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Dog and Cat Home receives bumper donation from Ricky
Edinburgh Evening News
|December 12, 2025
An Edinburgh animal charity has received a bumper donation from comedian Ricky Gervais.
An Edinburgh animal charity has received a donation from Ricky Gervais.
The 64-year-old has given £2.43 million to 22 charities, including Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home, from the extra profits made by platinum seating on his Mortality Tour which ran from 2024 to 2025.
Gervais said: "My mum always used to say 'you can't take it with you', no I can't mum. But I could've bought 30 speedboats and raced them round the Med with my mates, off our heads on weed and Bollinger. Anyway. Too late now."
This story is from the December 12, 2025 edition of Edinburgh Evening News.
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