Elmo (the big orange cat) came to the LC office as a stray during the week of September 11, 2001.  He stayed for a couple of months until we found him another home.  But then, due to changing circumstances, he returned to us in the fall of 2002, and we decided to keep him as an office cat.  Toward the end of that same year Elmo made friends with a small tiger cat, Patches, who was ready to change homes.  With permission from her old family, we gained a second office cat and the two of them have been pretty much running things around here ever since, training each new staff member to do their bidding.  They are both still going strong although Elmo was recently diagnosed with arthritis and “joint mice.”  We are now joined most days by Bailey, the dog pictured below.  He loves and tries to look out for the cats, and while they like to complain about his presence, we think the cats really love him, too.