<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of the Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/pictures-meet-one-scotlands-rarest-4660155">http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/pictures-meet-one-scotlands-rarest-4660155</a></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><h1 class="" itemprop="headline name" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meet one of Scotland's rarest cats - Harry the MALE tortoiseshell</span></font></h1></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">THIS unwanted moggy could be Scotland’s rarest cat – because he’s a MALE tortoiseshell.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twelve-week-old Harry has defied genetics by being one of the few toms in the world with the distinctive black and orange markings.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He was handed into Lothian Cat Rescue in Bonnyrigg after his owners realised they were allergic to his fur.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And his rare genes have raised eyebrows among staff at the home.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nicola Zelent has been a warden at the animal centre for 19 years.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She said: “It’s very rare to get a male. Harry shouldn’t be fertile, but we won’t know for another 12 weeks.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“There has never been a male that has been fertile – and if he was, Harry would be worth a lot of money.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There are around 8million pet cats in the UK and only a couple each year are born male tortoiseshell.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The vet who identified Harry’s gender said it was the first time she had come across a male tortoiseshell.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Margaret Riddell said: “When I heard the cat was called Harry, I said to the owners, ‘I think that might have to be a Harriet’.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I had to change my words when I discovered it was male. I’ve never seen one before and I’ve been a vet for more than 30 years.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Photos . . .</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112214_01.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112214_01.jpg</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112214_02.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112214_02.jpg</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112214_03.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112214_03.jpg</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112214_04.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112214_04.jpg</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112214_05.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_112214_05.jpg</a></span></p></div><div>-------------------------------------<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><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><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><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</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);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div></div></body></html>