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Whoopi Goldberg Wants Kitten Rescued From Verrazano Bridge
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John Del Signore
Published Jul 8, 2011
Modified Jul 8, 2011
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Since the revolting (PEOPLE SUCK!) yet uplifting (KITTEH SAVED!) story of the kitten rescued from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge broke Wednesday night, the Staten Island Animal Care and Control Center has been flooded with adoption requests. Among those who want to get their hands on that adorable, five-week-old Russian blue kitten are former Staten Island Borough President Guy Molinari and TV's Whoopi Goldberg! Hundreds of other insignificant nobodies want the kitten too, but we can all agree that celebrities deserve preferential treatment.
The kitten, who has been named Verrazano, was rescued Saturday afternoon after a worker with the Animal Care and Control Center was driving over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and happened to notice something fly out the window of a passing vehicle. "At first he thought they were throwing garbage," AC&C spokesman Richard Gentles said. "Then he realized it was a kitten."
Whoopi mentioned the kitten yesterday on "The View," and the Staten Island Advance reports that she has applied to adopt it. The agency is still going through applications and won't make a decision for another month, but that's really just a formality: Famous Verrazano and the Jumpin' Jack Flash star are destined to be together. Which is just too bad for everyone else; sure, there are other cats desperately in need of adoption, but none of them have Verrazano's celebrity cachet. (Still, if you can't get your hands on Verrazano, maybe consider adopting one of the other animals who'll be killed if they don't find homes.)
And the AC&C is still seeking witnesses who might be able to identify the horrible monster who threw the cat out of the car. If you have any info, please e-mail AC&C at [email protected]... And cc tips(at)gothamist.com so we can help organize the torch-wielding mob.
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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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