Fat Cat

With the weekend looming and those two wonderful days off work just about to start, I can't help thinking how awesome it would be to win the lottery so I could have more days off (and more days to volunteer with the animals...).But really, it doesn't have to be the lottery that grants me the ability to volunteer for fun instead of work to pay the bills... I'd also be happy with a secret trust fund that matures when I turn 33, or an unknown relative who leaves me a nice check... I'm not picky!!!:)

With that being said, I thought this article about a trust fund kitty was appropriate. I'm not going to lie either.... I'm extremely jealous of this cat!! One, that it has a lot of money and doesn't need to get a job to support it's catnip habit, and two, because it lives in Italy. And talk about a rags to riches story!!! 

Sigh, I better come back in my next life as a spoiled kitty cat!!!

 

Fat Cat: Italian Cat Inherits $13 Million From Childless Owner

A stray cat in Rome 

(Jen Chung/Gothamist)

One feline is probably hoping the Eurozone crisis is resolved sooner than later. The Guardian reports, "Tommaso, a four-year-old, one-time stray from Rome, is thought to have become the world's richest cat. Since the death of his 94-year-old mistress last month, he has become a property magnate — or perhaps mognate — with flats and houses worth an estimated €10m scattered from Milan in the north to Calabria in the south." Which works out to over $13.385 million!
Cats—and other animals—are unable to inherit directly in Italy, but they can be named as a beneficiary if there is a trustee. Lawyers for Maria Assunta, who did not have children, unsuccessfully tried to find organizations to help care for the cat and his holdings.

In the meantime, the old lady met a fellow cat-lover - named only as Stefania - in a park. "Sometimes I'd go to her house so my cat could play with Tommaso," Stefania said. As the old lady became increasingly frail, Stefania, a nurse, began to take care of her.
"She needed someone to help her move around, shower and eat. I looked after until the end," she said.

Assunta decided to give Stefania her precious cat; Stefania said, "I had no idea the signora had such wealth." Molte bene.

both cats playing together