There are 2 cats at a Canadian cat lovers' speciality store known as the Cat House. Lesley Anne resembles a Norwegian Forest cat and Buddy Guy is a brown tabby.

They are rebels (in their independent feline spirit sort of way) with claws and also severel causes. Buddy Guy supported the Cochrane Humane Society by posing in his "cow cat" costume for a T-shirt for a fundraiser. Both cats also make a point of supporting a Canadian cat-rescue organisation known as the MEOW Society, by featuring them on the Cat House website.

Lesley Anne, about 15 years old, and Buddy Guy, about 12 years old, also get involved in the local cat fancy. They don't enter the cat shows themselves but promote the cat shows in the Cat House's e-newsletter.

By Valerie Nemeth