world’s first documented
gay cat, other animals have exhibited what many believe to be same-sex
attraction. In December 2013, it was revealed that penguins Chupchikoni and
Suki, who live together in an Israeli zoo, were actually two females.
“We are certain that they made a choice to be
together,” Tamuz Setti, head of the Safari Avian Department, told reporters at
the time.
Meanwhile, in 2005, Romeo and Juliet — two
graceful swans in Boston’s Public Garden who shared a nest — were found to both
be female.
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