The Petrino women might be different in many ways, but they were cat lovers all.
Both come from a family of cat lovers with fifteen cats between them currently.
"It was a cat lover," explained a spokeswoman for the company.
It's usually something the other person says, like, "I hope you're a cat lover."
"You know, it's probably a good thing cat lovers don't know what their cats are thinking."
This video became popular with cat lovers, not only in Japan, but all over the world.
As a result, many cat lovers come to the island and package tours specifically to "look for Jack" are now available.
"There are a lot of cat lovers out there," he said.
In his youth Sharls had never been a cat lover.
And certainly there is plenty of ill will between the city and the cat lovers.