gorda

Rachel Zajac adopted Gorda, her 19-pound cat, at the SPCA. “My other cat passed away, and we have a dog, but I decided I wanted another cat because I’m a cat person,” Zajac says. And she didn’t want a kitten. Gorda is almost 9 years old, and her owner had surrendered her twice to the SPCA. “I knew that kittens would be more likely to be chosen,” Zajac says. “Older cats have more problems, but I wanted to help out a cat that wouldn’t be chosen.” The 18-year-old also chose Gorda because of her unique face markings. The family discovered that if you scratch right above Gorda’s tail, her body stiffens and she does this funny thing with her face and tongue. “My mom calls it ‘robot cat,’ ” Zajac says. “I’ve never seen a cat do that before.”