It is evidence in his campaign for a European Union ban on trade in cat and dog fur.

ECONOMIST: How much is that dead doggy in the window?

He lives alone, aside from a stray calico cat with matted fur, which he has named El Gato and sometimes feeds.

NEWYORKER: Happy Feet

The dresses, the shoes, the pinkish smell of perfume, the scratchy darkness, all pushed against me like the side of a big cat, thrust themselves into my mouth and nose like fur.

NEWYORKER: History of a Disturbance