Chubby feline a foreclosure victim

[marmar]

AP, via Yahoo!:


Fat N.J. cat's origins uncovered: He was abandoned
Thu Jul 31, 8:46 PM ET



BLACKWOOD, N.J. - A 44-pound cat found lumbering around New Jersey was abandoned by a woman who said her home was foreclosed, an animal shelter official said Thursday.

The porky white cat found Saturday became a local media sensation and was dubbed "Princess Chunk". But the animal is really a male whose name is Powder.

Jennifer Anderch, director of the Camden County Animal Shelter, said Thursday that the cat's owner came forward to describe the animal's background.

Anderch said she's received hundreds of calls from people seeking to adopt Powder.

The cat appeared Thursday on "Live With Regis and Kelly." A veterinarian on the show examined it and determine he was indeed a male.

The largest cat on record weighed 46 pounds, 15 ounces. That cat, who lived in Australia, died in the 1980s. The Guinness World Records has since dropped the category, fearing cat owners might harm their animals in an attempt to break the record.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_fe_st/odd_big_cat_found

[Warpy]

1. A thread on this yesterday cited a story that the cat had been turned

in to a shelter, not just thrown out onto the street. Some reporter just sexed the story up to make him look more pathetic than he was, which was already pathetic enough.

The real story involves a foreclosure, a spouse in long term care, and a pet owner who is one friend away from being homeless, herself, and there are no real shelters for people outside of a few urban warehouses.

At least the phony story will help the kitty--he looks like a lovable old guy. It doesn't help his former owner.

[dipsydoodle]

2. See video here in Pets Forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=243&topic_id=35544&mesg_id=35544