Cats captured on camera look pitifully sad (Images)

By Julian Robinson

Published: 11 April 2014

They are the miserable looking moggies whose sad faces could melt even the coldest of hearts.
These cute cats each have their own reason for looking morose with a range of wide-eyed looks that can't help but tug on the heart strings.

Their upset little faces are reminiscent of  the pitifully sad image of Puss in Boots in the children's classic Shrek 2 as he clasps his tiny black hat in his front paws.
 

Clearly in need of being cheered up, this tiny kitten is so small it is being held in the grip of one hand. This moggy is so sad that its tiny, limp paws are simply draped over its owner's fingers, its ears have drooped down and its eyes look like they are on the verge of tears

Graphic designer Alice Chilton's tabby cat Tigerlily is pictured left after it stumbled into her handbag. Alice, 25 from north London, couldn't resist taking a few snaps of the three-year-old tabby. She described the image as 'heart-melting'. To the right, and with its front paws tucked in to its white and yellow tummy this miserable moggy is sitting up as if to beg. It looks close to despair as it twists one ear downwards and looks mournfully in to the distance

 

With its white whiskers crumpled and his face scrunched up, this mournful moggy looks ready to give up. Its left paw is flopped helplessly over a white panel and even a red bow around its neck is not enough to cheer it up

There, there. It seems it has all got to much for this poor cat, whose watery eyes and mournful look are a heart-breaking image.

I don't want to play any more: Its eyes looking down and its ears drooped, something has certainly upset this kitten as it hitches its white paws up over a table with a sad downward stare

With its stunning blue eyes already looking a little misty, this miserable cat rests its head to the side and gazes sadly in to the distance hoping for some love and affection

It looks as though somebody has taken away this kitten's favourite toy, bowl of cream or scrap of fish. With its wide, quizzical eyes, it clearly feels there has been an injustice somewhere along the line

Something has clearly upset this moody-looking moggy. The right side of his mouth is hitched up showing a flash of its pink gums in a look that says 'not all is right with the world'

Not amused: this white cat stares straight ahead with green and black eyes. A pursed look on its face and its whiskers hanging downwards, this miserable moggy seems to have had a sense of humour failure

With watery eyes, it seems it has all got too much for this grey cat who just needs someone to hold it

Wide eyes, pointy ears and a down-turned mouth. This cute kitty looks on the verge of tears as it looks in to the camera

MASTERED: The sad-cat look perfected by Puss in Boots in the film Shrek 2

Puss in Boots from the 2004 DreamWorks film Shrek 2, looking on longingly as he tries to persuade Shrek and Donkey to let him come with them

With his glassy eyes about to burst into tears, his little yellow paws clasping his famous black hat, Puss in Boots may just be the saddest cat of them all in this famous scene from Shrek 2. 

In the 2004 movie, the tiny cat, whose voice is provided by actor Antonio Banderas, looks up with mournful eyes at Shrek, the giant green ogre, who eventually picks up the animal in his giant arms and gives him a cuddle.

Shrek is clearly besotted by the animal and tells his sidekick, Donkey: 'Look at him, with his wee little boots'.

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