Defiant Katie Price shows off £1.2k new cat after PETA offered her £5k to stop buying pets – and fans are furious
KATIE Price has revealed her new £1.2K cat – despite PETA calling for her to never own animals again.
The animal rights organisation recently offered the former glamour model – who is bankrupt – a whopping £5K if she stopped buying animals.
Yet the arrangement does not seem to have transpired, with Katie, 45, capturing the short haired cat perched on her laptop in her recent Instagram Stories.
The sphynx cat, which is a tan-colour, sat in the middle of her keyboard making it impossible for the star to complete her admin.
In her caption, Katie joked: “Suppose to be work time.”
She later told fans she was reading some magazines, perhaps hinting the kitty had refused to budge.
Her new pet came after we exclusively reported how the mum of five had given away her latest puppy because he no longer looked cute for Instagram.
Katie is no longer owner of adorable dog Tank, after bringing him into the family home last year.
The animal was the seventh pet living in her West Sussex Mucky Mansion – yet has now been passed over to her electrician.
Peta’s proposition
The arrangement with Tank came shortly before PETA’s offer to the TV star.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has offered the TV personality £5,000 in exchange for signing a legally binding agreement promising never to acquire another animal.
PETA said that “things have gone horribly wrong with many of the animals under her supervision” – with at least seven dying, while others have been sold or given away.
In a letter to the star, they wrote: “While your intentions may be good, the ever-growing number of animals who have either died under your supervision or been given away is impossible to ignore, and people are rightly concerned.”
“Whatever you may offer as reasons for their suffering, relinquishment, or demise, the fact is that you are consistently harming these sensitive, sentient individuals, and I hope you agree that this is a solution,” the PETA Vice President Elisa Allen added.
Sad history
Back in September 2021, Katie gave away daughter Princess’ dog Precious to a crew member on herTV series.
At the time, an official petition to stop her having pets in her care reached 35,712 signatures.
It came after Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) slammed Katie after the tragic death of her protection dog Blade last August.
In her defence, Katie explained police were investigating Blade’s passing after he was hit by a car.
It happened just seven months after another of Katie’s dogs, Sharon, was killed on the same road.
Katie's troubled pet history
HERE we look at Katie's past form with her pets:
November 2017
One of Katie’s horses was killed on the A24 after it broke lose from its field. She announced the death on social media and said she was devastated.
February 2018
Katie’s dog Queenie was hit by a car near her home, with the former model blaming a delivery driver for leaving the gate open.
November 2018
Katie claimed the family’s pet chameleon, called Marvin, died from a broken heart after her children Junior and Princess moved in with her ex husband Peter Andre.
February 2020
Her Alsatian Sparkle lost her life after getting lose and being hit by a car. Katie posted the news on social media but was hammered by fans who called for her to be more careful.
July 2020
Fans rounded on Katie after her daughter Princess’s puppy Rolo suffocated. JRC Bullies who gifted the dog to Katie were furious and said: “We are heartbroken that this has happened as we told Katie not to leave a small puppy on its own. “We can’t believe that the puppy was left unattended as we had left strict instructions.”
November 2022
Katie came under fire after she revealed her pomeranian Sharon had been hit by a car and killed outside her Horsham home.June 2023
Katie was slammed by PETA after her seventh pet was killed. She revealed her dog blade had been run over on the same stretch as road as her last dog Sharon
A driver picked the Pomeranian off the A24 and took her to Arun Vets in Pulborough, West Sussex, who confirmed the death.
The year before that, a delivery driver hit her alsatian, Queenie, who was gifted to her by ex Kieran Hayler on her 38th birthday.
In 2020 a second alsatian, Sparkle, was hit by a car after escaping onto the A24.
Months later, French bulldog Rolo suffocated after being squashed underneath a chair.
Katie also had to give away an out-of-control Alsatian, named Bear, for attacking other animals.