| By: Yaeger Maher - at September 2, 2013 |
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Introduction
More often than not rich lists are made up of people who don’t deserve to have money. These could be people who made the most of their 15 minutes of fame, those born rich or people who just lucked out with the lottery.
More often than not rich lists are made up of people who don’t deserve to have money. These could be people who made the most of their 15 minutes of fame, those born rich or people who just lucked out with the lottery.
It can be depressing if you are struggling to make ends meet. Then there’s this kind of rich list, one that’s depressing but in a different kind of way. We live in a world in which quite a number of animals are richer than most people could ever dream of being.
History
Most countries have laws that forbid people from leaving assets to their animals following their death. However, thanks to myopic lawmakers and clever lawyers, there is a loophole. The first documented instance where a person left their wealth to an animal happened in Russia during the 1800s. Maria Leontieva, a merchant from Uglish, stipulated that 100,000 rubles (a significantly large sum at the time) was to be given to her dog Serko in the event of her death.
Most countries have laws that forbid people from leaving assets to their animals following their death. However, thanks to myopic lawmakers and clever lawyers, there is a loophole. The first documented instance where a person left their wealth to an animal happened in Russia during the 1800s. Maria Leontieva, a merchant from Uglish, stipulated that 100,000 rubles (a significantly large sum at the time) was to be given to her dog Serko in the event of her death.
The precedent for leaving assets to an animal started in the U.S. with Jonathan Jackson. In 1880 he left orders that a hotel was to be built for his cats. Since 1923, it’s been legal in America for a person to leave assets to an animal. It has since become commonplace over the years with people leaving all sorts of weird valuables to their pets. Nowadays there are over a million wills throughout the U.S. that include stipulations regarding how a person wishes their pets to be treated and/or assets their pets are entitled to.
18) Silverstone the Tortoise and Porgy, Joy, Pride and Ronald the Cats
Silverstone is a tortoise worth $27,000. The 50 year old inherited his money from his former owner, a bookshop business woman named Christina Foyle, when she died in 1999. She ultimately left behind a $120,000,000 fortune.
Silverstone is a tortoise worth $27,000. The 50 year old inherited his money from his former owner, a bookshop business woman named Christina Foyle, when she died in 1999. She ultimately left behind a $120,000,000 fortune.
Most countries have laws that forbid people from leaving assets to their animals following their death. However, thanks to myopic lawmakers and clever lawyers, there is a loophole. The first documented instance where a person left their wealth to an animal happened in Russia during the 1800s. In Chinese culture, many animals are associated with wealth. Red bats are thought to attract money fortune. You are lucky to have bats in your house or nearby but even the images of bats can bring good fortune. Crane symbolizes longevity and good luck. It is present in numerous works of Chinese art.
Silverstone the Tortoise
Silverstone wasn’t the only animal left money in Foyle’s will. All up, she left $200,000 to a tradesman and his wife, Anthony and Eileen Scillitoe, for the two of them to care for her six tortoises and her collie-cross bred dog. While the dog died shortly after her owner, all the tortoises live on to enjoy their riches, being very well taken care of with those assets.
What sets Silverstone apart from his peers is that, while the other five tortoises remain with the Scillitoes, Silverstone is under the care of Foyle’s old housekeeper, Maureen Harding who pampers Silverstone more so than the Scillitoe do the five other tortoises in their care.
Foyle also left money to her cats, Porgy, Joy, Pride and Ronald, which Harding also cares for. Harding was originally left a $140,000 cottage by Foyle. Harding later sold it and bought another house where she cares for the four cats and one tortoise.
17) Tina and Kate the Dogs
Together, dogs Tina and Kate are worth over $1,000,000. The collie-crosses inherited their money when their owner, Nor Hardwell, died just one day prior to her 90th birthday. To ensure that her dogs would live out their lives in the luxury they’d been accustomed to, Hardwell left them her 5 acre property, plus $1,000,000 to spend on whatever they wished.
