Yeesh... necro double posting... but I noticed a recent article about the legendary Iriomote Cat that Sakaki was just a bit fond of in AzuDa.
The New York Times can be flaky about direct links to articles (this was reached from Google port page) but here goes using their permalink feature:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/wo...prod=permalink
The article ends its two page dissertion with the following sad note:
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As an indication of the fragility of the balance, a male wildcat crossing the island’s main road was hit and killed by a car on a rainy evening a few days after the interview with Ms. Okamura. The center had tracked the wildcat for three years and named him Googoo.
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