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Latest Media Darling: 44-Pound Cat
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Jen Chung
Published Jul 30, 2008
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Let it to an obese NJ feline to give the NY Post a chance to have a "Pussy galore!" half cover. Camden County shelter officials in NJ say the cat, who they named "Princess Chunk," was found wandering around without a collar. A volunteer told the Courier-Post, "How do you lose a 44-pound cat?!" Princess Chunk, described as being "built like a quarterback," was weighed on the dog scale because she was too big for the cat scale--the shame! Still, she was visited by various news and will be put up for adoption if her owners do not show up. Any prospective owner would probably have to be prepared to help Princess Chunk lose weight--healthy cats generally weigh closer to 10-12 pounds.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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