School reportedly allows teen girl to identify as a cat in class: 'No one seems to have a protocol for students identifying as animals'

Australian education has gone to the dogs, errr, cats.

An unidentified private school in Melbourne, Australia, has supposedly permitted a teen girl to identify as a cat. Several outlets report that the school will permit the girl to "act like a feline," though what this phrase means is unclear. In addition to allowing her to "act like a feline," the school will also allow the unnamed girl to avoid at least one behavior which is distinctly human: talking. The school will reportedly allow the girl to remain "nonverbal" while in class, so long as her behavior does not disturb others.

The school has not confirmed that one of its students has elected to identify as a cat. However, it did issue a statement, claiming that students there have manifested "a range of issues, from mental health, anxiety or identity issues."

"Our approach is always unique to the student and we will take into account professional advice and the wellbeing of the student," the school added.

The school likewise described the young lady in question as "phenomenally bright."

An unnamed person said to be close to the girl's family stated, "No one seems to have a protocol for students identifying as animals, but the approach has been that if it doesn't disrupt the school, everyone is being supportive."

The girl seems to be just one of a handful of Australian teenage girls who have recently publicly identified as a feline. The Mirror reports that four other female teens 18 hours away in Brisbane, Australia, have allegedly taken to walking on all fours and cutting holes in their clothing to accommodate a tail, though whether the girls identify as cats or foxes is unclear.

A parent at the school allegedly told reporters that one of the girls had even screamed at another for "sitting on her tail."

Many of the outlets reporting on these stories have wondered whether these relatively isolated cases are part of a larger so-called "furry" subculture in which people adopt a "fursona" and perform the traits often associated with a particular animal. The most popular animals adopted by these "furries" include dogs, cats, foxes, lions, tigers, and wolves. However, there is no indication that the "phenomenally bright" young lady in Melbourne or the four four-legged walkers in Brisbane have associated themselves with furry subculture.

Bandit, the 'guard cat,' wards off armed bandits attempting to break into Mississippi home

Bandit, the so-called "guard cat," became a true heroine when she acted to prevent two armed robbers from breaking into her owner's home.

Fred Everitt, 68, claimed that in the wee hours of July 25, two men attempted to break into his home in Belden, Mississippi, approximately three hours northeast of Jackson. Everitt said that he had gone to bed around midnight but awoke between 2:30 and 3:00 a.m. when Bandit began meowing loudly in the kitchen. Then, Bandit, who weighs 20 pounds, ran into his room, jumped on the bed, and began pulling the covers off of him and clawing at his arms.

“She had never done that before,” Everitt said. “I went, ‘What in the world is wrong with you?’”

Everitt then put on a robe and went out to investigate. When he got to the kitchen, he spotted two figures outside his home, one with a handgun, one with a crow bar, trying to open the door. Everitt ran to grab his own 9mm pistol, but by the time he returned, the would-be robbers had already fled.

“You hear of guard dogs,” said Everitt, 68. “This is a guard cat.”

Because the two men never actually entered the residence, Everitt decided not to call the police. Everitt credits Bandit with averting a disaster and possibly even saving his life.

“It did not turn into a confrontational situation, thank goodness,” Everitt said. “But I think it’s only because of the cat.”

Four years ago, Everitt, a retired oral and maxillofacial surgeon, adopted Bandit from the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society. He had no idea that when he made the spontaneous decision to rescue a kitten that day that his new furry friend would one day rescue him.

"I want to let people know that you not only save a life when you adopt a pet or rescue one," Everitt said. "The tides could be turned. You never know when you save an animal if they're going to save you."

VIDEO: Driver trying to get home comes face to face with bikers in BLM march. No one moves out of the way — then things turn ugly.

Cellphone video caught the moment things got ugly between an SUV driver trying to get home and several motorcyclists involved in a Black Lives Matter march.

And it all went down in Stillwater, Minnesota — population about 20,000 and around 30 minutes east of Minneapolis.

What happened?

Video posted Saturday to Twitter begins with the angry driver exiting his vehicle after apparently trying to left turn on Stillwater Avenue — but police told TheBlaze Monday that the trio of bikers in front him were trying to make a left as well.

A fourth biker actually had already turned left and was past the driver's vehicle on the other street: