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Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2010 - 02:41pm PT
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Global Good News Network: UPDATE
//Wayward NM cat has free flight home from Chicago
Apr 17, 2010 (6:31a CDT)//
CHICAGO - No one knows how a tabby cat named Charles traveled the 1,300 miles from his New Mexico home to Chicago, but he's set for a complimentary flight home on American Airlines in a carrier donated by an Albuquerque business.
Charles disappeared about eight months ago while his owner was out of town and a friend was caring for him.
"Oh, I was crushed, and I found out while I was away volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, and I was so upset because I was in New Orleans so there was nothing I could do," said Robin Alex, of Albuquerque.
Then earlier this week, Alex received a call telling her Chicago Animal Care and Control had picked up her wandering cat as a stray. Staffers reached out to Alex after finding that Charles had a tracking microchip embedded between his shoulder blades, said the agency's executive director, Cherie Travis.
But Alex said she could not afford the round-trip ticket to Chicago to bring Charles home, so she was afraid he might be euthanized.
Enter fellow Albuquerque resident Lucien Sims. Sims said he has a tabby cat who strongly resembles Charles, and was moved when his mother sent him an online story about Alex and her pet.
Most importantly, Sims was on his way to Chicago on Thursday for a wedding, so he said he would go to the shelter, pick up Charles and bring him back to New Mexico.
Sims has made all the arrangements for Charles' return, including getting a company to donate a cat carrier and American Airlines to waive the cat's travel fee.
Travis said Charles is definitely ready for his next adventure.
"He's in good condition," she said. "He needs a good brushing. He's got a little bit of a cold - a little bit of an upper respiratory infection - but otherwise he's in great condition."
Edit: Neebster, that's quite a collection!
Just don't bump it up to 75 and turn into one of those psycho cat ladies....
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 17, 2010 - 04:29pm PT
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hey there survival... haha, oh my... no.... i had only planned on having one, too...
the second was a surpirse add-one when i came back from being out of town... it was adopted by the grandkids new mom, but suddenly she was alergic to it... and then it got passed to my daughter (the other mom) and then back again, and then there it was for ME, when i came home!...
the rest, though, i had adopted from where i worked, when had the earning, though small, but enough to care for them...
but---five is the limit for town... :)
and for tiny houses like mine ...
and, worse is, i have NO washing machine!!!! :(
this does make it a lot harder...
the ol' pup dog, sure does enjoy them though...
:O
i reckon i been a mom for so long, i just needed
the pitter patter of feet thumping around the place!
:)
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MisterE
Social climber
Across Town From Easy Street
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Apr 17, 2010 - 04:32pm PT
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Apr 17, 2010 - 05:06pm PT
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Then every Saturday I take care of about 30 others at a shelter
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Jobee
Social climber
The Portal
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Apr 17, 2010 - 09:38pm PT
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Merlin the magnificent!
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Jobee
Social climber
The Portal
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Apr 17, 2010 - 09:42pm PT
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Bodhi the bruiser.
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MisterE
Social climber
Across Town From Easy Street
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Apr 18, 2010 - 12:49am PT
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malabarista
Trad climber
PA, then AZ, then CO, Now CA, soon OR
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Apr 18, 2010 - 01:11am PT
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Trained attack cat on duty
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Apr 20, 2010 - 08:53pm PT
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So, you're sitting at the office and you get this feeling you're not alone...
Busted for perusing the Taco, misbehavior will be punished.
Ruby the office cat is a harsh mistress.
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Tom the Cop
Sport climber
Eastern Kentucky
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Apr 20, 2010 - 10:50pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 21, 2010 - 04:56am PT
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hey thre say, off white... my cats do the same "office nesting" stuff... oh my... two are doing that right now, and all my papers are falling... :O
very nice cat! ...
so many more nice ones, too...
i just got a few more, but will have to do them up, tomorrow...
(nope, not a few more cats, survival... ;))
just a few more pics)... :)
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Apr 21, 2010 - 12:01pm PT
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Hey Neebee, she's not all that nice. Last week she turned my office bathroom into a blood splattered bunny abattoir, splashed it up the wall, fur stuck to pools of dried blood, and a red slug trail leading to where the partially eviscerated critter finally expired. Oh yeah, nature is red in tooth and claw, but she doesn't understand that it's counterproductive for her - it's the plentiful rabbits on our property that keep the coyotes fat and sassy and not all that desperate for a taste of feline. I prefer it when she just clears the rodents out of my shop and rafter storage.
Then she wants to lick my nose after doing things like that. Yeeesh. Its a funny thing sharing your world with cuddly little savage predators.
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Mattq331
Mountain climber
Boulder/UK
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Apr 21, 2010 - 02:03pm PT
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Our cat Tornado is small, but very punchy.
In this video, my 13 year old son tries to climb up the outside of our apartment and onto our deck. Tornado has other ideas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfKCGcqPcgA
Matt
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Apr 22, 2010 - 12:45am PT
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Killer Watch cats?
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MisterE
Social climber
Across Town From Easy Street
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Apr 22, 2010 - 01:16am PT
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Too funny! But kinda grippy, too! Perfect!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 23, 2010 - 08:14am PT
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hey there offfwhite... oh my... say, the worst my cats did was bring the ol' mice in.... :O
though, i had twice had birds get stuck in here, and one, i was able to set free, by opening the door... but, the other, i woke up to see that the ol' cat had done what cats will do:
use their claws, as nature intended...
so i have a small idea, oh my....
my cats, lately have been finding new ways to rearrange rooms, but not with bunny fur, nor feathers--now they are using papers and trinkets, so things are easier to clean around here now...
:)
say, forgot to mention:
ursula ma foi, had extra toes, on all four feet...
here is a closer look... the background was too cluttered
by cat and pillow, so i covered the picture with flowers:
:)
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emac
climber
New Hampshire
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Apr 23, 2010 - 09:39am PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 23, 2010 - 10:01pm PT
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hey there halifax.. say, what kind of cat is this... my computer does not do youtube.. so i cant check it out... well, i could, but it takes forever...
share a bit, of the cat's story... thanks so much... :)
perhaps i can pass the link on to othes, too...
:)
MY CAT... just messed up the kitchen, after all my hard cleaning, all day...
i came back from taking the ol' pup dog to the store...
i come in and wonder what the "heck" that weird smell is, in my house...
go into the kitchen to get the ol' pup-dog a doggies biscuit and:
there is this weird "dust like flaky stuff" ALL OVER THE COUNTER!...
and some round orange plastic on the floor, with more flaky stuff!
hmmm, smells like FISH!...
OH MY.... how could i have FORGOT!!!... this one cat, the newest... continualy ATTACKS MY FISHFOOD... :O
yep---he pried the can open ... pulling OFF the plastic lid...
the stuff was all OVER the place...
seems he ate a bit of it and spit it out, too... goooooooooooey...
man oh man:
when the owner and pup-dog are away, the cat will play...
hmm, or was that, when the cat's aways, the mice will play:
well, in this case, it was CAT... ;))
EASY enough to clean up i suppose, but it took a lot of care, not to send it scattering all over...
very interesting thing to see your pet has gotten into....
:)
*usually, it is just the garbage... :O
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cintune
climber
the Moon and Antarctica
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Mar 11, 2011 - 01:17pm PT
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