Boston's 'Subway Cat' Purr-fectly Happy With Surface Life

Remember Kenmore, the cat who used to hang around Boston's Kenmore subway station before he was finally given a home last December?

We do, and we were wondering how the formerly subterranean feline was handling his above-ground existence. So we got in touch with his owner, Karen Ingraham, the trolley operator who had become concerned about his safety in the subway and rescued him.

Ingraham tells Paw Nation that the first day in his new home, Kenmore didn't venture out of the carrier. Her older rescue cat, a friendly orange and white male named Lucky, helped to smooth the way for the newcomer.

"I put the carrier down and told Lucky, 'Come and see the baby,'" Ingraham said. "By the next day they were friends already."

Now, several months later, Kenmore is playful, curious and content, Ingraham tells us. He follows Lucky's lead and greets visitors to her home, instead of hiding under furniture as he did in the early days.

"He likes to look out the window. He and Lucky sleep together and play together, and when I pet him he purrs and purrs," Ingraham said. "I think he's happy to have a home."

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