{"id":1764,"date":"2015-11-08T06:22:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T06:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/?page_id=1764"},"modified":"2024-01-07T15:46:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T15:46:51","slug":"a-street-cat-named-bob","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/pawesome\/pet-life\/a-street-cat-named-bob\/","title":{"rendered":"A street cat named Bob"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"review\">\n<p class=\"txt\">When James Bowen and Bob first met both were down on their luck. Homeless and alone, the two found comfort in each other and began an unlikely friendship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1766 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/001-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/001-1-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/001-1-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/001-1-3-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">Three years on, they have sold over 1 million copies of their book \u201cA Cat Named Bob\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"716\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1769 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/002-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/002-1-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/002-1-2-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/002-1-2-768x573.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">James Bowen and his cat, Bob became familiar faces around the London area. Busking to passersby and sharing their story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1772 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/003-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/003-1-2.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/003-1-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/003-1-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/003-1-2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">Since the day they met the two friends have been inseparable. They now have an apartment together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"433\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1768 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/004-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/004-1-2.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/004-1-2-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">James Bowen and Bob are now working together on a brand new series of books for children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1206\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1767 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/005-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/005-1-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/005-1-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/005-1-2-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/005-1-2-768x1158.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid607204\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 366px;\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MePaWG7g5FA?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When James Bowen and Bob first met both were down on their luck. Homeless and alone, the two found comfort in each other and began an unlikely friendship. Three years on, they have sold over 1 million copies of their book \u201cA Cat Named Bob\u201d. James Bowen and his cat, Bob became familiar faces around &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/pawesome\/pet-life\/a-street-cat-named-bob\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A street cat named Bob&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1770,"parent":1089,"menu_order":33,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"sub-sub-details-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1764"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3779,"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1764\/revisions\/3779"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}