Alas poor Tony, our (nearly) 21 year old cat, has passed away to the great mouse hunting place in the sky.

Born in 1988 in Perth Australia, Tony moved to New Zealand in the early nineties and lived in Westport and various suburbs of Christchurch, before retiring to New Brighton in 2001. Tony managed to hold his own until the end, and was the boss of all the neighborhood dogs, especially Shadow - our dog - who always lived in Tony's, er, shadow.
Tony was particularly well known for his very loud and strident meouw, and also for his inability to scratch with his left paw due to damage from a road accident. The resultant "scratch by proxy" sewing machine effect always caused us amusement, and Tony got some pleasure too.
Tony was a real character and we'll all miss him.