Rufino looks out from a cactus garden inside the National Palace in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2024. Rufino is one of 19 palace cats that have made history after the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared them to be "living fixed assets", the first animals in Mexico to receive the title. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A trio of cats rest in one of the National Palace courtyards, in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2024. The three cats are part of 19 living at the National Palace that have been declared “fixed assets”, a term that usually applies to buildings and furniture, but by applying it to cats, Andres Manuel López Obrador's government has obligated the country’s Treasury to give them food and care for the rest of their lives. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Cats rest in a National Palace garden in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2024. Nineteen feral cats have free rein of Mexico's National Palace, long roaming the gardens and historic colonial halls of the most iconic buildings in the country. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Coco rests in the National Palace grounds, in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2024. Coco is one of nineteen palace cats that have made history after the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared them to be "living fixed assets", the first animals in Mexico to receive the title. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Veterinarian Jesus Arias greets Ollin in one a National Palace courtyard, in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2024. Ollin is one of 19 palace cats that have made history after the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared them to be "living fixed assets", the first animals in Mexico to receive the title. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A sign warns visitors to avoid feeding the feral cats roaming the National Palace grounds, in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2024. Palace staff worked with vets from the National Autonomous University of Mexico to vaccinate, sterilize and chip the cats, and build them cat homes and feeding stations around the garden. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Ollin stands in one of the National Palace courtyards, in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2024. Ollin, one of 19 cats living on National Palace grounds, is named in the region’s Aztec language, which means “movement.” (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A feral cat living on National Palace grounds takes a lick of ice cream, in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2024. Staff say they remember the feral cats living among the cacti and dense brush of the gardens as far back as 50 years ago. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Bowie rests in the shade of a towering cactus on National Palace grounds in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2024. Bowie, named after the rockstar David Bowie, is one of nineteen cats that have made history after the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared them to be "living fixed assets", the first animals in Mexico to receive the title. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Coco nibbles on a blade of grass in a National Palace courtyard, in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2024. Nineteen feral cats have free rein of Mexico's National Palace, long roaming the gardens and historic colonial halls of the most iconic buildings in the country. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A feral cat living on National Palace grounds stalks pigeons in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2024. The cat is one of nineteen palace cats that have made history after the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared them to be "living fixed assets", the first animals in Mexico to receive the title. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)