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Tommaso, a four-year-old cat from Rome, has become the world's richest cat, the Guardian reported.

Since the death of his 94-year-old owner last month, he has become a property magnate with flats and houses worth an estimated 10 million euros scattered from Milan in the north to Calabria in the south.

Tommaso's owner, the childless widow of a successful builder — entrusted the cat – and his fortune – to a nurse and cat-lover, named Stefania, before she died.

Under Italian law, animals cannot inherit directly. But they can be beneficiaries if a suitable trustee is found.（點擊英國《衛報》查看原文）

貓咪繼承千萬歐財產

?????? 據英國《衛報》報道，羅馬的一只4歲貓咪湯馬索成為世界上最富的貓。

?????? 自從上周它94歲的主人去世后，它便成了地產巨頭，坐擁著遍布北自米蘭、南至卡拉布里亞價值1千萬歐元的公寓和房子。

?????? 湯馬索的女主人是一名成功建筑商的遺孀，膝下無子，在去世前，把貓咪和財產托付給了一名稱為斯特凡尼亞的護士兼愛貓人士。

?????? 意大利法律規定，動物不可直接繼承遺產。但如找到合適的托管人，動物可從中受益。

(China.org.cn December 13, 2011)