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Cat Strapped to GPS, Tracked by Owner

by Amar Toor on December 22, 2009 at 01:35 PM

Cats, like small children and Chinese contortionists, somehow find a way to get in the darndest of places. So how can a cat lover possibly hope to keep their kitties close to home? One man from Long Island has a solution.

After realizing that his cat, KooKoo, had a worrisome tendency to disappear for days on end, Mark Spezio decided to take matters into his own hands, and outfitted his furry bundle of joy with a GPS collar. The collar allows Spezio to track and archive all of KooKoo's movements, but, as he points out in his narrated video clip, the device doesn't trace the feline in real time, since that would be plain "offensive." Spezio was also deceitful delicate in his design of the collar, embedding it into some sort of faux bow tie to perfectly match KooKoo's natural tuxedo fur coat [Ed. Note: Aww.].

It's cute that Spezio's taking KooKoo's personal integrity (and sense of style) into account, but let's be honest. If the cat wasn't already deranged after being condemned to a lifetime with a name like KooKoo, this will almost certainly put him over the top. If KooKoo ever gains "kognizance" of his owner's stealthy surveillance system, we're pretty sure he won't be LOL'ing. Still, we can think of at least one housewife who could've used this device a long time ago to help keep tabs on her own recklessly roaming big cat (zing). [From: IEEE Spectrum, via: Urlesque]

Tags: cat, fun, gps, pets

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