‘Qatar’s most pampered cat’ – Qatar Animal Welfare Society co-founder provides update on Dave the cat and when he will reunite with Kyle Walker and John Stones in England

Dave, the cat who befriended the England stars during the World Cup, is doing “very, very well” while waiting to be flown to Blighty.

However, talkSPORT have been informed that he will not be leaving for a few months while he undergoes the necessary medical tests that all animals traveling to England from a foreign country must undergo before entering.

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Three Lions defender Kyle Walker has promised that if they win the tournament he will adopt Dave and bring him back. But despite their exit in the quarter-finals, Dave is still on the way.

He hasn’t returned home yet, but one of the co-founders of the Qatar Animal Welfare Society has provided an update on his situation.

Asked about Dave’s situation in Qatar, Kelly Allen told talkSPORT: “I think he’s going to be the most pampered cat in Qatar for the next four months to be quite honest. He’s a complete celebrity. .

“He is doing very, very well. He is still recovering from his small leg injury when he had a fight with another hotel cat.

“He just stays here while he goes through his vaccination process and then he has to take a rabies blood test to qualify to enter the UK.

“Unfortunately there is only a long waiting period so there will be plenty of couch hugging just as his paperwork runs out of the required 90 days before he can travel.”

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Although Dave ended up in a “junkyard” with another cat, Allen insists he means no harm: “He’s a cat that looks a bit rough, but he’s a absolute nice and I think he was probably the recipient of the scrap metal. rather than the instigator.

“Nope [he won’t have trouble adapting to Manchester], no way. The weather will be a bit of a shock at first, but they’ll never have a hard time adjusting. He’ll be fine, no problem.

“He’s just an ordinary, heavy cat. He’s gorgeous, he has such a great personality, but he’s just an ordinary street cat who turned out to be the luckiest cat in the world to get into the right hotel at the right time.