The world's oldest living cat has turned 30. Converted to human age, that is equivalent to 136 years old.
According to foreign media including the New York Post, Flossie, the world's oldest living cat in Britain, celebrated her 30th birthday on Dec. 29 last year.
Flossie, whose fur is a mix of brown and black, was born in 1995 near a hospital in Merseyside. Flossie lived as a stray before being adopted by a hospital employee, and stayed with the first owner until the owner died 10 years later. She then moved to the owner's younger sister's home, where she lived for 14 years.
After the second owner died, the owner's son cared for Flossie for three years but decided it was no longer possible to raise her and entrusted Flossie to a shelter. There, Flossie met her current owner, Vicki Green.
Green said, "I knew from the start that Flossie was a special cat, but I never imagined I would end up living with the world record-holding cat."
She added, "I have always wanted to give older cats a comfortable later life," and "I am proud to have met such a wonderful cat through a cat protection organization."
Flossie has conditions such as hearing loss and deteriorating vision due to old age, but is still playful and curious.
The shelter suggested that Flossie's longevity was due to maintaining a consistent routine that included regular meals, sufficient sleep time, and appropriately intense hunting play.
Meanwhile, Flossie was listed by Guinness World Records in Nov. 2022 as the world's oldest living cat. Previously, the cat listed as the world's longest-lived was "Cream Puff," raised by Jake Perry, who was born on Aug. 3, 1967, in Texas, and lived 38 years and three days until Aug. 6, 2005.