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Cats fight rats at Russian museum
About 60 felines follow their ancestors, working to keep the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg rodent-free.
Last Modified: 12 Sep 2010 17:24 GMT


One of the largest art galleries in the world is relying on feline power to keep it rodent-free.

For more than 200 years, cats have had a full-time job at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Today, a new generation of about 60 felines live in the building, the proud descendents of a long line of Aristo-cats.

Al Jazeera's Neave Barker went on a prowl with the rat catchers in Saint Petersburg.
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