May 2010 saw another new arrival. The fact that he’s a ‘big boy’ brought to mind the Union Pacific railroad (which ran Big Boy locomotives, the largest articulated ones ever built), so he was named Uncle Pete, which was the UP’s nickname. He was very thin when he first appeared at the museum and his head looked huge. After he’d been cleaned up and treated for fleas and worms, he started to gain weight. When he came to be neutered he weighed 12½ pounds, but now tips the scales at about 20 pounds! Bradley Martin says, ‘He is one of the sweetest cats I know. He will stretch and then roll over to be petted. Even if not petted, he will start purring with a purr that can be heard 10 feet away.’
