<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><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;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><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;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><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;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Courtesy of Daily Mail at:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2696360/Shes-called-Pinky-shes-perky-Rescue-cat-worlds-oldest-feline-turning-28.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2696360/Shes-called-Pinky-shes-perky-Rescue-cat-worlds-oldest-feline-turning-28.html</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 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-size: 1em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She's called Pinky... and she's still perky! Rescue cat could be world's oldest feline after turning 28</h1><ul class="article-summary news" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><font style="font-size: 1.4em;"><b><br></b></font></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><font style="font-size: 1.4em;"><b>- Pinky was born in July 1986 and at 28 could officially be world's oldest cat</b></font></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><font style="font-size: 1.4em;"><b><br></b></font></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><font style="font-size: 1.4em;"><b>- Has lived with owners Ann and Bob Higginbottom since being a kitten</b></font></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><font style="font-size: 1.4em;"><b><br></b></font></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><font style="font-size: 1.4em;"><b>- Couple from Lincolnshire have proof Pinky could be the world's oldest <br></b></font></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><font style="font-size: 1.4em;"><b><br></b></font></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;"><font style="font-size: 1.4em;"><b>- Are looking to approach Guinness World Records with Pinky's certificates</b></font></li></ul><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A rescue cat looks set to be crowned the world's oldest feline after her owners found proof she is a staggering 28-years-old. <br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pinky who was born in July 1986, which makes her 129 in human years, was taken in by her owners Ann and Bob Higginbottom as a four-month-old kitten and she has lived with the couple ever since in Dunston, Lincolnshire. <br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The pair have documentation of early visits to vets, which prove that at 28-years-old Pinky could be officially the world's oldest cat.</font></p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Guinness Book of Records has a cat from Bournemouth called Poppy, listed as the world's oldest, but she died earlier this month aged 24 meaning Pinky could take the crown. <br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pinky and her brother Perky, who died 10 years ago, were rescued by Bob and Ann after being born on a farm and taken to an RSPCA rehoming centre.</font></p><div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div class="relatedItems" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"></ul></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This was at a time when Top Gun was wowing cinema audiences, Margaret Thatcher was prime minister and Madonna was top of the charts. <br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But these days Pinky now spends her time in the warmth of the couple's greenhouse at their new bungalow or sunning herself as she watches their ornamental Koi.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today retired caterer Mrs Higginbottom said that Pinky was now completely deaf and 'turning into an old lady'.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 73-year-old explained: 'We got her and Perky when they were just four months old.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'She is amazing really, completely deaf now as is to be expected, but her eyesight is still as sharp as ever.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'She is turning into an old lady now, she likes to sit by our Koi pond and just watch them as they swim about.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'She isn't interested in catching them any more, just likes to watch them.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'When we first got them they chose to live in the barn when we lived at the manor house.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'It was up to them, I imagine it was because they came from a farm and where used to living out there.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'Now she spends her time out in the greenhouse. <br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'She comes in and likes to be petted but that's just where she likes to be. She does not like being picked up, but nor do many cats.' <br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The oldest cat ever, according to Guinness World Records, died in Texas, USA, in August 2005 at the age of 38 years.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Other cats have laid claim to the title, but their owners don't have any documentation to prove their pet is the oldest feline.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mrs Higginbottom said that she and retired quantity surveyor Mr Higginbottom, 87, were now looking to approach Guinness World Records with Pinky's certificates.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She added: 'It would be incredible for Pinky to be recognised as the world's oldest cat and as far as we can see there is nothing stopping her being crowned that.'</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pinky, who is celebrating her 28th birthday, which could make her the world's oldest cat poses next to her birthday cake<br><br><img src="cid:AB15A431-906D-4CD0-BA6F-BD3E87B8F0DF" alt="image.jpeg" id="AB15A431-906D-4CD0-BA6F-BD3E87B8F0DF" width="640" height="367"></font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>