 He featured on the 2018 edition of the Wellington Advent Calendar, an online calendar counting down the days before Christmas.Sam Thacker, an SPCA staff member, posted a polite direction about how to treat Mittens if anyone comes across him; asking members of the public not to report or take him in as they are familiar with his behaviour.On the 22nd of May 2020, Mittens was given the Key to the City of Wellington and can proudly join the list with the likes of Sir Peter Jackson and Sir Richard Taylor.