Goldman Sachs abandons kittens (and then saves them)

For a while, months of suspicions appeared to reached their inevitable and perfect climax. Investment bankers abandon helpless baby animals.

But of course they do.

Earlier today, the Naked Capitalism blog found this report in The Villager, a Lower Manhattan paper:

[Goldman Sachs] has not yet paid a few thousand dollars of vet bills for the five kittens born in its headquarters building nearing completion in Battery Park City.

In August, after our sister publication Downtown Express reported the kittens’ discovery, Goldman offered to pay the bills...

Alphaville took up the crusade and helpfully pointed out, (tipping its hat at a Times story), that abandoning kittens was almost certainly not 'doing God’s work'.

The internet was abuzz with kitten love. “Why does Goldman Sachs hate kittens?” wailed one blogger.

But we can all put down our projectiles. “They are now the luckiest kittens in Manhattan” according to a Goldman spokesman.

The bank has paid the vet fees and found homes for all the little fluffy balls of love. Bonus (if that's not an overly inflammatory word...)