Meet 'Stevie Wonder' - the blind piano-playing cat

It may appear very su-purr-stitious but a blind cat named called Stevie Wonder really has developed a passion for playing the piano.

The musical moggie is astounding carers at Wood Green Animal Shelter in Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire.

Carers believe the six-year-old - who was found in a garden - presses on the keys because the sound helps connect him to the outside world.


When Stevie, named after the famous blind American singer and pianist, was found he was flea-ridden, suffering from worms, had a hernia in his stomach and both of his eyes were missing.

Vets are unsure whether his eyes were surgically removed or he was born without them. But after he was taken home to be cared for by one of the staff they noticed how much he seemed to enjoy listening to the piano being played.

Beverley Street, deputy manager of cat welfare at the shelter, believes the blind feline feels comforted by being able to hear the sound made by its movements.

Now the piano-playing puss now spends as much time as possible skipping across the keyboard at its temporary owner’s home.