{"id":36528,"date":"2017-07-25T05:43:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T05:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=36528"},"modified":"2017-07-25T05:43:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T05:43:01","slug":"35-pound-cat-poses-adopted-family-wedding-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/family\/35-pound-cat-poses-adopted-family-wedding-photos.html","title":{"rendered":"35-pound cat poses with adopted family in wedding photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">35-pound cat poses with adopted family in wedding photos<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">An adorably fat cat named Vito has joined his new owners in a special wedding-day photo shoot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Vito, formerly known as Symba, was adopted in June by Kiah Berkeley and Peter Sorkin after the feline made national news for weighing 35 pounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">&#8220;We wished that we could&#8217;ve included him in our wedding because everybody loves him and would&#8217;ve thought it was hilarious, but we got married two hours away,&#8221; Berkeley of Mount Rainier, Maryland, told ABC News. &#8220;We love the pictures. As soon as we get the raw images back from [the photographer], we are going to blow a bunch up and hang them on the wall.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Vito was surrendered to the Humane Rescue Alliance in Washington, D.C., only 10 minutes from where Berkeley and her husband live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">\u201cHe could not bring the cat with him,\u201d the Humane Rescue Alliance&#8217;s spokesperson, Matt Williams, told ABC News in reference to Vito&#8217;s previous owner, who moved to a retirement home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">One week after their July 8 nuptials, Berkeley and Sorkin decided to include Vito in their wedding photos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">The images were snapped by photographer Kristi Odom in the couple&#8217;s home as they donned their bridal attire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">&#8220;It was actually Kristi&#8217;s idea,&#8221; Berkeley said. &#8220;We said she knew we had a fantastically, fat cat and she thought it&#8217;d be a great idea to get some pictures with him.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Vito also has a Facebook page under his former name, Symba the tubby tabby, where fans can follow his weight-loss journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Berkeley said she has Vito on a new diet plan and suspects he&#8217;s lost &#8220;quite a few&#8221; pounds already.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Lifestyle\/35-pound-cat-poses-adopted-family-wedding-photos\/story?id=48817871<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/family\/35-pound-cat-poses-adopted-family-wedding-photos.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>35-pound cat poses with adopted family in wedding photos An adorably fat cat named Vito has joined his new owners in a special wedding-day photo shoot. 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