for being so purrfectly adorable

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Residents of St Andrews have clubbed together to buy a bronze statue of Hamish McHamish, the town cat, as their answer to Edinburgh’s Greyfriars Bobby.

The 14-year-old cat originally belonged to St Andrews resident Marianne Baird, but walked out at the age of one and has since become the town’s collective pet, wandering between houses, shops and university buildings.

“He is so clued up. When you watch him cross the road he waits for the lights to change. The legend is if you don’t let him into your home and feed him you will have bad luck.”