Posted on 08/29/2009 6:39:22 AM PDT by 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."
Are they all blind then? That’s obviously 2 different cats.
Evidently. LOL
Must be liberals....they fall for anything!! LOL
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