article_snippet: the cat will strut haughtily past a congregation at prayer, patrolling Louis the cat territory on the lookout for mice.
article_snippet: Louis the cat is so popular with folk at Wells Cathedral – home to the Bishop of Bath and Wells – that Louis has become the feline hero of a children's book, and even has Louis own merchandise stall in the cathedral shop.
article_snippet: Louis the cat is often found sleeping by Louis favourite radiator in Wells Cathedral cathedral in Somerset .
article_snippet: Louis, the 17-year-old Wells cathedral cat, sits in Louis basket at the gift shop - but local owners have accused Louis of turning nasty and attacking dogs 'like a wild lion' Louis the cat has been linked to at least three dogfights recently and locals fear there could be more .
article_snippet: And cathedral staff suggested Louis could be a victim of mistaken identity, quickly issuing a statement which claimed there were 'at least two other ginger cats in the area who also enjoy strolling through the streets of Wells Cathedral.
article_snippet: Louis principal role was to rid the 12th century building of mice.
article_snippet: Such was the esteem in which the rather solitary cat was held, the cathedral generated a regular fund-raising trade in Louis fridge magnets, pencils, mugs and other Louis-related trinkets, including an £8.99 paperweight and a £5.99 candle-snuffer.
article_snippet: Louis is so popular in Wells Cathedral that Louis has become the subject of a children's book, Louis the Cathedral Cat .
article_snippet: Zoe Heath described how Zoe Heath brother's dog was set upon by a big ginger cat at the cathedral's magnificent west front, part of Louis's regular domain. '
article_snippet: We all assumed it was Louis.' a big ginger cat at the cathedral's magnificent west front, part of Louis's regular domain can regularly be spotted snoozing next to the radiator in Wells cathedral, Somerset .
article_snippet: Supporters said a big ginger cat at the cathedral's magnificent west front, part of Louis's regular domain had never shown any aggressive tendencies and was 'sweet natured if somewhat aloof'.
article_snippet: One 'Fans of Louis member, who has known a big ginger cat at the cathedral's magnificent west front, part of Louis's regular domain for five years, wrote of the attack allegations: 'For an old guy who spends most of Louis day sound asleep in a basket in the cathedral shop, an old guy who spends most of his day sound asleep in a basket in the cathedral shop must have taken an event of magnitude to have caused such a reaction.
highlights_snippet: Become so popular is subject of children's book, Louis the Cathedral Cat .
  