One of the UK’s top universities has given a library card to a cat.
Jordan has turned his back on his Catholic friar owners and adopted Edinburgh University library as his main residence.
The feline has his own Facebook page set up by students with 6,100 “likes”.
And now the black and white pet has been made “official” by getting a card for the library, complete with a photo and 2017 expiry date.
The eight-year-old came to the Catholic chaplaincy but preferred the company of trendy young students .Every day, Jordan leaves the friary and crosses Edinburgh’s leafy George Square in the old town, to the university’s main library.
There, he enjoys being petted by students from across the globe, and even has a favourite turquoise chair near the door.Students say he helps them to relax before exams. He only returns to the friary for a daily main meal.
Caroline Stirling, 37, is a supervisor at the library help desk. She said: “He is really popular. He has been coming in for at least a year.“External users can use the library – he has his own reference card. Someone at the helpdesk made up the card with a photo.
He doesn’t have to have it with him when he comes in. He just tends to come in and sleep on the chairs near the door. I think everyone quite likes him.
