Local cat succumbs to starvation after center of half-full food bowl becomes visible

BY: @deadpan_reporterJUL 06, 2026

FIG. 01 A fluffy white cat stares intently at a blue ceramic bowl piled high with kibble in a sunlit kitchen as a human hand hovers a spoon above it.

The nine-year-old domestic shorthair succumbed to severe malnutrition Tuesday after the center of his ceramic feeding dish became briefly visible.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Snowball, an area domestic shorthair who held the regional record for unbroken eye contact during human meal times, succumbed to unimaginable starvation Tuesday after the center of his food bowl became briefly visible. He was 9. Rising from humble origins behind a local PetSmart to become his household's primary structural inspector of Amazon boxes, his career was marked by a tireless advocacy for 4:00 a.m. breakfasts. Despite possessing ample chicken-flavor kibble banked against the edges of his dish, examiners concluded he lost the will to live the moment the bowl's silver bottom was exposed to the naked eye.

We tried to shake the dish to redistribute the pellets, but we were just seconds too late.

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Snowball, 9, Dies Of Unimaginable Starvation Beside A Half-Full Food Bowl