A cat that could be Scotland's least wanted feline friend has spent more than 200 days waiting to be adopted -- because, it is suspected, he is too old for most people.
Stripes the domestic short hair tabby has been holed up at the Scottish SPCA's rehoming centre in Lanarkshire for almost seven months with "little interest" from potential adoptees, according to the animal charity. Workers at the Hamilton centre believe this might be because the adorable puss is somewhere between 10 and 13 years old - putting him squarely in the more autumnal years of his life.
In a Facebook appeal posted on Sunday in a bid to find Stripes his ideal retirement home, the charity said the cat was a "lovely, handsome boy" best suited to an adult-only home with no other animals, and ideally with outdoor or garden access.
