Celebrate International Cat Day with these 13 adorable Sunderland scenes

Let’s hear it for the cats we’ve cherished in Sunderland and County Durham over the years.

What better time is there to do it than on International Cat Day which is celebrated each August.

Get into the moggy mood with a Sunderland Echo photo memories look back at big cat Bruce going on a onesie walk in 2013, Ziggy who was rescued by firefighters in 2014 and Tigger who could not be parted from her best friend, greyhound Becky.

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