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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2005Emily Survives Month In Plane's Cargo
CBS this "Sunday Morning" reports a cat tale from France. I suppose there was food/prey/liquid, some oxygen & some warmth in the cargo place? What else would a kitty need, other than cat-like patience. How much did Emily weigh when found? > CBS this "Sunday Morning" reports a cat tale from France. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > How much did Emily weigh when found? I read that she was skinny but in good health. Reports vary on her access to food, some say she had none (in a container, some say there are no mice on the ship anyway and some say she ate her own excrement.. Remarkanly resilient animal in any case. > > CBS this "Sunday Morning" reports a cat tale from France. > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > are no mice on the ship anyway and some say she ate her own excrement.. > Remarkanly resilient animal in any case. The kitten was found in good health but was sadly eaten by a Frenchman right after landing. mange@merde.com a écrit : >>>CBS this "Sunday Morning" reports a cat tale from France. >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>are no mice on the ship anyway and some say she ate her own excrement.. >>Remarkanly resilient animal in any case. =a kind of "Mange-merde" ? RLM @ rogman@free.fr > mange@merde.com a écrit : >>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > =a kind of "Mange-merde" ? NEVER buy a meal of "rabbit" in Paris!  SignatureCliologist, Philanthropologist, Prothonotary Wibbler, Paleoconservative, Surface Warrior Squid; Hard drive scanned - all stolen software deleted - police on their way Domestic cats are truly amazing: The cliches about curiosity and nine lives are accurate. I just read an article in an actual Sunday magazine (where? PARADE?) or newspaper about people in the U.S. having tigers, bobcats, (and lions?) as house/yard pets. It's actually legal in some States, and they're owned in the thousands (legally/illegally). They obtain/buy 'em via the internet (wherever that is). I can't eagerly envision myself petting/caring-for a tiger. Plus the article says expenses of $100--$200 USD a month in food alone, and veternarian treatment isn't that easy to obtain. And when that cutey-pie pet tiger or a bobcat bites its owner/master a little to simply send a message about being temporarily irritated, as my house kitty sometimes harmlessly does, I fear that little bite has to be treated with stitches in the emergency room of a hospital. In US you must obtain a exotic pet permit except in Texas. Mostly the ones who own them are in Texas where the exotic pets laws are very flimsy. And most are financial set the ones that you here about cruelty have either illegal obtained them or the animals are from closed down petting or traveling zoos A lot of these exotic pet owners out side of Texas either illegal have them or have them for the ultimate pet theory; which is look what I have and you don't. Down her in Florida near Walt Disney World there is a Tiger farm that you can go get your license and training at. IT cost alot to get your license > I just read an article in an actual Sunday magazine (where? PARADE?) or > newspaper about people in the U.S. having tigers, bobcats, (and lions?) > as house/yard pets. One of my high school classmates was killed by a tiger. His uncle owned an exotic animal park, and Graydon had a summer job working with the animals (he had done it since he was about 13--several years. They found him dead, skin intact, in the tiger cage. Autopsy showed his neck was broken cleanly. The coroner believes that one of the tigers took a playful bat at him, and did more damage than kitty intended. I have a friend who is a herpetologist and keeps venomous snakes at home. She uses many precautions caring for them (properly secured cages, protective gear, doesn't handle them unnecessarily, won't allow anyone but herself in the snake room when a cage is opened) but she has come to terms with the fact that her pets may one day kill her. --Fil (who is glad that Nocturne will never reach the mass of a saber-tooth tiger like she seems to THINK she will someday) The tiger article is in the current PARADE MAGAZINE, available in mediocre Sunday newspapers in 50 States and maybe the Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico too) not that there's anything wrong with that, especially with those terrific bait 'n switch automobile ads >>CBS this "Sunday Morning" reports a cat tale from France. >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > access to food, some say she had none (in a container, some say there > are no mice on the ship anyway Yeah, sure!!! (There's this bridge I have for sale......) Anyplace you find humans and foodstuffs, you find mice. (Even more so if the containers were hauling grain - anyone know what the cargo was?) I don't think those containers are hermetically sealed, so it's quite possible Emily was able to get out - at least far enough to find water and do a little foraging. I was almost believe that a crew many probably put some food and water out but kept it quiet so he did not have to report it and start filing paperwork out But I saw pets come out of the big easy almost a month after skinny and deydrated but still alive >>>CBS this "Sunday Morning" reports a cat tale from France. >>> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >able to get out - at least far enough to find water and do a >little foraging. The containers I have seen on the back of trucks generally have a finger-width gap around the doors. This wouldn't be enough to let a cat out, but would be more than enough to let a mouse in. Some containers might well have larger vents open as well. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > CBS this "Sunday Morning" reports a cat tale from France. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > How much did Emily weigh when found? Robert, you like surviving story? Here is one for you: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4357172.stm re: survival stories, including of human child The U.S. has had a similar story (dead parent/semmingly helpless child). I can't now recall much, but the very young black female child (age?) ate whatever was in the cupboard (raw, macoroni?) and in the refrigerator for a very lengthy time. Domesticated hungry kitties may also eat insects (cockroaches etal) besides merely playing with 'em as mine has (on a very full of regular catfeed stomach) > Domesticated hungry kitties may also eat insects (cockroaches etal) > besides merely playing with 'em as mine has (on a very full of regular > catfeed stomach) And we KNOW there are most likely cockroaches on a cargo ship! (Even if they call in an exterminators from time to time.) http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051031/EDITORIALS/510310 09/1096/editorials A wildlife expert criticizes outdoor cats, darnit to heck. To me this is a controversial/contrary opinion which I am linking to this thread although it's tangential while nevertheless insightful & interesting. Our cat is mostly kept outside, sleeps 'n eats in semi-closed garage. |
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