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.
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