President Maduro adopts street cat as Venezuela's revolution expanded to street animals
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Venezuela's socialist revolution is going to the dogs — literally.
President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday ordered aides to study extending price caps to dog and cat food as part of the government-funded Mission Nevado campaign to rescue an uncontrolled population of street animals in Venezuelan cities.
At an event in Caracas with animal rights activists, the president adopted a gray and white calico cat. He said taking care of neglected animals represents the noblest sentiments of the revolution started by his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez.
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The Mission Nevado honors the canine sidekick of 19th century South American liberator Simon Bolivar. The name was also given by National Guardsmen to a dog that spontaneously accompanied the funeral procession of Chavez last year for the full 12 kilometers (7½ miles).