Comedian raises funds for cat charity with surreal cat name prints

Comedian Bob Mortimer's penchant for dreaming up quirky names for cats has evolved into a fundraising campaign to benefit the National Adoption Centre, run by Cats Protection. The names are being depicted on prints which are being sold to raise money for the Sussex-based centre. The initiative began as a series of posts on Twitter by the cat-loving comedian. https://twitter.com/realbobmortimer/status/728524079716798464 https://twitter.com/RealBobMortimer/status/947876869176807424 The names are then turned into prints and cards by online print and gift company Wordynumnum and sold in limited print runs via their online shop. https://twitter.com/wordynumnum/status/954683280284114955 Mortimer visited the Adoption Centre on Friday, and told Cats Protection: “I’m a big cat lover and have always had them in my life so it’s great to be supporting Cats Protection, which does so much to help unwanted moggies. I have two cats at the moment, called Goodmonson and Mavis, but I love naming cats and am always calling them different things every day.”     <span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span>   The charity is hoping that some of Mortimer's more romantic cat names will prove attractive as Valentine's Day gifts. The first three cats to receive a ‘romantic’ name inspired by Bob – Tender Gary, Softy Pinkpowders and Derek Snuggles – have happily already found loving new homes.     At the beginning of 2018 it was announced that the prints had already raised £3,211 for Cats Protection. In addition, a one-of-a-kind A1 cat print was also donated to Cats Protection which sold for £412 at the end of 2017, bringing the overall amount raised to £3,623. More fundraising with names • WWF to auction naming opportunity for newly discovered flower (1 June 2015) • 69 authors support CLIC Sargent's Get Into Character auction (26 February 2015) • Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture’s Immortality Auction raised £25,000 in December 2000. • Ian Rankin auctions thriller character name in The Independent’s Christmas Appeal (28 December 2001) • Sir Anthony Horowitz OBE auctions character name in next James Bond novel for £30k for London's Air Ambulance (8 December 2014)  

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