The Pet I'll Never Forget: Karl, the Toilet-Trained Cat

The pet I’ll never forget: Karl, the tabby who went to college and learned to use a toilet

He could seem judgmental, even moody. But the whole neighbourhood mourned when this remarkable moggy went to meet his maker When my cat Eric passed away from stomach cancer in 2001, I wasn’t sure I would ever be ready to have a pet again. But a few months later I was given another cat, Karl, by an old friend from Camberwell College of Arts in south London, who was moving back to Germany. I had known Karl when I was a student there, where he had been mates with Eric. Karl, an unassuming brown ...

By Nadya Smith