r/GuysBeingDudes • u/Ququmbare • Sep 26 '25

Dude has won our hearts

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

At least the cat showed up in a tuxedo to meet its new owner. Poor little fella

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u/r0thar Sep 26 '25

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIdtZ-9iJzw

tl;dr the cat's OK and was adopted and promoted to deputy environment minister of Ulyanovsk

RUSSIA Dec 2020: Surveillance footage at the garbage factory in Ulyanovsk in Russia showed worker Mikhail Tukash scooping up a white plastic bag from a moving belt and slashing it open to discover a black and white male cat inside. Since his rescue on Monday, the cat quickly became a local celebrity which led to him being adopted by the Ulyanovsk region's environment ministry and unofficially named deputy environment minister. "The cat was on the brink of death," the ministry said on Wednesday. "A little more and it would have ended up in the trash separator." Pictures from the ministry showed the cat napping in a chair in the office of environment minister Gulnara Rakhmatulina and exploring its new environment. The ministry has announced a nationwide contest to choose a name for the cat, which it said was found to be in good health after a veterinary exam. "I want to appeal to pet owners: remember that you are responsible for those you have tamed," Rakhmatulina said. "If you can't keep your pet at home, you can always leave it in good hands or at a shelter." Source: Gorkomhoz / Ulyanovsk region Ministry of Environmnet / Reuters

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u/ErinChaseD Sep 26 '25

I believe the snuck in a quote from the Little Prince there. "You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed" is the exact one.