Mews and Nips: World’s Oldest Cat is a Tortoiseshell

Poppy, a 24-year-old tortoiseshell cat from Bournemouth, England, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest cat. Born in 1990, she was adopted by Marguerite Corner and her daughter Jacqui at the age of five. When she was ten, she went with Jacqui who had moved in with future husband Andy West. The couple now have two sons – Joe, 11 and Toby, eight – and Poppy shares their home with four other cats, two rabbits and a hamster. Poppy is deaf and blind, but despite her a...