• Missing New Mexico cat found 1,300 miles away in Chicago getting a free flight home
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[url]http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/missing-cat-charles-found-chicago/story?id=10403983[/url] [release][img]http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ap_charles_the_cat_100417_mn.jpg[/img] Charles the Cat has always craved adventure. "He loved to ride in the car," says his owner Robin Alex. "I took him on all my vacations." But eight months ago, this tabby feline from Albuquerque, N.M., put his nine lives to the test. After Alex went out of town to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and left him with a friend, Charles vanished. "I was crushed," Alex says. "I was so upset because I was in New Orleans, so there was nothing I could do." Summer ended, autumn passed, and winter came and went with no sign of Charles. But earlier this week, he was found by animal control officials in Chicago. That's right, Chicago. Somehow, Charles had managed to travel 1,300 miles from Albuquerque to the Windy City. Officials said if he walked the whole way, his paws don't show it. "He's in good condition," said Cherie Travis, executive director of Chicago Animal Care and Control. "He's got a little bit of a cold, a little bit of an upper respiratory infection, but otherwise he's in great condition." Officials found an ID tracking microchip embedded in Charles' back and contacted Alex. She didn't have the money for a plane ticket and feared Charles might be euthanized in Chicago, but good Samaritan Lucien Sims, a fellow cat owner from New Mexico, stepped in and agreed to arrange a flight as she was flying back home to Albuquerque from Chicago. Now, Charles is headed home this weekend. He is scheduled to arrive late Sunday. "I've moved around a lot," Alex said. "It seems kind of destined that my cat would be a traveling cat." But the mystery remains. Exactly where he's been and how he got there, nobody knows.[/release] I'm glad the owner didn't have to pick up the tabby for that plane ticket.
This raising another question: Why are these so many Mexicans in Chicago?
Came into it thinking it was a hoax, scanned the article for mention of an RFID implant. I was not disappointed. That's one resourceful cat.
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D'awwww
That's pretty fucking amazing.
Cat's got some connections.
[QUOTE=lulzbocks;21419700]This raising another question: Why are these so many Mexicans in Chicago?[/QUOTE] Chicago has more Polish than Warsaw and nearly as many Irish as Dublin. (or so the saying goes around here). It's the most ethnically diverse city I've ever seen.
That's the most adorable face I have ever seen on a cat.
[QUOTE=Regulas021;21420264]Chicago has more Polish than Warsaw and nearly as many Irish as Dublin. (or so the saying goes around here). It's the most ethnically diverse city I've ever seen.[/QUOTE] I think Toronto is pretty high up there - 50% or so of the population was born outside Canada.
I smell an animated adventure coming on...
I really have to wonder how in the hell it managed to get all the way to Chicago.
Good thing it wasn't in China, would have been called "American Cat - Rare" on the menu.
road triiiiiiip
Actually, I ran over his cat, so I took the chip off of it and put it in another cat in Chicago, then gave a tip to animal control.
Ha ha oh wow.
[QUOTE=Javascript;21425816]I really have to wonder how in the hell it managed to get all the way to Chicago.[/QUOTE] I would walk 1,300 miles to get away from New Mexico too.
This just in: Volcanic ash delays flight of New Mexico cat. Owner mad.
[QUOTE=evilweazel;21426355]I would walk 1,300 miles to get away from New Mexico too.[/QUOTE] I like it here, nice weather. Except we are number 3 in domestic violence I think
I had a cat that ran off when I was little and after about 10 years I learned he was living at a house a few blocks away. You also have to wonder if the owner is an over-loving fanatic that made him wear a pink sweater or kitten mittens or something. Maybe this is like being put back in prison for the cat.
Cats are shit. Any other house trained pet is better than a cat.
When he gets home, Charles is going to poop in his owner's shoes and say "That's the Chicago way", payback for leaving him with an irresponsible caretaker.
[QUOTE=The DooD;21430271]Cats are shit. Any other house trained pet is better than a cat.[/QUOTE] Try living with five of them.
[QUOTE=The DooD;21430271]Cats are shit. Any other house trained pet is better than a cat.[/QUOTE] You mad. [IMG]http://imgur.com/iSJBf.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=The DooD;21430271]Cats are shit. Any other house trained pet is better than a cat.[/QUOTE] Maybe if you have a house cat. Our cat, who is my favorite cat in the world, went out and hunted birds and other vermin and dropped them on our door step and we would go outside and see feathers all over the yard. He's "retired" so to speak, he's too slow to hunt now and he just lounges around doing whatever he wants because he has earned it.
jeez, that's incredible
[QUOTE=Kondor;21425844]road triiiiiiip[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tb1PUNlIHE[/media]
Impressive.
Pussy cat pussy cat, where have you been? I've been to london, to see the queen.
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