Which is the worlds oldest cat?”
Man goes public with ‘world’s oldest cat’ (Agencies) Updated: 2009-09-01 16:34 Man goes public with ‘world’s oldest cat’ A Burnley resident is trying to determine whether he owns the world’s oldest cat, it has emerged. According to the Daily Express, Jim Cowell knows that his pet moggie Tizzie is at least 36 years of age, which works out as 160 years old in human terms. Tizzie was taken in by Cowell’s mother Winifred in 1973 after being found on a railway line. He later took over responsibility for the cat after Winifred was no longer able to look after her. Speaking yesterday, Cowell explained: “She’s fantastic. She was found by a couple of girls in a bag on the railway in 1973 and they gave her to my mum to look after. She was known as the Railway Cat. “She still looks like a kitten and moves around perfectly well. The vet said that her organs are as healthy as they would be in a younger cat.” The current Guinness World Record for the oldest cat is held by a pet called Cream Puff, wh
And at 27 human years, Mischief is still living up to his name despite “slowing down a little”, according to owners Chris and Donna Thorne. The Guinness World Records has confirmed there is no record holder in the UK at the moment but the previous oldest cat was 29. Mrs Thorne, 33, of St Austell, Cornwall, said: “It’s amazing – he just keeps going on and on.” Mr Thorne, 51, got the black cat from a friend in nearby Launceston as a kitten in 1981. He still has photographs of Mischief at just a few months old being cuddled at Christmas the same year. Almost three decades later, he is still a vital part of the Thorne family, and is adored the couple’s 20-month-old baby Skye. “She loves him to bits,” said Mrs Thorne. “When he eventually goes we’ll have to get another one because she’ll be devastated.” She said that despite Mischief’s advanced years, he still has a spring in his step. “His name says it all,” she said. “He may be 27 but he still manages to jump over the stair gate and he’s r
A Burnley resident is trying to determine whether he owns the world’s oldest cat, it has emerged. According to the Daily Express, Jim Cowell knows that his pet moggie Tizzie is at least 36 years of age, which works out as 160 years old in human terms. Tizzie was taken in by Cowell’s mother Winifred in 1973 after being found on a railway line. He later took over responsibility for the cat after Winifred was no longer able to look after her.
