The feline, as soon as gifted by the Russian president to a Japanese governor, has handed away
Mir the Cat, gifted by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Norihisa Satake, the governor of Japan’s Akita Prefecture, has handed away, native authorities introduced on Tuesday.
The grey Siberian cat died on the age of 12, having skilled well being points for some time, the prefectural press service advised TASS.
The governor obtained the kitten from Putin again in 2012, with the cat being named Mir (Russian for ‘Peace’) by its new house owners.
The feline was a return present from the Russian chief, who had earlier obtained an Akita-Inu, a big canine breed and the trademark animal of the prefecture. In accordance with media stories on the time, Putin, a well known canine lover, initially thought-about giving Satake a canine however modified his thoughts after studying the governor was a cat particular person.
The canine was named Yume (Japanese for ‘Dream’) by Putin, and repeatedly made public appearances alongside the president. Yume was given in gratitude for Russia’s assist in the emergency response to the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami that prompted the Fukushima nuclear energy plant catastrophe and killed not less than 19,700 individuals throughout Japan.
The kitten’s path to Japan was not straightforward – it needed to keep in quarantine for six months upon arrival. The high-profile cat was repeatedly visited by Russian diplomats, who supplied it with feline requirements.
Mir ended up in isolation once more through the Covid-19 pandemic over fears it might contract the illness. On the time, Satake stated the cat had develop into a real member of his household.
“It has an awesome urge for food, it’s robust and cheerful, and it has a relaxed character. Mir will get alongside nicely with six different cats that stay in our home. It is a particular creature for me – my soul rests once I see its face,” the governor stated on the time.
You may share this story on social media:
