Italian cat inherits €10m fortune

[meow2u3]

Tommaso, a four-year-old, one-time stray from Rome, is thought to have become the world's richest cat.

Since the death of his 94-year-old mistress last month, he has become a property magnate — or perhaps mognate — with flats and houses worth an estimated €10m scattered from Milan in the north to Calabria in the south.

In a handwritten will, signed on 26 November, 2009, Tommaso's mistress — the childless widow of a successful builder — gave her lawyers the task of identifying "the animal welfare body or association to which to leave the inheritance and the task of looking after the cat Tommaso".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/09/italian-cat-inherits-fortune

One of two things is going to happen to the kitty. Either he's going to be spoiled rotten or he'll end up getting a visit from the Meowfia. ;)

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1. May Tommaso live a long long time

and I sure hope he gets his nine lives and plus some.

He's probably already spoiled rotten!

I can't say I blame the lady the passed away one bit for leaving everything to her beloved cat. If I was alone with no one and rich, I'd do the same thing.

:D

[KansDem]

2. "Meowfia" !!!

:rofl:


I'm making you and offer you can't refuse!

[hifiguy]

3. That money will do a lot of good for a lot of animals

and not just Tommaso.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. And just like that he shot up into the 1% of

catdom.

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[malaise]

6. Meowfia.

[shockra]

7. Cats will be flocking to Italy like the salmon of Capistrano.

Here in 'murika animals and the environment get only 2% of donations according to Charity Navigator (2010). Though most of it goes to cats and dogs.

[KamaAina]

8. I've been thinking about adopting a kitty...

:-)

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Hmmmm ... is it legal to marry a cat in Italy? nt

[meow2u3]

10. If you're another cat, maybe

If you're human, you'll just have to adopt one.

:think: I wonder how many Italians are lining up to adopt the four-legged fat cat, Tommasso.