
Blade:

Toki Smoky:

Punk:

Tokyo Cat from Calum:

Beefer:

Scoob-Ditty:

Ozzie:

Gaia:

Monty:

Flor

Anonymous from Maggie:

Anonymous from Stacey:

Allegro

Luvly
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My vote has to be for Ozzie followed closely by Beeswax!
ReplyDeleteI think Beeswax. But I love Flor. Flor gets the vote for the loony of the week.
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ReplyDeleteLuvly looks like a survivor to me!
ReplyDeleteMy cat's so tough she won't even pose for a photo- she bites!
ReplyDeleteActually I'm lying, she's a wimp. But I have spent the last few weeks trying to get a tough picture of her. She only does adorable. Pathetic.
I love Flor too, but too much of a loon to be tough enough. My vote has to go to Punk
ReplyDeleteI love Flor but too much of a loon to be tough enough. My vote has to go to Punk
ReplyDeleteAnonymous from Stacey.. followed closely by Beeswax! Although I love them all lol! :)
ReplyDeleteBeeswax.
ReplyDeleteYou can tell he is an evil genius.
Beeswax looks like a Bond villain, but I love the before and after shots of Luvly. Just shows what a bit of love can do.
ReplyDeleteKiffer would be proud of all of them. He was a wise and knowing cat with issues.
Beefer Beefer Beefer! He's well hard. Tough guys stand back - he's goin a bust your balls (if you still have any...that is)
ReplyDeleteOzzie scares me.... LOL.
ReplyDeleteSome of them though... you can understand why a cat would look cranky if it was washed or abused... (I don't think cats would see the distinction between the two, lol)
gotta put my vote in for Luvly, thats one tough kitty to survive!
ReplyDeleteGaia should definitely win. She's been through a lot and can handle anything that comes her way!
ReplyDeleteWe are casting our vote for Gaia:
ReplyDeleteAll of them? Ok, I love the ghost cat but my vote goes to Luvly, because he is a real fighter and he'll enjoy the prize :)))
ReplyDeleteBeeswax with his fist!
ReplyDeleteIt's a toss up between Beeswax and Tokyo Cat I reckon.
ReplyDeleteMy favourites are Beeswax and Monty
ReplyDeleteBlade for me, possibly a pirate in a former life.....
ReplyDeleteBeeswax! He is quite clearly plotting world domination. I bet he has a thumb too and is just hiding it.
ReplyDeletePunk he the Toughest Cat
ReplyDeleteI vote for Luvly. To go from that filthy little beaten up bundle to the splendid cat we see now means Luvly is one tough puss.
ReplyDeleteI think Flor is in the wrong contest! We like Scoob Ditty!
ReplyDeleteI think Flor is in the wrong contest! LOL! Our vote is for Scoob Ditty!
ReplyDeleteLuvly started her little life out bad but found love and looks to be pampered ever since. Blade looks like he stays outdoors where theres a fight around every corner and he's ready for it.Arrrrrr
ReplyDeleteAllegro is so tough that I'm almost too scared to post this YouTube video of her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTeBo90mKvg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
ReplyDeleteAllegro, Allegro, Allegro. This cat has needed restraining in a crush cage - that's usually only for big, aggressive DOGS - at the vet's, not to mention the 'Warning - Vicious Cat!' labels on her computer records. I swear she ENJOYS causing pain. That white silky coat fools everyone...at first. She's the prettiest sociopath you ever will meet. BUT SHE WILL CUT YOU.
ReplyDeleteMy office opinions differs, John is voting for Toki Smoky!
ReplyDeleteAllegro!! Unbowed and unbeaten since 1994.
ReplyDeleteYIKES!!!! They all look pretty tough and scary, but my vote is for Blade!!
ReplyDeleteYIKES!!! They all look tough and scary, but my vote is for Blade!!!
ReplyDeleteTokyo Cat from Calum is the real badass here. He's not faking it like some of the others. I can tell...
ReplyDeleteAlthough I'm a contender, I'm voting for Beeswax, cos he looks well 'ard.
ReplyDeleteMonty!
ReplyDeleteAllegro for sure. The others may *look* tough, but Allegro is the devil in a white fluffy coat. Tough as the proverbial old boot.
ReplyDeleteBeefer the Beast . . . But then I'm biased, he is the father of our blind rescue kitten Lily, the Beauty.
