Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913 was viewed as violating basic human rights, not only of the suffragettes but of other prisoners. The Act's nickname of "Cat and Mouse Act", referring to the way the government seemed to play with prisoners as a cat may with a captured mouse, underlined how the cruelty of repeated releases and re-imprisonments turned the suffragettes from targets of scorn to objects of sympathy. The Asquith government's implementation of the Act caused the militant WSPU and the suffragettes to perceive Asquith as the enemy — an enemy to be vanquished in what the organisation saw as an all-out war. A related
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse airtime fillers, especially to accommodate a movie or show that ended at an unusually early time, as well as animated content for local children's shows. A&E Home Video released all 130 five-minute-long episodes on DVD in Region 1 on October 29, 2002. The memorable theme music by Johnny Holiday features a walking bass line and is fashioned after the theme for "Peter Gunn." It has most notably been performed in concert by the New York Dolls. Reruns of "Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse" were shown on Nickelodeon's "Weinerville" in the 1990s along with reruns of "Batfink" and both segments of