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Gordon Elliott knows how to get into the holiday spirit. The English farmer is the proud owner of Dobbey the reindeer. According to The Sun, Elliott has had six other reindeer at his farm, as well as emus, camels and wallabies. Dobbey can be seen painting the town red, gobbling up snacks at the local pub, and even riding the subway.

Ikea. All over the world, bachelors and bachelorettes just out on their own flock to its stores to furnish their nascent apartment dwellings with fashionable particleboard décor. But just because they might not all be able to afford real furniture doesn't mean they don't deserve pets to love and look after. I know I buy my tables and chairs at Ikea because I want to save the money to keep a cat hanging around my bachelor pad.

It's in that spirit of inclusion that Ikea shot a commercial at their Wembley, London store for which they let 100 cats run loose, according to Gizmodo. Why exactly did they do this? The ad agency, Mother London, told the Guardian U.K. that cats know how to pursue their own comfort and they wanted to see where the cats went and what furniture made the felines the happiest.

The cats were allowed to make themselves at home in the store after hours while the crew shot as much footage as they could get. Then, just before opening, the cats were rounded up and whisked away. The day's shoppers never knew what delightful whimsy had filled the store mere hours before.



What do you think Paw Nation? Was this just a fun night out for the cats, or a truly bad advertising idea? Tell us in the comments below.

Has fame already changed Susan Boyle? The singer once made headlines for being a bit of a crazy cat lady. These days she's so busy traveling the globe that she's moved her beloved cat, Pebbles, out of her house, TVNZ reports.

Susan Boyle rocketed to fame after stunning the world with her voice on the U.K. television show "Britain's Got Talent." But last summer, Boyle had a breakdown over her cat Pebbles, the Daily Mail reported at the time. After throwing a tantrum in a Liverpool hotel, in which the confused singer screamed repeatedly that she needed her cat, 48-year-old Boyle missed a concert and was ordered by doctors to get some rest.

Just look at Boyle now. These days the jet-setting vocalist is touring the world, and has moved Pebbles out of her home in West Lothian, Scotland, and into the home of a retired accountant in London, TVNZ reports.

According to that report, Boyle's mentor, Simon Cowell, helped find the cat temporary new digs, since Boyle was so rarely home. Her new caregiver, 76-year-old Pamela Eaton-Browne, gets $9 per day to care for the cat, according to TVNZ. The 11-year-old Pebbles has been living with Eaton-Browne since July, and is lavished daily with treats like premium wet food, chicken and fish.

With Boyle and her cat in the news yet again, fans are jumping to defend her. "There is no need to blow this out of proportion -- Pebbles is temporarily living with retired accountant Pamela Eaton-Browne whilst Susan is travelling all the time," notes the Susan Boyle fan site.

What do you think? Is this a case of a cat abandoned for fame and fortune, or is Susan Boyle once again the victim of media scrutiny overload?