The huge ball of fur on the sidewalk of the Best Western Silver Fox Inn at the Waterville Valley Resort is actually a fat cat. A really fat cat.

The huge ball of fur on the sidewalk of the Best Western Silver Fox Inn at the Waterville Valley Resort is actually a fat cat. A really fat cat.

Cassie, a calico cat whom her owner Cotton Delo described as "big-boned," is presently enrolled in a three-month pilot of what could only be described as a sort of Weight Watchers for pets.

Ashton, aka Fat Cat, weighs about 21 pounds, despite the “weight-management” cat food we give him. He sometimes plops himself against a wall to brace himself while he attempts to clean his belly.

In cats, the figure is almost 58 percent, said Ernie Ward, a veterinarian and founder of the Association of Pet Obesity Prevention in Calabash, North Carolina.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — A fat cat has seen the ounces melt away after working out on an underwater treadmill three times a week at an animal rehabilitation center here.

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