Ziggy the cat’s 17-day journey from Israel to UK
I got this from Yahoo News. So cute!
Ziggy the cat used up at least one of his nine lives after surviving for 17 days without food on a 2,300 mile voyage that took him from northern Israel to England.
The skinny white cat named after Ziggy Stardust — the character created by David Bowie in the 1970s, because like the rock star he has one green and one blue eye — made his epic trip as a stowaway in a 40-foot container.
His journey began when he wandered into a consignment of plastic goods which were then sealed in Afula in Israel and shipped from Haifa on October 31.
It ended when he emerged, exhausted, starving and dehydrated, at a warehouse in Whitworth in Lancashire on Friday.
“When the container was finally opened, staff unloading it got a real surprise when this fluffy white cat shot out,” said Colin Barton, the local authority’s animal health officer who helped capture Ziggy.
“I think he had probably used up some of his nine lives.”
The cat had not only survived but was able to resist capture for five hours.
“I think he was scared to death,” said James Ratcliff, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). “He’d travelled all that way and got to a strange country and ran for his life.”
Ziggy’s background or owners remain a mystery as he had no collar or microchip, but the RSCPA believe he is someone’s pet because he is so friendly. He will now stay in quarantine in Britain for six months as a precaution against rabies.
November 26th, 2006 at 7:51 am
They might look elegent and delicate, but cats are tough creatures, certinally more than first apperances would suggest… deceptive beasts!
November 27th, 2006 at 1:51 am
Yes. My cats are very tough. One of my cats used to catch snakes.
November 27th, 2006 at 8:39 pm
I love cats. My cats Baba and Bait catch snakes and play with it. Hehe. ‘Love this post.
November 28th, 2006 at 1:03 pm
How cute!
November 28th, 2006 at 4:30 pm
Few things life spirits like cats, they are so serene and calm *s*
But then I do like snakes too… i’ve wanted a pet constrictor for some time now but I really don’t have the time to dedicate to one, they prefer a lot of human contact if kept alone. But cas really are just so elegant. I rescued a kitten once form the roadside, but she didn’t live long :-( I still miss her around the place and how she played with the dog I had at the time.
November 28th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
I don’t really like snakes. They make my skin crawl. I was born on the year of the snake though.
November 28th, 2006 at 7:00 pm
I used to dislike them until I held an Indian Python which *totally* changed my mind about them, warm and soft, not cold and clammy at all *s*
I like most animals, actually, except octopus, squid etc. They really *do* make my skin crawl, not nice…either to look at or to eat.
November 29th, 2006 at 1:12 am
I’ve touched a python but i don’t know what kind that was. i still don’t like them. lol
I like squid. I like them as food!