TS & MOGGIES TH MILLIONS! Creatures of comfort left a fortune by rich owners
ANIMAL:
Conchita the Chihuahua
Gail
OWNER:
Posner
INHERITANCE:
€7.5 million
Conchita was dubbed “the world’s most spoilt dog” after her Florida heiress owner revealed she spent €7,500 a month on her.
When Posner died in 2010, she left Conchita a €2million trust fund and a €5.5m beachfront mansion.
Her son Bret got a mere €750,000.
ANIMAL:
Hamish, Coco, Boon, Tuffnel and Eileen the cats
Beryl Reid
€1.2 million
Carry On actress Reid left her €1.2m home to her five felines when she died in 1996 aged 77.
They had all been strays but were assured a purrfect future thanks to the star.
OWNER: INHERITANCE: ANIMAL: OWNER: INHERITANCE:
Tinker the cat
Margaret Layne
€45 million
After Margaret befriended the stray, he inherited €120,000 plus her €550,000 home in Harrow, north London, when she died in 2003 aged 89.
Margaret stated in her will he could stay there until he died, with a trust fund left for his care.
ANIMAL: OWNER: INHERITANCE:
Trouble the Maltese terrier Leona Helmsley
€7 million
Flamboyant US hotelier Leona Helmsley, who died in 2007, left her pup €7 million in her will – and disinherited her two grandchildren at the same time. It was later reduced to €1m by a court.
ANIMAL: OWNER: INHERITANCE...LOST:
Kalu the chimp
Patricia O’Neill
€45 million
Posh Brit O’Neill adored Kalu – the chimp lived in luxury at her country estate and slept in the same bed as her owner. O’Neill even wrote her husband out of her will in favour of Kalu, who stood to inherit €45m.
But O’Neill frittered away her money and after getting caught in a scam, she was left skint when she died in 2019. Friends clubbed together to care for penniless Kalu – who now lives at the Monkey World sanctuary in Dorset.
ANIMAL: OWNER: INHERITANCE:
Tommaso the cat
Maria Assunta
€10 million
A real rags-to-riches tale, this stray black moggy inherited his owner’s portfolio of Italian property in 2011. After struggling to find an organisation which would care for Tommaso after her death, childless Italian widow Maria hit on the idea of transferring her wealth to him.