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Oldest cat-world record set by Mischief
ST. AUSTELL, England -- Mischief, a cat owned
by an English family, has celebrated his 27th birthday which
is equivalent to 125 human years and sets the world record
for the Oldest
Cat.
Photo: The Oldest
cat in the world, 27-year-old Mischief sleeps for 16 hours
most days. Photo Mark Sutherland/SWNS (enlarge
photo)
Chris, of St Austell, Cornwall, said:
“I can’t imagine him not being here. He has been with me through
thick and thin. He’s seen several girls come and go! We’ve
moved about five times, he eats what he’s given, I’ve never
spoilt him.”
The owners of the cat, Chris and Donna Thorne,
revealed that the feline is growing, however, its growth has
slowed down a little.
Donna, 33, said: “It’s amazing – he
just keeps going. People can never believe it when we tell
them how old he is. He was hit by a motorbike and lost an
eye in 1990 but we think he still has eight lives left!”
Though the cat is growing older it still manages
to have a spring in each step it takes.
“His name says it all, he may be 27 but he still
manages to jump over the stair gate and he’’s round your ankles
constantly for food, Chris Thorne said. “He’’s an indoor cat
now, and he’’s losing big clumps of fur, but he’’s still going,
he added. 
His owners put his longevity down to pure
laziness.
(enlarge
photo)
'People ask what we're feeding him to keep him
going so long - they think it must be a diet of vitamins or
something,' Donna Thorne, 33, said. 'But we don't do anything
special, he is just a greedy and lazy boy who will eat anything
that he can get his paws on.
Mischief is fed dry cat food every day and pouches
of meat every other day.
She added: "We'd love to know if there are any
older cats in Cornwall. He's lost a couple of his nine lives
over the years but it doesn't seem to have affected him."
The oldest
cat ever is Creme Puff, who was born on August 3, 1967
and lived until August 6, 2005 an amazing 38 years and three
days. Creme Puff lived with her owner, Jake Perry, in Austin,
Texas.
There is no reliable scientific method for calculating
exactly how old a cat is in human years. But experts say the
first two of a cat’s life are roughly equal to the first 25
of ours – and each additional year equals around four for
us.
Related old records:
Oldest
living animal- world record set by Jonathan the tortoise
Oldest
living polar bear-world record set by Debby
Oldest
living tree-world record set by a Swedish spruce
Oldest
Mother-world record set by Omkari Panwar
Oldest
person-world record set by Edna Parker
Sunday,
December 7, 2008
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