While on tour in Indianapolis, the very metal dudes in Slayer spotted a homeless kitty outside their venue, the Old National Centre. Being the super-evil dudes they are, they of course decided on the most metal course of action: adoption.
The venue was the first to break the news, posting the above photo to their Facebook with this message:
It's not every day you hear a story like this… The Slayer crew rescued a kitty off the streets of Indianapolis last night and she now has been adopted into a brand new home!
Slayer themselves later posted a statement further explaining what happened:
"Kerry [King, guitarist] and some of the crew went to dinner at Kerry’s favorite steak house in Indy, St. Elmo’s Steak House. Afterwards, the assistant tour manager, Jess [Cortese] saw a homeless man on the street who offered up this little kitten for a dollar.
"The kitten apparently was freezing so Jess took it, slept with her in her bunk on the bus and went to the venue with her today, hanging out. One of the runners knew someone who wanted a kitten, so the little guy now has a new home where he or she currently is."
Talk about true love. King is an avid animal lover, owning many dogs and breeding snakes. If only King adopted it in time to be featured in the metalheads with cats book. As for the kitty, we've seen how other cats react to Slayer, so we assume the cat was basically unfazed.
