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Times
21-05-2025
- Times
Owners of missing cat go the extra mile in €20,000 search
Many animal lovers have gone to great lengths to find a pet that has gone missing. But the owners of Nero, a shy black cat with light-green eyes and a white spot on his chest, went to extraordinary lengths to find him, in a case that has gone viral across Germany. His disappearance last July in the Bavarian town of Erlangen prompted a search that has so far cost his distraught owners €20,000 in petrol, hotel stays, special cameras and tuna, his favourite food. Every weekend for 43 weeks and counting , Rafal and Monika Klajnszmit have made the 300-mile round trip from their home in Eschwege, western Germany, to Erlangen, where Nero absconded during a car journey to Bavaria. In all weathers, they put
BBC News
16-05-2025
- BBC News
Shropshire rescue for stowaway cat that crossed three countries
A black and white cat that went missing from his French home for a year and embarked on a journey going from Calais, over to Italy, across the English Channel into the UK and ending up in Shropshire, has been reunited with his intrepid explorer, nicknamed Pierre by the Telford vets who helped him recover after his adventure, was away from home for 12 months and completed a 1,200-mile round trip by the time he made it home, none the worse for his whose real name turned out to be Ushuaia, made his journey as a stowaway in the back of a haulage knows when exactly the feline found his way into the lorry, but he arrived in Shropshire on 7 April. Pierre was taken into Southwater Veterinary Group in Telford, where vets gave him a health check and traced his owners through his had to contact a series of animal health authorities before they could treat Harvey, practice manager, said: "It was quite a surprise to have Pierre brought into reception, with no idea where he'd come from or how he'd snuck his way into the HGV."Fortunately, he was microchipped and we learned he was registered to a French database."After some digging, Pierre's owner was traced and we managed to speak with her using Google Translate." Nicole Souillard, Pierre's owner, immediately made plans to be reunited with pet spent just under a fortnight in isolation at the vets and two weeks quarantined at Dover before she could collect him and take him home. "This is the happiest ending we could have hoped for," Ms Harvey said."Pierre is safely back home in France with his family, none the worse for his travels and certainly with a tale to tell his friends."She said the story showed the importance of microchipping pets and updating details when addresses French feline had settled in nicely to his routine of being treated at the vets – and having cuddles, she there was "a hint of sadness among the team" when Pierre set off on his journey home because they had begun to love his company, she said. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Daily Mail
12-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Missing cat trapped under floorboards for three weeks survived by drinking French lager and eating bugs
A missing cat which was trapped under the floorboards of a house for three weeks is believed to have survived by drinking French lager and eating bugs. Ben Smith, 83, believed his inquisitive pet cat Leia vanished after sneaking under a neighbour's open floor during renovation work without anyone realising in Deal, Kent. After the 11-year-old cat vanished, the family put up posters in a desperate bid to find the missing moggy. They even paid £1,000 for a pet detective to help trace the cat. But when neighbours heard Leia's cries they cut a hole in the floorboards - and the cat was immediately found, next to an open can of French lager, having survived for 23 days. Mr Smith's daughter Kelly Cooper said: 'A half-drunk tin of beer was found and we wondered if she'd had a few sips from that. 'She could have also eaten small mammals, like mice, or insects, and quite possibly drank condensation from piping. 'We will never know how she survived all that time. But she had lost a third of her weight when she was rescued.' It is thought her cries may have been drowned out by building noise and the radio at the property in Deal, Kent. Once the work had finished, the neighbours heard meows from underfoot and cut a square meter opening before retrieving the exotic shorthair breed. Mr Smith, 83, said: 'I'm euphoric, I'm so pleased to have her back.'
