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00:06
COMM: Standing at just five inches tall from her paws to her shoulder, little Pixel could
be the world's shortest cat, and even though Pixel small in stature, she's big in personality
and requires constant attention.
00:24
TIFFANI: They win hearts over like crazy, people that aren't cat people say "Oh my gosh
now that's cute"
00:29
COMM: Owner, Tiffani Kjeldergaard, breeds the miniature felines - known as munchkin
cats - at her ranch in Potrero, California.
00:37
TIFFANI: You can't leave the doors open, you can't let refrigerators close too quickly,
because somebody might have snuck up at the bottom of the door and stuck their head in
there, so we kind of lovely slowly when we walk so we don't kick or step on anybody,
lord knows everybody's probably been kicked or stepped on at least once, because it's
just what happens in a small household of little mini-me's.
00:59
COMM: But the controversial breed have drawn criticism from some animal lovers.
01:04
TIFFANI: People who don't understand the achondroplasia gene consider it a genetic defect or a mutation,
or something that's an abomination, and that's very unfair for them to say that.
01:12
COMM: Pixel's mother Fizz Girl set the previous record for World's Shortest Cat in 2012 when
she measured in at six inches tall.
01:25
COMM: And with Pixel's measurements submitted to Guinness, it could be that there will soon
be a new record holder in the family.