Dennis Quaid adopts a cat named Dennis Quaid: 'I just couldn't resist'

Dennis Quaid has a new furry friend!

The actor, 66, couldn't resist adopting a black rescue cat at the Lynchburg Humane Society in Virginia, whose name is also Dennis Quaid.

The Parent Trap star found out about the feline thanks to a TV news segment featuring the pet as part of a 'clear the shelters' campaign.

"It was really off the wall, but I just couldn't resist. I had to," the actor told WSLS. "I'm out to save all the Dennis Quaids of the world."

Dennis Quaid, the cat, is six years old and had been up for adoption for more than a year. Lynchburg Humane Society state that he has a "big heart" and "likes to curl up on the couch."

"I was like there is no way this is real, like, someone is pranking us," Danielle Ulmer — Lynchburg Humane Society's Adoption Centre Manager — said when she received the call from the actor and his team.

Jimmy Jellinek, who co-hosts The Pet Show podcast alongside Quaid, is set to travel to Lynchburg to pick up the cat and bring him back to his new home in Los Angeles.

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''He's going to be the office cat. He's going to be right here with us. We can't wait," Quaid told the news outlet.

The actor went on to suggest "Maybe they should start naming animals in shelters after different celebrities and see who bites."