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Bobcat - 12 Mar 2008 11:35 GMT

I know that your Stinky was rescued from the New York subway tracks.
Here's an Associated Press story from last weekend about another
fortunate kitty who had the same happy fate!

"NEW YORK - A skittish kitten that scampered out of its carrier on a
subway platform has been found after 25 days in the underground
tunnels.

Transit workers tracked down 6-month-old Georgia under midtown
Manhattan Saturday. Police reunited her with owner Ashley Phillips, a
24-year-old Bronx librarian.

After hearing that the black cat might have been spotted below
Lexington Avenue and East 55th Street, track workers Mark Dalessio and
Efrain LaPorte went through the area making "meow" sounds. Georgia
responded, and they found her cowering in a drain between two tracks.

Georgia had lost some weight and scratched her nose but was otherwise
unhurt. She had disappeared while Phillips was bringing her home from
a veterinarian visit last month.

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Kreisleriana - 12 Mar 2008 16:34 GMT

>I know that your Stinky was rescued from the New York subway tracks.
> Here's an Associated Press story from last weekend about another
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> unhurt. She had disappeared while Phillips was bringing her home from
> a veterinarian visit last month.

Poor little Georgia-- what she must have been through! There are a number
of cats who actually live down there, and have adapted-- there's really
plenty of food down there in the form of rodents and garbage. But Georgia,
and clearly Stinky, were not born to that lifestyle, and probably found it
pretty scary. I don't think Stinky had been there long when I saw him,
thank goodness. There are MTA workers who periodically set humane traps in
my local IND station to catch cats when they turn up, and take them to
shelters.

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Bobcat - 12 Mar 2008 17:21 GMT

> Poor little Georgia-- what she must have been through! There are a number
> of cats who actually live down there, and have adapted-- there's really
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> shelters.
> Theresa, Stinky and Dante

Cats in distress need a guardian angel, and you were Stinky's in that
subway. He's fortunate that someone like you rescued him and gave him
a happy home. That's also our dear little tortie Martha's case. A
woman who worked with my Especial Lady found Martha shivering outside
an apartment building on a cold Canadian March day. She took her home,
but she's allergic to cats. She knew we were willing cat slaves so she
put Martha in a cardboard box, took her to work, showed her to my EL,
and asked if we'd take her. Of course we would, EL replied. Martha's
been with us ever since, sharing the same Good Life you've given
Stinky.

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Shiral - 12 Mar 2008 20:01 GMT

> I know that your Stinky was rescued from the New York subway tracks.
> Here's an Associated Press story from last weekend about another
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
> unhurt. She had disappeared while Phillips was bringing her home from
> a veterinarian visit last month.

I'm glad to hear the story has a happy end and cat and hoomin are
reuinited. But the poor kitty, I can't imagine a scarier place to be
lost!

Melissa

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bastXXXette@sonic.net - 13 Mar 2008 02:11 GMT

> I know that your Stinky was rescued from the New York subway tracks.
> Here's an Associated Press story from last weekend about another
> fortunate kitty who had the same happy fate!

> "NEW YORK - A skittish kitten that scampered out of its carrier on a
> subway platform has been found after 25 days in the underground
> tunnels.

> Transit workers tracked down 6-month-old Georgia under midtown
> Manhattan Saturday. Police reunited her with owner Ashley Phillips, a
> 24-year-old Bronx librarian.

> After hearing that the black cat might have been spotted below
> Lexington Avenue and East 55th Street, track workers Mark Dalessio and
> Efrain LaPorte went through the area making "meow" sounds. Georgia
> responded, and they found her cowering in a drain between two tracks.

> Georgia had lost some weight and scratched her nose but was otherwise
> unhurt. She had disappeared while Phillips was bringing her home from
> a veterinarian visit last month.

Amazing that they found her! I love the idea of two guys walking through
the NY subways making "meow" sounds. :)

Her human must be overjoyed!!

Joyce

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