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Tilly the Bengal cat was one thing of an area celeb in Gosport earlier than she was tragically hit by a automobile in October 2023 on the age of two.
Her Facebook web page Tilly’s Gosport Adventures documented antics such because the feline going into native retailers and even visiting the native police station, the place she was embraced as an honorary “Police Cat”.
In the wake of her premature loss of life, followers of the feline created a memorial and laid flowers in Gosport city centre, and a fundraiser was launched to pay for a plaque or statue of her.
Owner Caroline Oakes commissioned US-based artists Remy and Paul Hoggard to create a bronze effigy of Tilly. The pair are completed “sand artists” and likewise created a sand sculpture of the cat.
The effigy has now been despatched to Caroline, however she claims that the artists haven’t obtained the fee which was so generously raised by means of donations.
Addressing followers on social media, she stated the information was “very upsetting”. It has since reported the incident to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary. A Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary spokesperson confirmed: “This is being investigated by police. We are speaking to the parties involved and our enquiries continue.”
