[主題] 美“偷渡貓”安全返家

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美“偷渡貓”安全返家
2008年01月25日 08:50:06 　來源：新華網

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美國佛羅�達州一戶人家的寵物貓趁主人不備鑽入行李箱中，不料淪為“偷渡客”，順利通過機場一係列安檢，被陌生人帶到得克薩斯州。經過一番周折，這只“偷渡貓”２０日晚安全返家，回到主人懷抱。

痛失愛貓

美聯社２４日報道，這只虎斑貓名叫格蕾西，剛滿１０個月大。格蕾西的主人是利維夫婦，家住佛羅�達州棕櫚灘。丈夫名為塞思，現年３４歲；妻子名為凱莉，現年２４歲。

凱莉１８日晚送丈夫前往勞德代爾堡機場後，閒逛了一會，而後返回家中。她以為格蕾西仍會向往常一樣，在樓梯最底層臺階上等待她歸來。但這一次，她發現格蕾西以往等她的位置空空如也。

凱莉心中一沉，馬上意識到事情不妙。她奔向浴室旁的一處空隙——格蕾西平時最愛的“寶地”。格蕾西生性靦腆，害怕生人和噪音，經常獨自躲避在這�。

凱莉輕聲呼喚愛貓，但無論她的聲音多麼溫柔，都沒有得到任何回應。

凱莉２１日接受採訪時說：“我當時找不到它，簡直像發瘋一樣，把整個屋子翻了個底朝天。”

情急之下，凱莉找到父親幫忙。她的父親甚至用錘子敲下浴室�壁兩塊瓷磚，在縫隙中尋找格蕾西，但仍無結果。

錯拿行李

當凱莉焦急地尋找格蕾西時，在千�之外的得克薩斯州沃思堡，羅布·卡特卻被行李中躥出的不速之客嚇了一跳。

卡特現年３７歲，是摩托羅拉公司一名管理人員。當他滿身疲憊返家打開行李箱，卻發現�面物品並非自己的綠色襯衫和黑色皮鞋。當卡特正要拉上行李箱拉鏈時，一個毛茸茸的小東西從�面迅速躥出，鑽入床下。

卡特回憶當時情景說：“我像個小女孩一樣尖聲驚叫起來。”

受到驚嚇之余，卡特感到一絲憤怒：有人竟為省下幾十美元，把寵物藏匿在行李箱中。他當晚開車帶著錯拿的行李返回機場，找回了自己的行李。此時，那只貓仍躲在床下不肯出來。

第二天早晨，卡特終于設法把那只貓從床下弄出來。“我近距離觀察這只貓，發現它的衣領上有電話號碼。我撥打那個號碼，接電話的正是另一名乘客的妻子，她痛哭流涕。”

貓歸原主

丟失愛貓的凱莉在家附近到處呼喊格蕾西，卻失望而歸。正當她打算張貼尋貓廣告時，電話突然響起。這是個陌生號碼，區號也來自不熟悉的地區。

電話另一端，一個陌生男子說道：“你好，可能你不會相信，這是從得克薩斯州沃思堡打來的電話。我錯拿了你丈夫的行李。當我打開行李箱時，一只貓跳了出來。”

凱莉驚喜萬分，立即通知了丈夫塞思。最終，塞思從卡特那�領回了格蕾西。這一次，他花８０美元為格蕾西買了一張機票，讓它不必再扮“偷渡客”。

重見格蕾西，凱莉非常激動：“我可憐的小貓咪，幾天前剛做完絕育手術，卻被困在行李箱中，通過勞德代爾堡機場安檢，又乘飛機到達得克薩斯州。”

卡特事後說，如果找不到貓的主人，他就打算收養它。“我已給它取好名字，就叫‘行李箱’。”（張旌）

http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-01/25/content_7483970.htm
TODAY'S NEWS

Gracie Mae snuck into luggage and flew from Florida to Texas. (By Rhonda Vanover -- Sun-sentinel Via Associated Press)
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Friday, January 25, 2008; Page C11

This Cat Has a Long Tale

Gracie Mae, a 10-month-old kitten living in Florida, got a little too curious when her owner was packing for a trip to Texas.

The tabby crawled into Seth Levy's suitcase, went through an airport X-ray machine, got loaded onto a plane, thrown onto a baggage belt and mistakenly picked up by a stranger far from home.

At home, Levy's wife said she searched for the cat everywhere. Then she got a phone call from Rob Carter in Fort Worth, Texas.

Carter told her: "I went to unpack . . . and saw it wasn't my suitcase. A kitten jumped out and ran under the bed. I screamed like a little girl."