ReplyDeleteHard to tell from a photo
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see vet reports
Scoob-Ditty gets my vote!
GAIA!
ReplyDeleteWe found her on Bangkok's mean streets two years ago with 3 infants and her eye hanging out of her head. My girl is a survivor! I raised her babies while she recovered from surgery, and now she lives with me. Now she helps me raise more orphan kittens. She knows when to snuggle and when to smack!
Can you argue with this?
Beeswax all the way!!
ReplyDeleteBeeswax
ReplyDeleteLuvly is the toughest one there!
ReplyDelete1: Beeswax
ReplyDeleteMy mind control is working perfectly, that's it human fetch me some food, bha ha ha.
2.Flor
Mutant head cat just totally rocks!
3. Allegro
that cat is just pure evil and the photo is just a brief snippet of the reign of terror Allegro has inflicted...
Blade is the toughest cat EVER!!
ReplyDeleteBlade is the most Badazz cat I've every known. Even his gf is tough! He rules with an iron paw. Go Bladey! Go Bladey!! Go Bladey!!!
ReplyDeleteBeeswax has my vote for the toughest attitude. Flor looks a complete -and wonderful- nutter. Luvly should win survivor.
ReplyDeleteBlade has my vote
ReplyDeleteI vote for Blade
ReplyDeleteMy heart goes out to all of these babies.... but I must say that Luvly has touched my heart.
ReplyDeleteLuvly for me - he must be tough to go from the before pic to the after one.
ReplyDeleteLuvly looks like the Ultimate Survivor to me
ReplyDeleteLuvly, hands down! To have gone through what he did and survive - no question, he's the toughest. And the cutest.
ReplyDeleteMy vote goes to Gaia
ReplyDeleteAllegro has got it. I'm damn sure the next photo in that series is of a bloodied stump and Allegro chewing on the spoils of victory.
ReplyDeleteAllegro has got this in the bag. The next photo in that series must be of a bloody stump and Allegro looking pleased after his feeding.
ReplyDeleteOh Tom where is jake Nutternut? Rescued from a pigsty where he was tormented on a daily basis by the pupils from a school for pupils with special educational needs, Jake Nuttercat is the proverbial iron fist in velvet paw. He took such a dislike to Harley Davidson-Quinn Harley had to be brought from North Wales to Hertfordshire to be ministered to by Greebo (current Toughest Cat)
ReplyDeleteGaia please!! (Although there are somep retty tough-looking competitors!)
ReplyDeleteMonty... with his age and experience he can pulverise any of the others just with an evil look!
ReplyDeleteBeeswax!!
ReplyDeleteAllegro the Annihilator! The only reason she doesn't look battle-scarred is because SHE ALWAYS WINS THE FIGHT.
ReplyDeleteBeeswax! What a bruiser.
ReplyDeleteGotta vote for Blade. Just look at those fangs and the wicked glint in his eye-- that is one tough cat!
ReplyDeleteBeeswax - pure evil!!
ReplyDeleteBeefer! He is definitely the toughest cat!
ReplyDeleteLuvly- what a survivor.
ReplyDeleteLeanne
I think our "captain" should win, because he is NATURALLY mean! He is missing an eye and has one tooth that sticks out. If you looked like him, you would be mean, too!
ReplyDeleteCaptain is the meanest cat on here, naturally!!
ReplyDeleteBeeswax and Ozzie are both looking tough. Hard to pick just one but Ill go with Ozzie.
ReplyDeleteHubs says Punk, but my vote definitely goes to Beeswax!
ReplyDeleteozzie is fierce!
ReplyDeletePunk is so the archetypal tattered alley tom, but Luvly and Gaia look like real warriors. Tough choice, but my vote goes to Luvly!
ReplyDeleteI think it has to be Beeswax. With Monty as the evil brains behind the scenes.
ReplyDeletePunk is awesome.
ReplyDeletePunk it should be. Clearly he has the upper body strength for close-in combat. That he doesn't seem to have a mark on him just shows how good he is.
ReplyDeleteAn honorable mention to Luvly for tough endurance and to his new owners for being feline-o-philes.
Luvly & GAIA!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorites are Monty first, Blade second.
ReplyDeletePaws down, Beeswax! WOEM!
ReplyDeleteBeeswax looks like a real bruiser! But Luvly is a real survivor, so I think my vote goes for Luvly & close second Beeswax =^.^=
