Saturday, December 10, 2011

Animal News - Cats in Italy to Heritage $ 10 million pounds sterling


A black cat in Rome, Italy, named Tommaso suddenly became the richest animal in the world after its master died. This four-year-old cat inherits $ 10 million pounds sterling, or about Rp141 billion.

Preached the pages of The Guardian, Friday, December 9, 2011, Tommaso's employer is not to be named died last month at age 94. In his will, childless widow is ordered her lawyer to give the entire property spread from Milan in the north to Calabria in the south to Tomasso.

In a will dated 26 November 2009, the widow of construction businessman also provides a mandate for her attorney to appoint foundation animal lover who can keep Tommaso. One lawyer, Anna Orecchioni, told the daily Il Messaggero said that there are some foundations that have been qualified.

According to Italian law, an animal can not inherit its employer. To that end, the widow would entrust her assistant, Stefania, to take care of her wealth. When the widow was sickly, Stefania helped to do some homework.

"I do not know if the signora very rich," said Stefania.

Tommaso is not the first cat to get the inheritance of hundreds of billions of dollars. Earlier, in 1988, a cat named Blackie in England also inherit its employer $ 9 million pounds sterling, or about Rp127 billion. viva