#13 Pope Benedict XVI has always been very fond of cats.
But in the Vatican, pets are strictly prohibited, so after taking the high post of head of the Catholic Church, he was forced to abandon his four-legged pets. After retiring, the man again surrounded himself with fluffy purrs.
#14 Many feared the French cardinal Richelieu, but not the fourteen cats living in his palace.
The great and terrible cardinal allowed them literally everything.
#15 Winston Churchill often posed in pictures with the bulldog, as most British dogs associate this breed with stability and confidence in the future.
Although only cats and a poodle lived at the prime minister's house.