Meet Oreo, the tuxedo cat who prowls the stacks of Old Perlican's public library

A small library in therural Newfoundland community of Old Perlican has a special employee that sets it apart from the rest:a tuxedo cat named Oreo, who has made the library her full-time home.

By day, Oreo brings smiles to the faces ofOld Perlican Public Library patrons like Isaac Doyle, 6, who comes specifically to pay her visits.

By night, she oversees the premises and sleeps on a soft floor mat or in her sweater-lined box. "She might read cat books," Isaac suspects.

"She just brings happiness when they walk through the doors," said librarian Cathy Hatch.

WATCH | She doesn't say shhhh, more like purrrrr:

Meet Oreo the furriest and most popular town employee of Old Perlican

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She catches mice, lives in the library and makes people smile. Shes Oreo the cat. The CBCs Jessica Singer stopped by to see the favourite employee hard at work in Old Perlican.

Originally brought in by a library employee, the three-year-old cat'stitle is "Town Mouser." Hatch said Oreo's job description includes making people smile, giving love, catching rodents, and sometimes chasingkids.

"We all take care of her together," Hatch said. The town supplies Oreo's food,the library staff feed her, and library visitorsbring her treats, toys, and paper bags to play in her favourite pastime.

"People should come here to see the cat," Doyle said.

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