Coal, Parliament Hill’s last feline and ‘symbol of Canadian compassion,’ dies at age 17 | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Erin Anderssen
Publication Date: July 11, 2025 - 13:04

Coal, Parliament Hill’s last feline and ‘symbol of Canadian compassion,’ dies at age 17

July 11, 2025

Coal Taurozzi favoured a stylish blue tie on public outings, but that’s not what made him a gentleman feline.

At the cat colony on Parliament Hill where, according to early reports, he’d been abandoned as a kitten, he was never seen with a bird or mouse in his jaws, and he maintained a polite truce with the raccoons who made guest appearances at mealtime.



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