Russia has its fair share of mafia fat cats, but it also has what may be the fattest pet cat in the world.
Katy, a five-year-old Siamese from the town of Asbest in the Ural mountains, weighs in at 23 kilograms (50 pounds) - slightly more than the average six-year-old boy. Isn't that shocking!
"She doesn't really eat that much," owner Tamara Yapugova told the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.
"She has a couple of fish in the morning and about 200 grams of meat in the evening. "
Katy's owners are trying to get her recognised in the Guinness Book of Records as the fattest living cat in the world.
The record is currently held by a cat from the US state of Minnesota, which weighs a mere 18.5 kg.
KATY'S VITAL STATISTICS
Length - 69 cm (27 inches)
Waist - 70 cm (27.5 inches)
Weight - 23 kg (50 pounds)
Whisker span - 15 cm (6 inches)
Food consumption: 1.3 frankfurters per minute
