Cat's Meow

This is a scary story in more ways than one. According to what I found the Superior Crown Court in Boston,USA ruled that a cat named Sal was to report for jury duty. My first question was how did a cat end up on a list of potential jurors? Sal's owners had listed him under pets on the last census and when his jury summons arrived they assumed a mistake had been made. Despite a letter from the vet stating Sal was a domestic short-haired neutered feline,plus the fact Sal was unable to speak or understand English as explained by owner,the court insisted he was not exempt. The court responded that jurors are not expected to have a perfect command of the English lauguage,and he was not disqualified by the 10 other statutory disqualifications. Though Sal enjoys sitting on laps and watching crime shows on TV the owners still felt he was under qualified.