Picture of the World’s Tallest Domestic Cat of 2011

A second filial (F2) Savannah Cat whose name was “Trouble” was, at November 2011, the Guinness World Records tallest domestic cat at 19 inches to the shoulder. This made him a fraction taller than the famous “Magic“, a female first filial (F1) Savannah cat who is 17.1 inches to the shoulder. Magic is still alive and as far as I am aware still the world’s tallest domestic cat. She lives in California.

Trouble escaped his home at the age of about four years and was tragically killed. I wrote about it on September 13, 2012.

The picture below is therefore of some interest. I bumped into it on my travels across the Internet. You can see that it was taken on a farm where I presume Trouble’s owner lived and probably still lives. His owner/caretaker/guardian was Debbie Maraspini.

Trouble and caretaker
Trouble and caretaker

You can see in the photograph how majestic Trouble was. It is nice to see his size in comparison to the size of a human being who I presume is Debbie. The other photographs that I have do not show this comparison so it is difficult to get a feel for the true size of this magnificent domestic cat who was tragically killed at such a young age.

The following two links provide a little bit more information about this cat and were written at the height of his fame. His name was prophetic. High filial Savannah cats can be a handful so in some ways his escape from his home (off his leash) is unsurprising.

  1. World’s Tallest Domestic Cat 2011
  2. How was Trouble killed?

4 thoughts on “Picture of the World’s Tallest Domestic Cat of 2011”

  1. Agree about the tallest. In history Magic is not the tallest but I don’t know of any other cat who is living and taller than Magic. Yes, the story of Trouble is tragic. The ultimate tragedy. Such a high profile cat. The whole tragedy was as you say made by humans. Humans created Trouble and a lack of adequate care resulted in his death. Damn the humans…. 😉

  2. If you love animals and have the time and commitment you’d do a great job. It takes more time and care to look after a cat like this. I suppose the cat becomes a major part of your life.

  3. I’d love to learn how to care for exotic or wild animals, especially cats. Domesticated animals are too easy for me.

  4. Have been so sad a long time for Trouble. Another human failure in the tragic death of a cat.
    So, Magic is the reigning tallest. In history, he wouldn’t be.

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