The world's oldest cat died at the age of 32 (which is 144 in cat years)

The world's oldest cat was 32 years old (which is 144 in cat years) and died in hearth failure. When Nutmeg, the tabby cat was born, Margaret Thatcher was the prime minister, Elizabeth II has been sat on the throne only for 30 years. According to his owners, Liz and Ian Finley, who taken care of the cat for 27 years, the secret of the long life of the cat was that they fed him with tuna, cream and roast chicken.

  

The condition of the cat was turned to worst in the last weeks of his life and he was hardly able to breath. Ian Finley, the pensioner baker told sadly: "We both feel our hearts have been ripped out. He was our little boy." - Wrote the Metro. The couple also said that "We won't be getting another cat, because we don't think that we will be able to go through this heartbreak again."

 

Nutmeg firstly met them in 1990 with their other cat, Spicy. When it's turned out that he is a stray, they adopted him and after Spicy's death he became their only one pet. According to the vet he was around five years old, when they adopted him, so when he died in the end of August, he probably was 32 years old. Cats are usually lives for 15 years, so he lived exceptional long life. According to the book of Guinness World Records, the oldest cat in the world was a 30 years old Siamese cat from Texas, who died in May. His owner would wanted to that they officially acknowledge Nutmeg the world's oldest cat, though they got the cat as a stray, they couldn't certify his age by papers.