Japan Rail Road gets her Second Cat Stationmaster in 10 years

Recently there was some sad news regarding a beloved Japanese feline — but luckily, it had a silver lining.Tama was the first official feline stationmaster of the Kishi railroad station in Kinokawa, Japan, and served the station proudly for over nine years before passing away in late June at the ripe old age of 16.

Since Tama's passing, her fans have respectfully observed the required mourning time before appointing a new kitty successor.This prompted Wakayama Electric Railway president Mitsunobu Kojima to announce that a new cat stationmaster, named Nitama, will be filling Tama's rather petite shoes.

Nitama successfully passed her training at Cat Stationmaster Training School (which sounds like a very magical place), which, according to the Daily Mail, focused heavily on "the ability to demonstrate a relaxed attitude to working with people and a willingness to wear a hat."

"The reason I appointed Nitama as a successor to Tama is that she had teaching experience from Tama directly," Mitsunobu tells CNN. "Tama was very mild and she seldom got angry, though she was strict with her subordinate Nitama."

In the face of the ever increasing traffic jam in Lagos Metropolis, perhaps the felines would come in handy in our quest for a more disciplined and sane society.

Culled from Mashable