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The cat pictured here is also pictured at Spencer (cat) and Zoe. So Its clearly just one cat actor in the picture so it can only be one cat actor, not three. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.134.175.203
- As you can read in the Spot article itself, Spencer and Zoe just were backups for Monster and Brandy. Monster is the cat seen on the picture. If you can contribute shots of Spencer and Zoe we're happy to add them. Tom (talk) 08:02, November 29, 2013 (UTC)
Maybe I should have posted in the talk page for the image, not here; but my point is that if what you're saying is true and the cat pictured is Monster; then that image of Monster doesn't belong on the pages for Spencer and Zoe. I don't have images for those cats, but as long as I or anyone else don't have any images, there should be no images on that page, rather then images of other cat actors that also played the same cat character. It seems that if these were Humans, my point would be obvious -- 83.134.175.203 08:17, November 29, 2013 (UTC)
- See your point. I removed the images on the other two articles. Tom (talk) 08:26, November 29, 2013 (UTC)
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Not to be a downer, since I love cats, but were this animal performer still alive, it would be famous for being the longest currently living cat in the world. I think it's safe to change it and a lot of other animal performers to say "was." - TanookiMike (talk) 17:26, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- Makes sense. How many years after an animal's appearance should it be changed? Or would it be better to default to "was" for all animal performers? LauraCC (talk) 17:35, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- I'd say, unless we otherwise have confirmation an animal actor is still living, we change it to "was" once the years since their Trek appearance reaches the average domesticated lifespan for the given species. Animals could live past the average obviously, but we don't know when a lot of these animals were born and it's also safe to assume trained animals are already a few years old by the time they film. Change it earlier if there's confirmation of death obviously. I think we only default to "was" for Berman-era Trek (cats/dogs at least), default for most animals in the new shows should be "is" for now. - TanookiMike (talk) 18:19, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- Can you add Category:Deceased production staff to all the was's? Thanks. LauraCC (talk) 01:54, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
- I'd say, unless we otherwise have confirmation an animal actor is still living, we change it to "was" once the years since their Trek appearance reaches the average domesticated lifespan for the given species. Animals could live past the average obviously, but we don't know when a lot of these animals were born and it's also safe to assume trained animals are already a few years old by the time they film. Change it earlier if there's confirmation of death obviously. I think we only default to "was" for Berman-era Trek (cats/dogs at least), default for most animals in the new shows should be "is" for now. - TanookiMike (talk) 18:19, 7 November 2025 (UTC)