Aggie Cat Bisbee Has Died
Featured Stories, News Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Photo from Bisbee’s Facebook page.
A member of the Texas A&M University community with more than 5,000 likes on Facebook and is followed by more than 3,000 on Twitter has died.
Bisbee the cat was found Thursday afternoon by maintenance workers.
Bisbee, whose name comes from the initials of his home, the Biological Science Building East or BSBE, was underneath the structure.
A search for Bisbee went into high gear after it was reported in social media the feral cat had not been seen since July 10th.
The disappearance of the six year old cat had the attention of A&M President Bowen Loftin, who retweeted a post sent to him on Tuesday.
Bisbee was checked out by the Aggie Feral Cat Alliance of Texas, which is part of A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biological Sciences.
Comments from Leena Landmark, whose tweet about Bisbee was picked up by A&M President Bowen Loftin.
More from Michael Phillips about Bisbee’s popularity.
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Posted by Bill Oliver
on Jul 19 2012. Filed under Featured Stories, News.
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Sadly, Bisbee has passed on. His body was found under BSBE. He was a great Aggie cat. Many Aggies will miss him! RIP Bisbee!
RIP Bisbee.
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How much work do you think it would be to have him buried with the Reveilles?
Seriously? fail comment.
That’s a great idea.
I think, given how much he disliked dogs, it might be more appropriate to bury him near his hang-out at Biology.
What was the cause of death? He was only six years old…?
He is more than 6 years old. I think 8 probably. When we came to A&M in 2006, he was already there and at that time he was estimated as 2 years old.
He wasn’t anywhere near as big of a symbol as Reveille and placing Bisbee next to or in the same place as past Reveilles would only cheapen another of our great traditions. A small memorial at the BSBE building would be a nice touch, but that would be as far as I would take it.
I was more attached to Brisbee than I ever will be with the Reveille’s since I interacted with him damn near daily, but I definitely agree there should be some memorial for him somewhere near BSBE.
I don’t think Bisbee should be with the Reveilles either, but how would burying him with them cheapen anything? I
He used to sit with me every day after work. I’m going to miss him.
If anybody knows the cause of death, I’d like to know. Thanks!
i petted Bisbee after everyone of my calculus 1 and calculus 2 exams in Hel….he made Hel bearable….RIP
He definitely needs a memorial, really sad to hear this
So sorry to hear of Bisbee’s passing. The Texas Aggie magazine said his age was estimated between 10-13 years and it appeared he died peacefully. My lovely wife Susan and I have a cat that looks very much like him. I’m happy to hear that he was loved, and that he brought Aggies comfort. Scott Williams, ’87