ReplyDeleteWELL I LIKE BEESWAX, HOWEVER I DEFINATLY THINK GAIA AND LUVLY SHOULD WIN AS THEY TRUELY HAVE BEEN THROUGH ROUGH TIMES LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS AND THAT SHOWS THAT THEY REALLY ARE THE TOUGHEST. ESPECIALLY LUVLY SHE DEFO IS TOUGH FROM GETTING FROM THAT HORRIBLE PIC TO THE GORGEOUS AFTER PHOTO....THAT SHOWS SHES ONE TOUGH COOKIE.....SO MY VOTE GOES TO LUVLY!
ReplyDeleteScoob-Ditty <3
ReplyDelete1. PUNK
ReplyDelete2. BEESWAX
3. LUVLY, who's #1 in my heart. <3
Luvly should win, what a tough cat to survive and end up looking so wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI gotta go wit' my homboy Gaia, as we share the same eye-arrangement
ReplyDeleteOK, so I'm biased, so have to vote Luvly............but as that won't count (!) my vote goes to Gaia then Beeswax. Also love Flor, what a nutter!!!
ReplyDeleteLuvly and Gaia are the toughest based on what they've been through, Beefer looks the meanest, Scoob-Ditty looks the baddest and Beeswax looks the most evil genius. Love all the pics!
ReplyDeleteallegro gets #1 from me. terrifying old coot!
ReplyDeleteLuvly gets my vote as he looks like he has had to be tough to survive what looks like a pretty rough start in life.
ReplyDeletePunk, gets my vote. He almost looks like part domesticated cat, and part wild cat. He looks a lot like a Snow Leopard.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=653&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=snow+leopard&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=f&oq=
Luvly, this is one tough kitty, a real rags to riches the hard way
ReplyDeleteBeeswax looks more like he's performing Barry White karaoke with an invisible microphone! So cute. Punk and Allegro look the toughest to me.
ReplyDeletePUNK!
ReplyDeleteWell, I would have to nominate Monty since he is my boy. He is a tough old thing at age 20, who can take anything that life throws at him. And he keeps on chasing those geckos, for whom he is a holy terror.
ReplyDeleteAllegro is pure evil.
ReplyDeleteLook up malevolence in the dictionary and you'll see a picture of this cat.
Forget zombies and the fighting uruk-hai, this animal truly lives for the taste of human flesh!
Pat at your peril...
I vote for Allegro
ReplyDeleteBeeswax should win. I just love that face!
ReplyDeleteBlade has my vote! He is as tough as they come!
ReplyDeleteMonty!!!
ReplyDeleteI know Allegro. She was born with a scowl and no remorse. Bless. I vote for her.
ReplyDeleteI know Allegro. She was born with a scowl and no remorse. Bless. I vote for her.
ReplyDeleteAllegro gets my vote :)
ReplyDelete1. Ozzie
ReplyDelete2. Punk
3. Allegro
Love Ozzie - he is FIERCE!
ReplyDeleteMonty is definitely my favourite, and gets my vote. Some of the others look vicious, but the look on Monty's face says "I'm so tough I can afford to be laid back about it".
ReplyDeleteGaia definitely!
ReplyDeletePlease don't tell Allegro that I voted for her as she may seek revenge and her teeth look very sharp and nasty let alone her razor like claws.
ReplyDeleteDoog
Allegro! Doglets and humans the world over have trembled at her whim.
ReplyDeleteI'd say Punk first, then Beeswax. I know their types, and they're not to be messed with!
ReplyDeleteI vote for Allegro - obviously about to sink her fangs into fresh flesh!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Allegro. I have to say that, because otherwise I'm going to wake up in the morning with no feet.
ReplyDeleteblade or gaia methinks
ReplyDeleteAny old cat can *look* tough. Allegro *is* tough.
ReplyDeleteAfter pet setting for Allegro and her terrified dog family, I'm in still in therapy... can't shake that feeling of being quietly stalked. Wondering when the attack will come. Knowing. Wondering.
Those poor, poor dogs.
Any old cat can *look* tough. Allegro *is* tough.
ReplyDeleteAfter pet setting for Allegro and her terrified dog family, I'm in still in therapy... can't shake that feeling of being quietly stalked. Wondering when the attack will come. Knowing. Wondering.
Those poor, poor dogs.
