Berlin: Workers at an animal home in the city of Cologne said on Friday they were looking for the owner of an overweight a cat abandoned outside its gates.
The black and white animal, which has been named Milka, weighed a massive 13 kilogram (29 pounds), more than three times the norm.
It was unable to wash itself and could barely walk, the Koeln-Dellbrueck home said in a statement.
The obese kitty was put on a crash diet and a course of antibiotics because of sores on its skin and workers had to find an extra-large quarantine box for it because none of the usual ones were big enough, the statement said.
"Whether it was out of misplaced love for animals or another reason, we just cannot understand such irresponsibility toward the cat," it added.
The home said it wanted to bring charges against the owner if he or she can be traced.
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