On 28th December 1941, the Minister of Food announced that cats ‘engaged in work of national importance’ were to receive an allowance of powdered milk, drawn from supplies damaged in handling and so unfit for human consumption.

‘Cats so privileged’, commented the Daily Telegraph at the time, ‘must be engaged in keeping down mice and rats in warehouses in which at least 250 tons of food or animal feed stuffs are stored’.

It’s good to know that even in those dark days, our feline friends were providing a valuable service, and being rightly rewarded for their efforts.

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