For the last four years, patrolling Skolnik has been the responsibility of two noble cats, namely King and Prince. Working with Tree House, a Chicago based cat rescue, King and Prince were brought in as a critical part of the Skolnik team — their job — to keep the Skolnik physical plant free of rodents.
Four years later and King and Prince are doing their job, and doing it well! Since they began their patrol, not a single rodent has been seen! The program of placing cats in businesses throughout Chicago was started by Tree House and is now a successful abatement program. So much so that publicity about Cats at Work has reached as far as Athens, Greece and made frequent news and television spots. More recently, Community Cats, by Anne Beall, identifies the prolific cat communities in Chicago and the growing use of cats to solve one of the most common problems in Chicago. Both residentially and commercially, cats are stepping up to do their job in cat colonies around the city! With an entire chapter dedicated to our King and Prince, you can read the interview I had with Anne Beall about our Skolnik royalty.