I continue to be troubled by this whole cat question and I am amazed at the number of posts that have been generated by it and the heat it has created.

In an effort to calm the rhetoric between FlyerTalk members I believe I have come upon a credible reason why TSO, in order to maintain a standard of the highest safety and security for the flying public, took the position that the cat had to be removed from the cage. I am contacting the news network that first covered the story in the hopes that they can validate my theory.

Could it be that the cat was a Persian?