Breaking News! – Critter Edition

Apropos of nothing, I suppose.
Friends,

There’s breaking news coming out of Elsinore this morning. Shocking news about a critter. The Riverside Press-Enterprise’s very own Duke of Didact has the details:

JUST IN: Horse joins commute in Perris
By PE News

A horse has joined the morning commute today near busy Highway 74 between Perris and Elsinore, according to the California Highway Patrol website.

The critter was reported walking in traffic lanes at 5:44 a.m. along Theda Street just north of Highway 74.

Animal control authorities have been summoned.

—Richard Brooks

Is it just me, or do you not consider an animal as large as a horse to be a “critter“? I thought the term was reserved for the opossum, raccoons, and other, you know, varmints. Discuss.

– bob