Incredible kitty going for [age] record

The Sun ^ | 25th August 2009 | STAFF REPORTER

[Daffynition]

A CAT is feline fine despite being a candidate for the world's oldest moggy.

Tizzie was found dumped in a bag on a railway line by two girls in 1973 — and 36 years later she is still going strong.

Owner Jim Cowell is now trying to verify his pet's age to determine if the cat is a record breaker.

Jim said: "She really is a fantastic cat and is still as fit as a butcher's dog. She still looks like a young kitten and moves around perfectly well.

"The vet said that her organs are as healthy as they would be in a younger cat."

Jim's mum, Winifred, first gave Tizzie a home when the girls found her. But in 1990 Jim took the cat in when his mum could no longer care for her.

Old timer

Unfortunately, Tizzie's vet records were lost almost 20 years ago so Jim is trying to trace the two girls who found her.

Jim, of Burnley, Lancs, said: "There is a photograph of Tizzie with my mother and obviously we would like the two girls who found her, if they still live locally, to get in touch to help verify her age."

He added: "It's a shame the vet records were lost because that would have definitely proved her age. The photograph though shows my mum aged 62 holding the cat and that was 36 years ago."

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Granpa was the longest-living cat.

He lived to be 34 years and two months but died in 2001.

The average life expectancy of cats is between 13 and 17 years and Jim says there are no signs of black and white-coloured Tizzie slowing down.

He said: "She still goes out, although not as far as she used to. She still manages the garden wall and ventures on to the street.

"There was another cat down the road who died recently which was around a similar age so it must be something in the water around here."

[Daffynition]

[gov_bean_ counter]

Don’t let Obie and the Emanuel brothers find out about this...

[KingLudd]

Total b.s.

[justkate]

She still manages the garden wall and ventures on to the street.

Ummmmmm, those are famous last words, if I ever heard 'em.

[davisfh]

"Total b.s."

Well, I wouldn't go that far but I would say that I'm darned well suspicious.

[Dr. Sivana]

Ummmmmm, those are famous last words, if I ever heard 'em.

For cats who have a hankering to roam, cooping them up with make for a shorter and more neurotic life. I am assuming the cat is "car smart." My cat lived on three busy streets, and never made a mistake throughout his life. He would have been VERY unhappy if he had to spend all his time indoors.

[JoeProBono]

[Eccl 10:2]

Yeah - I wanna see the birth certificate

[gov_bean_ counter]

You’ll see this cats’ bc before you’ll see, aw, nevermind...

[martin_fierro]

[Behind Liberal Lines]

This from the Sun. That’s only slightly more credible than Weekly World News.

[Redcloak]

Turns out the cat was born in Hawaii

 

 

 

 

...in two different hospitals.

[Malone LaVeigh]

We've owned quite a few cats over the years. I've had a few that lived to be 17-18 years old and didn't look nearly as good as that cat in the picture.
We took care of a cat that was certifiably 29 years old once. He looked like something that had been removed from a pharaoh's tomb.

[Lockbar]

Only problem is weekly world news stopped publishing 2-3 years ago. In this age of “how much more stupid can things get” even bat-boy went belly-up.

[darkangel82]

18 lives?

[DJ MacWoW]

The article says the pic is 36 years old.

The photograph though shows my mum aged 62 holding the cat and that was 36 years ago."

[Daffynition]

Maybe she has an open-ended number on her “9-Lives” policy?

[Daffynition]

The original story may not be posted on FR per rules.

[Daffynition]

LOL .... “Pull-the-Plug” may become our new national motto.

[Right Brother]

Total b.s.

LOL. I have a hamster the same age. I bought him at Merle's Pet Shop in Los Angeles in 1973. Really.