Talk:Forbidden City cats

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Did you know nomination

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A "security officer" at the Forbidden City

... that around 200 cats are tasked, as "security officers", with keeping mice out of the Forbidden City? Source: Tourism, Heritage and Commodification of Non-human Animals: A Posthumanist Reflection pg. 142
- ALT1: ... that the Forbidden City cats are rumoured to descend from those belonging to Chinese emperors? Source: "Some of them might even be descendants of royal pets, says museum official Ma Guoqing.", BBC
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Haunted (Laura Les song)
- Comment: Other hook ideas welcome!

Created by Chipmunkdavis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 54 past nominations.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Very cute. Approve hook ALT0. TarnishedPath^talk 07:33, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]