[Bill Douglas]

I'm paying my respects today to a cat called Monk.

Sadly Monk is dying of old age and going to be euthanized later today. His age is unknown but he's older than eighteen and has lived a long and varied life.

Monk was an SPCA boy who was adopted by a Jazz musician living in a southern state of the US. The musician guy emigrated to New Zealand bringing with him his much loved and very large cat Monk. After some time the guy died of old age, and his friend Barbara took over the cat. Monk became something of a celebrity and did the rounds each day of the retirement complex bringing a lot of joy and happiness to everyone in the place.

He slowed down six months ago and is signing off today - so thanks for all your good work and fun times Monk.