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Rape Suspect Given Kitten

Julian Assange with his unnamed kitten / Twitter

Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has a kitten, according to a report from the British television network ITV.

The cat is a gift from Assange's children. It will stay with him in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where Assange has been living for nearly four years.

The kitten is 10 weeks old and a female, according to the BBC.

The cat, which is reported to not have a name yet, has her own Twitter handle and, it seems, a penchant for feline puns:

Assange, who faces extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning in a rape case, was granted asylum by the government of Ecuador in 2012.