Let me put it this way. If I saw Punk in the street I'd cross to the other side, bow my head & pray he didn't want to beat me up for my pocket money. Which he'd probably use to purchase new voles as he's hunted them to extinction in his neighborhood. My vote goes to Punk.
ReplyDeleteI think we need to hear the background story behind Luvly.
ReplyDeleteMy vote goes to Tokyo Cat. Or Beeswax.
Allegro the devil cat FTW!
ReplyDeleteOzzie!D
ReplyDeleteGaia
ReplyDeleteMy vote is for Gaia, the one-eyed wonder cat.
ReplyDelete1Flor, 2 Ozzie, 3Beeswax. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
ReplyDeleteI think of them all, PUNK looks like the one that in genuinely TOUGH as nails! Some of the others look like sweethearts trying to pose as tough. Although I have to say, I wouldn't want to lay down next to Allegro for kitty loves, and Luvly definitely has great parents to take her from "before" to "after". Way to go!
ReplyDeleteBeeswax looks damn scary, like an old school prizefighter. Monty also seems to ooze malevolance, but i think Beeswax just pips it.
ReplyDeleteI think Beeswax, although Rufus bugcat (previous winner) remains the Hardest cat ever!
ReplyDeleteCelia
Scooter (aka Scoob-ditty) can take an 80 lb husky down with a single swipe. Don't worry about the prop it's just a warning - the power's in the paw!
ReplyDeleteHe gets my vote.
I voted for Scoob Ditty!!!
ReplyDeleteHe is one tough mean looking cat
Personally, I think Beeswax is planning to take over the world - all s/he needs is an underground bunker/dead volcano for his/her base!! As for Flor, s/he's clearly Beeswax's deranged sidekick!!! *g*
ReplyDeleteSome scary kittehs here, though Gaia deserves a hug me thinks, and Luvly's scrubbed up well!
Leesa
My vote is for Blade! The toughest cat ever! Don't let his charming good looks fool you.
ReplyDeleteYou all look pretty tough! But my vote goes for Blade!
ReplyDeletetoki smoki!
ReplyDeleteFang all the way!!!!!(formerly known as "Anonymous by Maggie" She's tougher than a witch's tit, and meaner, too!!!!
ReplyDeleteLuvly!!!
ReplyDelete1 Gaia and 2 Luvly.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know what Luvly's story is?
My vote goes for Monty!
ReplyDeleteMONTY!!
ReplyDeleteLuvly is a resident shelter cat at Shropshire Cat Rescue - his story is on the website at http://www.shropshirecatrescue.co.uk/ourshelter.html
ReplyDeleteHe's a tough one!
My vote goes to Luvly. What a CHAMP !!!! GREAT GOING FAMILY !!!!
ReplyDeleteLOTS OF LOVE,
Debra
Beeswax gets my vote
ReplyDeleteBeeswax gets my vite
ReplyDeleteMonty, Beeswax and Blade are all equally tough...at a push I'm saying Beeswax. He looks totally badass!
ReplyDeleteYeah...upon second viewing...definitely Beeswax! He's lile "I understand what you're saying, now tell me why I should let you live" Godfather style!
ReplyDeleteMy vote is for Luvly
ReplyDeleteLuvly, Luvly, Luvly - a true fighter who's turned into a beautiful cat. Vote Luvly
ReplyDeleteLUVLY definitely gets my vote....have come across a lot of "tough" cats in my job (vet) - and it would have been a pleasure to have been involved in his transfomation to "after"!
ReplyDeleteScoob Ditty has my vote. He knows how to handle a gun!
ReplyDeleteMy Vote is for Scooby-Ditty! He looks like one tough cat!
ReplyDeleteScoob ditty :)
ReplyDeleteToky Smoky and Gaia! The toughest part is chooing.
ReplyDelete1) Gaia
ReplyDelete2) Punk
3) Luvly
My captcha: FURSE!
I initially voted for Beeswax, but I am going to have to bump him down to 2nd place, now that I have read Luvly's story. You got to be a tough cat to survive what Luvly survived!
ReplyDeletemy vote goes to luvly!
ReplyDeleteToki Smoky reminds me of 'Biff' from Back to the Future!!??
ReplyDeleteLuvly followed by Beeswax for me!
ReplyDeleteBeeswax gets my vote
ReplyDeleteTough doesn't mean aggressive ... I was going to go for Luvley until I read Gaia's story. I don't envy you judging them all Tom, they all look great ...
ReplyDeleteOzzie Ozzie Ozzie
ReplyDeleteGotta vote for Allegro.
ReplyDeleteit Has to be Harald! Has To!
ReplyDeleteit has got to be Harald!
ReplyDeleteOzzie is so tough not even the British weather can scare him!
ReplyDeleteI vote for Ozzie as he isn't even bothered by a bit of snow!
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