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Looking for a rescued cat to take home? There's "Sunny Puss, friendly ginger cat." "Tom Tom, loving tuxedo kitten."

Then there's "Mr. Biggles, utter bastard of a cat."

wrote an adoption listing for Mr. Biggles

 (aka Lord Bigglesworth) that reads less like an ad and more like a cautionary tale.


Mr. Biggles "is an utter utter bastard," Gina Brett wrote in the listing, which went viral. He is "a despot and a dictator."

He's a gorgeous cat, but beware, she writes:

In a video posted with the listing, Mr. Biggles declined to offer a statement on why he was such a bastard, and whether he did it intentionally.

irascibility and violence. Mr. Biggles "permits kisses on his shiny black head if he's feeling mellow," the listing notes. He has a cute little snore. And he is capable of playing with a dog without drawing blood. He also "loves to be involved with what you're doing," which is a rather ambiguous form of praise for a cat.


And he's healthy. "Stupidly healthy," the listing says.

"Mr Biggles is not a cat for the inexperienced or faint hearted. He is a full blooded tomcat with very firm boundaries," the listing concludes. "Are you that one special person for Mr Biggles?"



As of Friday afternoon, Lord Bigglesworth was 

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A rescue group in Australia is looking for someone to take in a gorgeous black rescue cat. But be warned: "Mr. Biggles is a despot and a dictator" who "does not like to be thwarted."

Will someone please adopt this 'utter bastard of a cat'?

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