Cologne --
It can no longer run. - Climbing impossible. The Katzenkörbchen is much too small.
And wear is a problem: fat 15 kilograms brings the black and white cat on the balance - normally would be about 4.5 pounds!
Cologne's fattest cat is not alone: She was rescued with another three greased chicks, rabbits and four guinea pigs from a filthy apartment in Lindenthal.
"The owner was hospitalized. The fire department then sought their animals out of the apartment - and nearly fell over: the woman was a messie, the apartment totally pollute, "said shelter director, Ruth Gosdeck.
The four cats together bring nearly 60 kilos on the scales: "Far too heavy to carry them in our normal transport baskets. We just had to get new cages. "Even the rabbits are overweight," They weigh between four and ten pounds - normally there are two! "
Now the animals are so shy that you hardly can touch, well cared for at the shelter: "You need to lose weight now! But that is only very slowly under veterinary supervision, "said Gosdeck.
What happens to Garfield (so christened the shelter staff, the fattest cat) and her three buddies decide the veterinary office: "The animals were seized, and so long remain with us until they better!"
