Wisconsin cat visits France
Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:37 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,173796,00.html
Lost Wisconsin Cat Ends Up in France
Friday, October 28, 2005
APPLETON, Wis. — When Emily the cat went missing a month ago, her owners looked for their wandering pet where she had ended up before — the local animal shelter. This week they learned Emily sailed to France.
Lesley McElhiney now figures her cat went prowling around a paper warehouse near home and ended up in a cargo container (search) that went by ship across the Atlantic Ocean and was trucked to Nancy (search), a city in northeastern France near the border with Germany.
Employees at a French lamination company found her in the container, checked her tags and called Emily's veterinarian, John Palarski, in Kimberly, just east of Appleton.
Palarski called the McElhineys Monday to tell them their pet was safe, if a little hungry.
"It probably had access to food and water," Palarski said. "I doubt if it went three weeks without it. There must have been a lot of mice on the boat. Even if it was in the cargo department, you would assume there was water down there. She had to have something."
Palarski faxed French authorities with the cat's vaccination records to help remove her from quarantine (search), but the family is wondering how they will retrieve the pet.
Emily will need a health certificate from France to return home, and she will have to go through quarantine again on entering the United States, Palarski said.
The friend of a co-worker is going to Germany next week, but that's a country away.
"The only thing we can think right now is buying a plane ticket," McElhiney said. "She already cost us some the first time we got her from the humane society. She's getting to be an expensive little thing."
Lost Wisconsin Cat Ends Up in France
Friday, October 28, 2005
APPLETON, Wis. — When Emily the cat went missing a month ago, her owners looked for their wandering pet where she had ended up before — the local animal shelter. This week they learned Emily sailed to France.
Lesley McElhiney now figures her cat went prowling around a paper warehouse near home and ended up in a cargo container (search) that went by ship across the Atlantic Ocean and was trucked to Nancy (search), a city in northeastern France near the border with Germany.
Employees at a French lamination company found her in the container, checked her tags and called Emily's veterinarian, John Palarski, in Kimberly, just east of Appleton.
Palarski called the McElhineys Monday to tell them their pet was safe, if a little hungry.
"It probably had access to food and water," Palarski said. "I doubt if it went three weeks without it. There must have been a lot of mice on the boat. Even if it was in the cargo department, you would assume there was water down there. She had to have something."
Palarski faxed French authorities with the cat's vaccination records to help remove her from quarantine (search), but the family is wondering how they will retrieve the pet.
Emily will need a health certificate from France to return home, and she will have to go through quarantine again on entering the United States, Palarski said.
The friend of a co-worker is going to Germany next week, but that's a country away.
"The only thing we can think right now is buying a plane ticket," McElhiney said. "She already cost us some the first time we got her from the humane society. She's getting to be an expensive little thing."
Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:52 pm
XD Oh my. Poor kitty.
Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:54 pm
Wow, see how smart Wisconsin is? When the cats run away, they run away well.
Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:57 pm
Haha, Matt. xD
That's really quite amusing. xD
That's really quite amusing. xD
Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:48 pm
Mwahar. Cats pwn.
Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:56 pm
matterbug wrote:Wow, see how smart Wisconsin is? When the cats run away, they run away well.
Or it was trying to escape?
Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:19 pm
Setekh wrote:matterbug wrote:Wow, see how smart Wisconsin is? When the cats run away, they run away well.
Or it was trying to escape?
It probably couldn't handle the Packers losing so much. Poor kitty.
Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:23 pm
Yeah, the beasts dreams of universal domination where destroyed when it saw its team defeated.
Such small dreams cats, only universal domination?
Phsww
Such small dreams cats, only universal domination?
Phsww
Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:31 pm
Setekh wrote:matterbug wrote:Wow, see how smart Wisconsin is? When the cats run away, they run away well.
Or it was trying to escape?
That's exatly what I was thinking. Ran away before?
*steals the cat*
Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:37 pm
Using my mental prowess, I have discovered the thoughts of the cat!
Hmm, I ran away, they found me at the shelter, I ran away again, but the stupid Frenc found me, I know where they'll never find me! CHINA!!!! Muahahahah-*coughhack*hairball....
Hmm, I ran away, they found me at the shelter, I ran away again, but the stupid Frenc found me, I know where they'll never find me! CHINA!!!! Muahahahah-*coughhack*hairball....
Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:27 pm
I know this thread's a bit old, but I wanted to post that the cat went home 
PARIS, France (AP) -- Emily the cat is heading home, in style. The wayward tabby from Wisconsin that disappeared two months ago and wound up traveling across the Atlantic to France on a ship boarded a Continental Airlines flight Thursday -- in business class.
Travel conditions leaving Europe promised to be a bit more comfortable for Emily, who arrived as a stowaway in a cargo container after straying from home in Wisconsin.
"I don't think she'll drink champagne but I think she will be happy to rest," said Continental spokesman Philippe Fleury, at Charles de Gaulle airport to see Emily off. The airline offered to fly the cat home after her tale spread around the world and she cleared a one-month quarantine.
"This was such a marvelous story, that we wanted to add something to it," Fleury told AP Television News. A full-fare ticket for Emily's seat would normally cost about $6,000 and the airline provided a company escort for the cat.
Emily vanished from her home in Appleton, Wisconsin, late September. She apparently wandered into a paper company's distribution center near her home and crawled into a container of paper bales.
The container went by truck to Chicago and by ship to Belgium before the cat was found October 24 at Raflatac, a laminating company in Nancy, France.
Emily, who turned 1 year old that very day, was thin and thirsty but still alive.
Workers at Raflatac used her tags to phone her veterinarian in Wisconsin, and the vet called her owners.
Emily faced one last packed day of travel before her homecoming. She was due to arrive from Paris in Newark, New Jersey, midday Thursday and board a connecting flight to Chicago and then be driven home to Wisconsin, Fleury said.
Emily's escort, George Chiladze, a Continental employee based in Newark, said he was thrilled to be the one taking Emily back across the Atlantic.
"I will make somebody really happy to deliver this poor traveler back home," he said.
PARIS, France (AP) -- Emily the cat is heading home, in style. The wayward tabby from Wisconsin that disappeared two months ago and wound up traveling across the Atlantic to France on a ship boarded a Continental Airlines flight Thursday -- in business class.
Travel conditions leaving Europe promised to be a bit more comfortable for Emily, who arrived as a stowaway in a cargo container after straying from home in Wisconsin.
"I don't think she'll drink champagne but I think she will be happy to rest," said Continental spokesman Philippe Fleury, at Charles de Gaulle airport to see Emily off. The airline offered to fly the cat home after her tale spread around the world and she cleared a one-month quarantine.
"This was such a marvelous story, that we wanted to add something to it," Fleury told AP Television News. A full-fare ticket for Emily's seat would normally cost about $6,000 and the airline provided a company escort for the cat.
Emily vanished from her home in Appleton, Wisconsin, late September. She apparently wandered into a paper company's distribution center near her home and crawled into a container of paper bales.
The container went by truck to Chicago and by ship to Belgium before the cat was found October 24 at Raflatac, a laminating company in Nancy, France.
Emily, who turned 1 year old that very day, was thin and thirsty but still alive.
Workers at Raflatac used her tags to phone her veterinarian in Wisconsin, and the vet called her owners.
Emily faced one last packed day of travel before her homecoming. She was due to arrive from Paris in Newark, New Jersey, midday Thursday and board a connecting flight to Chicago and then be driven home to Wisconsin, Fleury said.
Emily's escort, George Chiladze, a Continental employee based in Newark, said he was thrilled to be the one taking Emily back across the Atlantic.
"I will make somebody really happy to deliver this poor traveler back home," he said.
Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:25 am
Awww...how cute.
(Look, look - someone mentioned Wisconsin! Hey - us Wisconsinites need to take pride in the few times we get mentioned in the news.)
(Look, look - someone mentioned Wisconsin! Hey - us Wisconsinites need to take pride in the few times we get mentioned in the news.
)
Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:43 am
I heard about that on the radio. It's a pretty amazing story.
Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:34 pm
Yay welcome back kitty.
You should have seen the local news- they were so excited.
You should have seen the local news- they were so excited.
Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:30 am
very adventurous cat
Sounds like had a seat to herself on the plane. My two cats aren't allowed to travel on plane seats - they travel with the luggage.
Sounds like had a seat to herself on the plane. My two cats aren't allowed to travel on plane seats - they travel with the luggage.