The Financial Times on Saturday comes with a large glossy How to Spend It supplement. Its largely an advertising vehicle but it also has articles on how the ‘haves’ in the world can spend their money.
The 21st June issue has a feature on pets and superyachts. A stat (Condor Ferries) suggests that 53% of people take their pets on holiday breaking down as 58% dogs and 22% cats (and the odd parrot obviously).
An Italian designer Cristiano Gatto works with boat builders to design in cat friendly areas on superyachts. These include scratch friendly areas and custom built napping spots and vertical areas to allow the cat to climb and view their domain from on high.
The feature notes that cats are very intelligent and there is no danger of them jumping over board. Hmmm
He’s well named then. Gatto is Italian for cat