Loyal Iᴛᴀʟɪᴀɴ Cat, Toldo, Brings Gifts To Owner’s Gʀᴀᴠᴇ

Loyal Iᴛᴀʟɪᴀɴ Cat, Toldo, Brings Gifts To Owner’s Gʀᴀᴠᴇ

A loyal cat has been bringing his owner small gifts everyday in a show of affection. The catch? The cat’s owner has been ᴅᴇᴀᴅ for over a year. Meet Toldo — a cute, 3-ʏᴇᴀʀ-ᴏʟᴅ black and white cat living in Montagnana, northern Iᴛᴀʟʏ. According to the Corriere Fiorentino, Toldo has been visiting his owner — Iozzelli Renzo, who ᴅɪᴇᴅ on September 22, 2011, ᴀɢᴇᴅ 71.

Since then, Toldo has been visiting his owner’s Gʀᴀᴠᴇ every day and bringing him small presents. The gifts usually consist of leaves, sticks, twigs, plastic cups or paper towels. Neighbors see Toldo wandering around the ᴄᴇᴍᴇᴛᴇʀʏ throughout the day, everyday.

“Today I went to the ᴄᴇᴍᴇᴛᴇʀʏ with Toldo. On my way back, someone I know told me the cat has already been there earlier this morning,” Renzo’s ᴡɪᴅᴏᴡ, Ada, said. It all started the day of ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴜɴᴇʀᴀʟ, when the cat followed the coffin from the house to the ᴄᴇᴍᴇᴛᴇʀʏ. The next morning, Ada went to the Gʀᴀᴠᴇ again. “We went to the ᴄᴇᴍᴇᴛᴇʀʏ with my daughter and found a sprig of acacia on the ɢʀᴀᴠᴇ. I immediately thought that it was the cat, but my daughter was convinced that I was just in a very emotional state at that moment.”

That night, however, Renzo’s son returned to the ᴄᴇᴍᴇᴛᴇʀʏ and found Toldo standing guard at the ɢʀᴀᴠᴇ. Toldo visits his late owner’s Gʀᴀᴠᴇ everyday .Ada says that her late husband shared a particularly strong bond with Toldo — He’d adopted the feline from a ꜰᴇʀᴀʟ cat colony when he was just a kitten.

Unfortunately, not everyone believes in the sanctity of the relationship between Toldo and his owner and some people often try to shoo the cat away.“There are ɪɴsᴇɴsɪᴛɪᴠᴇ people who send him away with stones or other things, convinced that the presence of an ᴀɴɪᴍᴀʟ in the ᴄᴇᴍᴇᴛᴇʀʏ is almost a ᴅᴇsᴇᴄʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ,” she told the news source.

Still, Toldo remains resilient and continues to visit the Gʀᴀᴠᴇ everyday.

“My husband was very affectionate with him. Renzo loved ᴀɴɪᴍᴀʟs. It’s almost as if Toldo would be grateful. He is a special cat, one can not help liking him, ” Ada said. Locals have become used to seeing Toldo prowling around the ᴄᴇᴍᴇᴛᴇʀʏ where Renzo is laid to rest and the cat has been spotted sitting on Renzo’s tombstone. The heartwarming true story shows that a cat can be man’s best friend just as much as dog.