<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>There can only be one . . . even on Caturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the <i>Sunday Times</i> (Johannesburg, South Africa) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/stnews/2016/05/17/Hes-The-One-Worlds-rarest-cat-found-living-rough-in-Cape-Town?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link">http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/stnews/2016/05/17/Hes-The-One-Worlds-rarest-cat-found-living-rough-in-Cape-Town?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Serif', serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2em; text-align: center; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">He's 'The One': World's rarest cat found living rough in Cape Town</h1><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.3em 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Lykoi‚ or “werewolf cat”‚ found by the TEARS Animal Rescue feral cat team‚ is South Africa’s only natural-born Lykoi and one of only 35 in the world.</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.3em 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">US vet Johnny Gobble‚ a Lykoi expert‚ said although they had been bred in South Africa‚ “the little Lykoi at Tears is the first natural mutation in South Africa reported".</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.3em 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The kitten is one of a litter of six taken to Tears in March after their mother – a domestic tabby — disappeared.</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.3em 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Gobble said all naturally occurring Lykoi had been found running wild. “We have some from shelters‚ some from feral cat colony trap-and-release programmes‚ and some that were found on the streets.</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.3em 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“This is why we call the Lykoi a second-chance breed. All of the cats in the starting programme were rescues. They have great personality overall‚ and we have found no genetic health problems so far. Since they come from the feral colonies‚ I think they have great immune systems.”</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.3em 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Since monitoring of the breed began in 2011‚ there have been 34 reported natural mutations from around the world.</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.3em 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At first‚ due to its strange appearance and behaviour — he did not play as a typical cat would‚ and displayed qualities that were more dog-like — Tears staff thought the cat was ill.</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.3em 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They have now named him Eyona — Xhosa for “The One” — and will make him the centrepiece of a “Quest for Hidden Treasure” campaign‚ in which they will ask for food‚ blankets and medicine‚ as well as adoptive homes for abandoned cats and dogs.</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.3em 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Eyona‚ however‚ will not be looking for a home. Tears has decided to keep him.</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.3em 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.3em 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Photo</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.3em 1em;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_052116.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_052116.jpg</a></p></div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><br><div><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></body></html>