At the hub sits the structure's brain: Mr Gross, in a rotating chair, stroking a virtual white cat.

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He snatched up Disaster, a black and white cat who appeared to be well-kept and neat, and brought him to a nearby animal hospital.

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The white cat is optional.

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The SSCPA said they feared the black and white male cat may have been thrown into the water on purpose.

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