Clauz – World’s Fattest Cat 1950

Holy cow, i thought that picture was fake when i first saw it.. i'm glad they have done away with the "World's fattest cat" category in the Guiness Book Of Records, but i'm sure a lot of this practice still goes on 🙁

Laura @ puppy training

Yes; some times owners are responsible for the obesity of their cat. There love towards the cat makes them feed her now and then and sometimes some cats have the habit to eat everything they have been given. In some cases if the cats have been operated for any particular reason they become fat to some extent. I think the owners should take care of the cats along with self in this regard and should walk and play more with them which will help both of them to keep away the problem obesity.

i have two cats - both on the same diet - both were given the same amount of food - separatly - one cat was 7 lbs and the other 30 lbs - tell me how i am being a bad owner when the cats have a predetermined weight!

Yes, cat obesity is one thing if it's the result of a disease or it's the cat caretaker overfeeding the cat out of ignorance. I suppose that might also have been the case with good old Clauz.
But some of the very extreme cases that have become common sight over the last decade seem like people seeking their five minutes of fame - at the expense of their cats. And in those cases it is definitely gross abuse.

The 1983 "Guiness book of World Records" in my posession lists a neutered male tabby "Himmy" as the worlds fattest cat weighing 20.7 Kg and owned by Mr Thomas.Vyse of Queensland, Australia. The fattest cat in Britain for that same year was a part Persian cat named "Tiger" owned by Mrs Phyllis.Dacey of Essex.
This proves the fact that "OBESITY" in cats is artificially created by human owners and not confined to any particular breed as in dogs.
Thankfully "Guiness book of World records" have abolished the "Heaviest or Fattest cat" listing in its "Pets Section" theby avoiding artificial creation of monstous cats with pitifull pet living standards.
"Clauz" looks monstrous and the same is with "Himmy" in comparison to a normal cat.

I consider that animal abuse too, no ome should let their pet get so fat... It's cruel.

I've never heard of Clauz before, but last year I was given a strange book for my birthday which was about fat and naturally large animals. The first animal in the book was a cat called Hercules, he weighs about 40 kilo, which is about 20lb, and was so fat he had breathing issues!

It just doesn't seem right... Making your cat suffer so you and the cat get your names in a book....

Hi Finn, I find this interesting and shocking. How could a person feed up their cat like that? At one time it seems that some people were feeding up their cats to win records which explains why Guinness World Records no longer have a world's fattest cat today 2010 (as far as I remember).

I tend to feel for the cat.