We all know of Gunter, the world’s richest dog… But will you please all bow deeply and welcome Tommassino into the Richest Animal’s Hall of Fame.
Tommassino, formally a stray cat of the mean streets of Italy, allowed himself to be adopted (ie: he decided to move in with) Maria Assunta.
Maria, whose husband left her very wealthy indeed, had no living family, and when she wafted off to the city of clouds and angels above recently at the age of 94, she left all her money and worldly possessions to Tommassino.
This makes his Purrness the 3rd richest pet in the world.
I know what all the cats are thinking: a dog, a lowly dog is beating us? But felines, seriously, it’s only a mere million or two separating you all. Besides, I’m sure the animal kingdom version of the country club is much more fun and cooler than ours, so you can rest easy (and you know it’s full of human slaves bringing the rich pets milk and cream in gold bowls, bones carved from elk and chew toys made of the finest silk, the sweetest nip, the throw and fetch sticks of the rarest trees, and beds that would make an Egyptian royal weep with envy). You’re rich, we’re not. You win.
Tommassino cannot directly get his whiskers and claws on the cold, hard cash under Italian law, so he has a friend/nurse of Maria (and fellow feline lover) Stefania to look after Cat in Louboutin Boots.
Apparently he doesn’t need much, apart from a ‘saucer of milk and some biscuits’. I just hope they know how to feed a cat properly, and that is with meat, meat and more meat, with a side of meat…which is pretty much what a lot of human creatures I know think is THE diet for them. Cats, yes, humans, no.
Anyway, Tommassino is reclining on a cat bed crafted from the finest spun gold, silver and other precious metals, studded with diamonds, emeralds, and rubies, and his pillows are hand-spun silk and cashmere…and is doing this from an undisclosed location.
Tommassino, we wish you the best, sorry to hear of your recent loss of your beloved human, but hope you can find it in you to share a portion of your fortune with animals less fortunate than yourself.
(ps: this is NOT a pic of Mr T above. The black feline or the man version.)
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