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fat cat
Tommaso, a rescued black moggy, inherited €10 million ($13.4 million) from his late owner and is now believed to be the richest cat in the world.
Tommaso’s hoomin, the childless, 94-year-old widow of a successful builder, instructed her lawyers via handwritten note to identify “the animal welfare body or association to which to leave the inheritance and the task of looking after the cat Tommaso.”
Under Italian law, animals cannot inherit directly. However, they can be beneficiaries if a suitable trustee is found. The elderly widow entrusted the cat (and his fortune) to a friend and fellow cat-lover named Stefania, who also nursed the widow during her last months.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/201...nherits-fortune
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