After Catwoman said she needed it, she filmed the moment she hugged him. Julie Gester, 23, from Chicago, USA, was paying her five work taxes when Sparky, a 3-year-old short-haired gray tabby, noticed how much she needed to be hugged before she hugged him. . Julie said she felt wonderfully loved in that moment. “I think all animals can understand us, but Sparky and I get along really well,” Julie said.