World's fattest cat weighs 15 kg

2, June, Sun

Sponge Bob the nine-year-old tom weighs a huge 2st 5lb as much as a grown labrador or four-year-old kid.

At 2ft with a 27in waist he's believed to be the world's fattest cat.He's so big he can't clean himself and struggles to walk.He ballooned as his frail owner could not regulate his food.Now he's at a shelter, where boss Kendra Mara said: "We opened up the carrier and 15 people stood staring at him. He's the largest cat we've ever seen."

Sponge Bob is on a high protein diet to help him shed 1st 6lb.Previous fattest cat Meow died at 2st 11lb in the US last month.

THIS ginger tabby is so tubby he's on the Catkins Diet to shed nearly half his body weight.