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Old 10-05-2012, 22:49
Terry Telly
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I am sorry to post here with the news that Meow – the biggest cat in the world (2st 9lbs) - has passed on shortly after receiving nationwide publicity in the USA over his attempts to slim.

Metro reports (on the link below) that the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society of New Mexico bought Meow a scratching post with a carpeted ring attached but he couldn't even get his head through . According to Metro, Meow, did, however, manage to walk up the stairs in search of affection .

Rest In Peace Meow.

Here is the link referred to above:

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/898379-w...monary-failure

There is more about Meow here:

http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/...es-of-obesity/
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Old 11-05-2012, 00:05
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Awwww he was huge but still a little cutie
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Old 11-05-2012, 00:09
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It is a sad loss.
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Old 11-05-2012, 10:49
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no its not
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Old 11-05-2012, 17:02
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Terry Telly wrote: It is a sad loss.
ste1969 wrote: no its not
Yes it is.
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Old 11-05-2012, 17:48
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What on earth were his previous owners feeding him ?Cheeseburgers ?
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Old 12-05-2012, 02:33
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What on earth were his previous owners feeding him ?Cheeseburgers ?
Hotdogs was one of the foods he was given by his previous owner....no im not joking.
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Old 12-05-2012, 02:39
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I read about the cat in the papers a few weeks ago.

Sorry but some people, elderly or not should not have pets if they don`t know how to take care of them properly - the poor cat was only 2years old
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Old 12-05-2012, 15:54
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This is why it is so important to feed your pets the proper diet.
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Old 13-05-2012, 18:07
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The largest domestic cats are Maine Coons (I have 2 ) and they used to judge them by weight for record breaking purposes. The rules had to be changed due to stupid owners over feeding their cat Now they judge them by length which is much more sensible. Here is the current champ I think

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...world-4ft.html
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Old 14-05-2012, 10:04
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Poor kitty. He looks so cuddly too.
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Old 14-05-2012, 10:16
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The sad thing is that it died from an obesity related problem.
If it weren't so fat, may well still be alive.
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Old 14-05-2012, 18:52
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why ??
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Old 14-05-2012, 23:04
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The sad thing is that it died from an obesity related problem.
If it weren't so fat, may well still be alive.
The owners were guilty of ill-treating the animal, end of. To get that much food inside a cat within 2 years, they must have been shovelling it in.

Moral of the story is, if Granny's got Alzheimer's, don't let her keep a cat. It won't end well.
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Old 15-05-2012, 21:04
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Terry Telly wrote: It is a sad loss.
ste1969 wrote: no its not
Terry Telly wrote: Yes it is.
ste1969 wrote: why ??
Why do you not think that the passing of the cat is sad?
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Old 15-05-2012, 21:09
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The Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society of New Mexico obviously did all they could for him. I had hoped that he would have lived and slimmed down.
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Old 16-05-2012, 11:32
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Why do you not think that the passing of the cat is sad?
no it wasn't my cat so why should i thimk it is sad
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Old 17-05-2012, 03:18
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no it wasn't my cat so why should i thimk it is sad
cos he was only two, poor Meow
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Old 18-05-2012, 09:26
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The previous owners should be done for animal cruelty.
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Old 18-05-2012, 11:11
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The previous owners should be done for animal cruelty.
Spot on!

And it is sad that an animal is abused in this way -- even if the owners' intentions were founded in bizarre affection for the cat.
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