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Initech

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Sun Apr 14, 2013, 04:48 PM Apr 2013

New Zealand Cat Won't Eat Cat Food After Spending Straight Year Eating McDonalds

A cat who survived for more than a year on McDonald's burgers and fries has been rescued by the SPCA, which says he became so addicted to junk food he initially refused to switch to a more nutritionally balanced diet.

The black-and-white tom, nicknamed "Frankie" by McDonald's staff and patrons in the Hamilton suburb of Frankton, was still a kitten when he was abandoned by departing tenants of a nearby block of flats.

The hungry stray took up residence in the fast-food restaurant's carpark, where he would beg for the odd chicken nugget or hunk of beef patty from cars as they came through the drive-through.

But living rough - and a diet of fast food - took its toll, and in recent weeks McDonald's workers and members became concerned that Frankie's health was deteriorating.

That's when Jessica Watson, a field officer with the Waikato SPCA and regular McDonald's customer, spotted Frankie and took him into her care. She is now looking for a family to adopt him.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/8547489/Super-Size-Meow-cats-fried-life
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New Zealand Cat Won't Eat Cat Food After Spending Straight Year Eating McDonalds (Original Post) Initech Apr 2013 OP
No, Frankie, you can NOT haz cheeseburger! arcane1 Apr 2013 #1
HA HA HA HA!!! Initech Apr 2013 #2
+1 you win the internet today! Javaman Apr 2013 #3
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