Posted on 07/30/2008 9:33:51 PM PDT by Daffynition
PHILADELPHIA -- There are fat cats and then there are fat cats.
South Jersey, to be sure, has seen its fair share of the indictable variety, but never before has it seen the likes of the portly pussycat found waddling in Voorhees.
Meet Princess Chunky -- all 44 pounds of her and just two pounds shy of the 1987 Guinness World Record for overweight cats.
Camden County Animal Control Officer Jim McCleery got the call Friday. There was a stray cat prowling on a patio in the Ashley Run condominium development.
"We picked him up and I knew from the get-go it wouldn't fit in the regular cat carrier, so we had to put him in a dog carrier ... it was a big cat, the biggest one this year," said McCleery, of the Camden County Joint Municipal Animal Control Program.
Employees at Camden County Animal Shelter called the feline "Captain Chunk." Realizing she was female, the name was quickly changed to "Princess Chunk." Her "foster mom" -- shelter volunteer Deborah Wright -- calls her "Princess Chunky."
As the shelter seeks to find the feline's owner, Princess Chunky is now in "foster care" at Wright's Sicklerville home. She is fed only wet and dry cat food.
Wright is trying to develop an exercise routine for the orange and white, short-haired domestic cat, estimated to be about 4 years old.
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As opposed to...??? There's more kinds? Why wasn't I told!
I’m not PETA member, by far, but that is ridiculous to let a pet get that fat.
Stray cat.
Was hitting every cat bowl in the Condos.
Or so it seems.
May have been some fast food dumpster diving too.
LOL WHo ya flippen the bird too?
The Fat Cat?
Ping!
“Anderch said the shelter does euthanize unclaimed pets — 26.4 percent of the 10,500 brought to the shelter last year — but in Princess Chunky’s case, Anderch said she is sure that she will survive and have a good home.”
Ha! You see, sometimes being fat DOES pay off!
Go back to peta you “fatist”.
just kidding
Sorry, Fat Cat, Skohottentot is now off your menu.
A relative of mine has a cat that weighs in the upper 20’s and it is already outrageously fat. The odd thing is that the owner is somewhat anorexic herself.
Nommers anomnomnomnomnonymous.
“A relative of mine has a cat that weighs in the upper 20’s and it is already outrageously fat. The odd thing is that the owner is somewhat anorexic herself.”
She’s living her true desires through her cat.
Live, maybe? At 44lbs catching mice might be difficult.
I love chocolate and I love bacon, but just looking at that turns my stomach.
Wow, that is one big girl cat! =^..^=
Bookmarked!=^..^=
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