Scooter, briefly the world’s oldest living cat, dead at 30

A Siamese cat recently cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest living cat did not live to enjoy the title. Scooter marked his 30^th birthday on March 26. However, owner Gail Floyd of Mansfield, Texas, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Scooter had died by the time Guinness conferred its title on April 8.

Dr. Tricia Latimer, a Mansfield veterinarian, says Scooter had lived to the equivalent of about 136 human years. Scooter wasn’t Guinness’ oldest cat of all time, though. That mark belongs to a fellow Texas cat who lived to be 38.