An elderly Tauranga woman who told her cat he was a handsome boy moments before she died has left $1 million to the SPCA.
Animal lover Betty Napier, 88, died in Tauranga earlier this month and her will included a $1 million bequest to the national body of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to look after animals in the western Bay of Plenty.
Moments before she died her cat Rocka, who she shared with her neighbour and goddaughter Jacqueline McEwen, jumped on her bed.
"She loved the cat and told him what a handsome boy he was," Mrs McEwen said.
"She loved her animals. She had a dog Bidgie and we shared a cat called Rocka."
The cat got its name Rocka after the wealthy American banking family the Rockefellers, when it was hit by a car and returned from the vet with a huge bill which Mrs Napier paid.
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