The network is discussing a huge cat Patches. He became the darling of the internet

At the end of April, an animal shelter in Virginia, USA, posted a photo of a very large cat named Patchi on social networks. The picture was supplemented with the caption:

In the fund notedthat the cat is "very cute" and is on a special diet and exercise plan, and that they are looking for an owner to help him return to a healthy weight. “In the meantime, we will admire his immense body!” — added by the authors of the publication.

When Patchi was taken to the shelter, his weight was 42 pounds, which is 19 kg. The cat was very shy, so he did not immediately make contact.

The publication with Patchi's photo quickly went viral on the Web. The shelter staff received hundreds of responses from all over the country - many people were ready to take the cat to help him lose weight and find his family.

In the comments under the photo, users notedthat Patchi has a very cute face with a heart on his nose, and that he deserves the best owners. The cat has become a real favorite of the Internet.

As a result, patches got to a local woman named Kay Ford. She noted that she simply fell in love with this cat.

Kay joked that the cat was the size of "half a whiskey barrel" when she first saw him in person. Now she will help him lose weight. She even created a page on social networks - "Travel Patches» - to track the progress of the cat's weight loss.

Good luck to Patchi and Kay!

In previous editions of the Guinness Book of Records, the heaviest cat of all was Himmy from Australia, who weighed about 46 pounds (≈21 kg). But he died on March 12, 1986 at the age of 10 years and 4 months. Patchi is now 6 years old and appears to be the world's largest living cat.