Mabank Residents Seek Return of Library Cat

MABANK — A petition is being circulated to bring back Mabank’s library cat. “Whisper” was kicked out of the Tri-County Library October 1 after the city of Mabank took control of the facility from a nonprofit. She called the place home for eight years. Animal lover Sydney Busch of Cedar Creek Lake brought her in as a kitten. Busch says, “She’s not a sit-in-your-lap cat, but she would come and sit on the table where you were reading or working, and if you wanted to pet her, she would let you pet her, and she was everywhere — everywhere that she was wanted.” Busch says she’s gotten more than 150 signatures on that petition to reinstate the friendly feline. The Mabank City Council will put Whisper’s fate to a vote when it meets on Tuesday.