In 2012, Kanye West gifted his then-girlfriend Kim Kardashian with a tiny white kitten named Mercy, after the rapper’s hit song. Four months later, the cat was dead.
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Kim dragged the little kitten along with her everywhere until she discovered that she was allergic to cats.
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Kim dragged the little kitten along with her everywhere until she discovered that she was allergic to cats.
Kim handed the pet off to an assistant, and it died months later of a virus.
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But while the real life Mercy is dead and gone, the animal's spirit lives on creepily in one of
North West's toys.
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But while the real life Mercy is dead and gone, the animal's spirit lives on creepily in one of
North West's toys.
In a recent Snapchat video, Kim revealed that her daughter has an almost identical toy cat, also named Mercy.
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But while the real life Mercy is dead and gone, the animal's spirit lives on creepily in one of
North West's toys.
In a recent Snapchat video, Kim revealed that her daughter has an almost identical toy cat, also named Mercy.
But Mercy was not the only pet that was gone almost as soon as it entered the Kardashian world. The family has a history of adopting pets that are rarely — if ever — seen again after their initial debut.
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Khloe "rescued" a peacock only to leave it behind after she moved from the home she shared with
Lamar Odom. The bird is now cared for by
Kaley Cuoco.
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Kim dragged the little kitten along with her everywhere until she discovered that she was allergic to cats.
Kim handed the pet off to an assistant, and it died months later of a virus.
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Photo credit: Splash News
But while the real life Mercy is dead and gone, the animal's spirit lives on creepily in one of
North West's toys.
In a recent Snapchat video, Kim revealed that her daughter has an almost identical toy cat, also named Mercy.
But Mercy was not the only pet that was gone almost as soon as it entered the Kardashian world. The family has a history of adopting pets that are rarely — if ever — seen again after their initial debut.
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Khloe "rescued" a peacock only to leave it behind after she moved from the home she shared with
Lamar Odom. The bird is now cared for by
Kaley Cuoco.