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New Zealand’s new prime minister Jacinda Ardern is mourning the loss of Paddles, her cat who died after being hit by a car near her home in Auckland.

Ardern, 37, who has served as the country’s PM for less than a month, took to her Instagram account to announce the death and posted a cartoon illustration of Paddles, who was adopted from the SPCA. Ardern urged people to “be kind to the SPCA. They found her before we did.”