WELLINGTON: New Zealand was mourning the loss of the nation's "First Cat" Wednesday after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's pet puss Paddles was run over by a car in Auckland. The prime minister's office confirmed that the ginger and white rescue cat, also described by Ardern as the PM (Prime Moggy), died in an accident on Tuesday. "To anyone who has ever lost a pet, you'll know how sad we feel," the 37-year-old leader wrote on Facebook, urging people to donate to an animal rescue charity. US magazine Vanity Fair said the tech-savvy feline was "helping establish Ardern as the latest hip, cool world leader that America wishes it had". Kent Parkstreet tweeted that Paddles was "a whimsical bit of peace and hope for the world, from a peaceful and hopeful nation".

Source: The Star November 08, 2017 03:33 UTC