Some cats travel well and others don’t seem to care for it much. But when it comes to cats on the move, an Australian kitty named Clyde takes the biscuit (or should that be cat treat?).
Clyde strolled into Cloncurry Hospital in Queensland a few months ago, where he was taken to a nearby vet. The vet discovered that the cat had been tagged with a microchip so that if he ever got lost, his owners could be identified. However, much to the surprise of everyone, it seems Clyde was, somehow, nearly two and a half thousand miles from his home in Tasmania!
Owner Katrina Phllips was very emotional when she learned that he kitty had been found, three years after his disappearance. It is not known what adventures led Clyde so far from home and it is unlikely anybody will ever find out. Philips is now raising the cash to get Clyde shipped back home.
Let’s hope Clyde has been collecting his frequent flier miles!
Tales of cat’s surviving in the most unlikely of situations are always heart-warming and inspiring, but Smoka’s ability to pull through is truly remarkable. The well-named kitty survived a fire which destroyed her home and was trapped under rubble for 26 days!
Owner Sandy LaPierre’s apartment building in Franklin, Ohio was torn apart by the fire and demolition crews had twice bulldozed the remains. But not only did hardy Smoka survive the fire, she also made it through two demolition exercises too! It wasn’t until a third round of work was about to begin that the workers spotted Smoka’s head poking out from under sixteen feet of rubble.
Smoka was reunited with her delighted owner. The cat had lost a lot of weight in her adventure but was getting her strength back thanks to several large helpings of food.
It’s not unusual for a cat to need rescuing from a dangerous situation by the local fire department, but it’s quite rare for the lifeboats to be called out.
However, this is exactly what happened when Sukie the cat and her owner Dave Allison found themselves out at sea, four miles from the trecherous rocks off the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, in gale force winds. Luckily for all involved the Campbeltown RNLI lifeboat crew were at hand to pull sailor Allison and his soggy moggy Sukie to safety.
Mr Allison believed he and Sukie were lucky to have survived. The sea-faring companions were heading to Ireland from Jura when the water became extremely rough. Allison had never seen weather so bad and at one point had to crawl along the foredeck to take down the sail. One slip and Sukie the cat would have been sailing on alone.
Heroic crew members from the Lifeboat pulled Allison and Sukie aboard to safety, with Sukie hiding inside her owner’s jacket.
After the ordeal Allison said that Sukie did not seem to be put off sailing by the near-fatal incident and had returned to her normal self. He even gave her a few extra biscuits to help her get over the ordeal. Hopefully, after their experience, they hadn’t gone soggy!
Bonus update. I found this adorable video on YouTube and couldn’t resist sharing it. This is Snookers the Cat who has discovered a very unique way of drinking water, by letting it run over his face!
Why not be the talk of your work buddies by trying this technique at the office water cooler?
In the current economic climate, a bank may not seem like the most secure place for your hard-earned cash, but Peter Neumann from Germany found somewhere even less secure to deposit his pay packet.
Neumann had approached his bank to ask for a replacement 500 Euro note claiming that the original was eaten by his cat!
His bank, however, refused to replace the note as Neumann could not provide evidence of his claims. The bank needed to examine undigested scraps from the banknote in order to ascertain whether the cat had chowed down on real money, and to ensure all pieces came from the same banknote, in case small fragments from different notes were fed to the money-hungry kitty as part of a fraudulant feline fiasco.
Neumann said that it is now too late and any evidence would have long since been thrown away with the cat litter, so it is unlikely he’ll get his money back. Next time his cat eats his money, he should really insist on a receipt.
Some cats travel well and others don’t seem to care for it much. But when it comes to cats on the move, an Australian kitty named Clyde takes the biscuit (or should that be cat treat?).
Tales of cat’s surviving in the most unlikely of situations are always heart-warming and inspiring, but Smoka’s ability to pull through is truly remarkable. The well-named kitty survived a fire which destroyed her home and was trapped under rubble for 26 days!
It’s not unusual for a cat to need rescuing from a dangerous situation by the local fire department, but it’s quite rare for the lifeboats to be called out.
In the current economic climate, a bank may not seem like the most secure place for your hard-earned cash, but Peter Neumann from Germany found somewhere even less secure to deposit his pay packet.