Together, dogs Tina and Kate are worth over $1,000,000. The collie-crosses inherited their money when their owner, Nor Hardwell, died just one day prior to her 90th birthday. To ensure that her dogs would live out their lives in the luxury they’d been accustomed to, Hardwell left them her 5 acre property, plus $1,000,000 to spend on whatever they wished.
Tina and Kate Pay More in Taxes Than Most People
Her only conditions were that an aide was to be installed to oversee the animals, and keep the property clean.
16) Tinker the Cat
Tinker the cat is worth $200,000. When he was eight years old, he caught the attention of an elderly woman named Margaret Layne. When she died in 2003 at the age of 89, she had no one else that she wanted to leave her belongings to, so she left both her money and her 3-bedroom house to her cat Tinker.
Tinker the cat is worth $200,000. When he was eight years old, he caught the attention of an elderly woman named Margaret Layne. When she died in 2003 at the age of 89, she had no one else that she wanted to leave her belongings to, so she left both her money and her 3-bedroom house to her cat Tinker.
A representative was appointed to ensure that Tinker would get milk and food daily. It was stipulated in Layne’s will, that the house was to stay open for either 21 years or until Tinker’s death (whichever happens first), at which point the representative inherits everything.
In a particularly odd turn of events, Tinker received death threats and harassing phone messages when the story became public. Despite the fact that Tinker’s representative had everything to gain from the death of Tinker, the rep opted to act in Tinker’s best interest and moved him to a safe house for the sake of his well being. As such, to this day, Tinker’s whereabouts or whether or not he’s still alive are unknown.
15) Tommasino the Cat
After being rescued by millionaire Maria Assunta, Tommasino the cat made a huge impact in the last years of the elderly woman’s life. So much so, that he inherited her entire fortune of $13 million when Assunta passed away.
After being rescued by millionaire Maria Assunta, Tommasino the cat made a huge impact in the last years of the elderly woman’s life. So much so, that he inherited her entire fortune of $13 million when Assunta passed away.
Tommasino - The Third Richest Cat in the World
This immediately made him the third richest cat in the world.
14) Flossie the Dog
Some animals don’t even have to wait for their owners to die before effectively inheriting their fortune. For some it’s just a formality, given that so long as their owner is alive, they’re living a life of luxury anyway. Flossie is one such animal. She is owned by actresses, Drew Barrymore, after Barrymore purchased her from a flea market.
Some animals don’t even have to wait for their owners to die before effectively inheriting their fortune. For some it’s just a formality, given that so long as their owner is alive, they’re living a life of luxury anyway. Flossie is one such animal. She is owned by actresses, Drew Barrymore, after Barrymore purchased her from a flea market.
Drew Barrymore and Her Heroic Dog Flossie
Remarkably, while most pets don’t really have to do anything other than what animals would naturally do, Flossie actually went above and beyond expectations when she actually saved Barrymore and her husband at the time Tom Green’s life in 2001. Flossie awoke the pair when a fire started in their home. Barrymore has since left $1.3 million to her dog.
13) Kalu the Chimp
Kalu is a chimpanzee who currently lives a life of luxury with the woman who saved her in 1985, Patricia O’Neal. O’Neal is the daughter of the Countess of Kenmore. O’Neal had found Kalu tied to a tree out in front of the Argentinian Consul-General among the war-ravaged countryside of Zaire.
Kalu is a chimpanzee who currently lives a life of luxury with the woman who saved her in 1985, Patricia O’Neal. O’Neal is the daughter of the Countess of Kenmore. O’Neal had found Kalu tied to a tree out in front of the Argentinian Consul-General among the war-ravaged countryside of Zaire.
Assuming she outlives his owner, Kalu will continue with her enviable life given that O’Neal changed her will in 2000, ensuring that Kalu would inherit her residence in Cape Town, South Africa that is worth around $80 million.
Patricia O'Neal and Kalu
