The Himalayas are home to a variety of animals and breeds which are unique to high altitudes, and which makes one wonder if there is a secret in the rarefied air there that may have resulted in one local family owning the region’s – if not the nation’s – oldest living cat. Or is it the crisp air of mountains closer to home? Kristine Thomson has the story.

Meatasaurus is surely Strathbogie’s oldest cat.