<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Courtesy of Metro (London, England) at:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/27/napoleon-cat-set-to-take-over-the-world-4205339/">http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/27/napoleon-cat-set-to-take-over-the-world-4205339/</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">---------------------------------</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div><h1 itemprop="headline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-size: 54px; font-family: CorpidBold, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Napoleon cat set to take over the world</h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Taunts about his lack of stature failed to stop Napoleon from cutting a swathe across Europe.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And now a moggy named after him could be about to conquer the world on some of the shortest legs in the animal kingdom.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Napoleon breed may bear an uncanny resemblance to a draught excluder. But it has been recognised by the International Cat Association after nearly 20 years of campaigning by breeder Joe Smith.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And now that its pedigree is recognised, the compact cat is tipped to challenge lapdogs in the affections of celebrity pet-lovers such as Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kai Rogers – who has brought a breeding pair to his cattery in Llanelli, West Wales – is hoping to be ahead of the trend.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘It’s a bit comical because when you first see one, you think it’s sat down when it’s not,’ he said.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘It’s like a meerkat, it will stand up on its hind legs for quite some time.’</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Napoleon – created by US-based Mr Smith by crossing the Persian and Munchkin breeds – is sold by only a handful of American dealers, with prices starting at $1,200 (£740) for a kitten.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mr Rogers said ‘there’s always a chance’ that such exclusivity will make it the next must-have accessory for the girl who has everything.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But Paris Hilton and company should know that the fluffy pets can be more of a handful than your average chihuahua or shih tzu.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘They’re just as quick and agile as other cats and they can run pretty fast,’ said Mr Rogers.<br>‘What they lack in height they make up for in ingenuity.’</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="text-align: start; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-align: center; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cutest thing on short legs: The low-slung Napoleon could become the next must-have pet </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img src="cid:D98F1B88-DFBB-4446-B09B-258D3CF489C6" alt="ad_120483915.jpg" id="D98F1B88-DFBB-4446-B09B-258D3CF489C6" width="320" height="213"></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">--------------------</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img src="cid:7CD37D5C-5102-4CDF-92FA-DA9E5F83B390" alt="ad_120483801.jpg" id="7CD37D5C-5102-4CDF-92FA-DA9E5F83B390" width="320" height="277"></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">---------------------------------<br><br><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>