Gracie Mae made the 1,300-mile trip home safely on an $80 plane ticket.

Hey, Mr. Spaceman

Within a few years, some wealthy tourists could be blasting into space in a craft that looks like a cross between a space shuttle and a corporate jet.

British businessman Richard Branson this week unveiled a model of a spaceship that he hopes will take the first paying passengers into space as early as next year.

The cost: $200,000 for a short trip.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/24/AR2008012402906.html
Letting the cat out of the bag
Here's a cat who crawled into her owners suitcase in Florida on Friday, got accidentally loaded onto a plane to Texas and ended up with a stranger who had mistakenly picked up the wrong bag and brought it home.

Gracie Mae made the return flight Sunday night and was reunited with her owner, Seth Levy, of Palm Beach Gardens (seen in the AP photo to the left.).

Levy's wife had taken him to the airport Friday and dropped him and the bag off, according to an Associated Press story about the incident.

When she got back home, she couldn't find Gracie Mae, who had been spayed just days before. She and her father took out bathroom tiles and part of a cabinet to check a crawl space and papered the neighborhood with "lost cat" signs.

Then, amid the searching, she got a phone call. "Hi, you're not going to believe this, but I am calling from Fort Worth, Texas, and I accidentally picked up your husband's luggage. And when I opened the luggage, a cat jumped out," Kelly Levy quoted the caller saying.

Rob Carter said he made it home with the suitcase before realizing it wasn't his -- and there was a big surprise inside. "I went to unpack and saw some of the clothes and saw it wasn't my suitcase," he said. "I was going to close it, and a kitten jumped out and ran under the bed. I screamed like a little girl." Carter said that he eventually was able to get the cat to come out from under the bed, called the owner and made arrangements for the cat's return.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/mutts/blog/2008/01/post_53.html
Cat's out of the bag after journey in a suitcase
1 day ago

MIAMI (AFP) — Just when he realized he had grabbed the wrong suitcase at the Dallas/Ft Worth airport's baggage claim, Ron Carter got a bigger shock as a cat jumped out of the bag, Florida's Sun Sentinel reported on Wednesday.

Carter only realized his mistake when he opened the suitcase at home. He was about to close it again when a 10-month-old cat popped its head out of the suitcase, took one look around and bolted under the bed.

"I must have jumped six feet into the air and screamed like a girl," Carter, 37, said, according to the daily.

He eventually coaxed the furry pet from under the bed, and noticed her collar featured the name and phone number of her owners, who had been frantically looking for their beloved "Gracie Mae."

The cat eventually was reunited with her owners in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hoOnj6O6md-55qFc6msbZNaPZPEw

呼，還好Gracie遇到的是善良愛貓人士

貓不見是讓每個貓奴午夜嚇醒的惡夢吧 *_*

下面引用由阿部喵在 2008/01/25 08:25pm 發表的內容：
美“偷渡貓”安全返家
2008年01月25日 0806 　來源：新華網
。“我近距離觀察這只貓，發現它的衣領上有電話號碼。我撥打那個號碼，接電話的正是另一名乘客的妻子，她痛哭流涕。”

...

帶項圈真好,一定要寫上電話號碼唷!

真是有驚無險啊!
還好貓咪最後安全的返家了

頑皮貓佛州搭機到德州
潛入行李箱飛行1300哩

【本報綜合二十三日電訊報導】10個月大的小貓格蕾西18日晚爬進主人的行李箱，毫不知情的主人帶著行李通過機場安檢，在空中飛行1300哩，下機後行李箱在傳送帶上被認錯行李的陌生人拿回家。這位好心的陌生人發現後聯絡到主人，終於使格蕾西得以在20日與主人重聚。
佛羅里達州Sun Sentinel報23日報導，住在佛羅里達州的凱莉．李維（Kelly Levy）最後見到她的寵貓是在送丈夫去機場之前，但她返回棕櫚灘公園的家中後發現，愛貓格蕾西不在通常等候她的地方。

格蕾西數日前剛被割除卵巢，凱莉找遍整個房屋，她和父親還掀開衛生間的瓷磚，搬開壁櫥裡的架子，也不見格蕾西的蹤影，只好在住家附近張貼尋貓啟事。凱莉說，她接到一個電話稱：「你好。你可能不信，我是從德州福和市打來，我錯拿了你丈夫的行李。我打開行李箱時，裡面蹦出一隻貓。」

打電話的是37歲的卡特。他說，直到回家打開箱子前，他都不知道拿錯了行李：「我打開箱子，看到一些衣物後，知道不是我的箱子。正要關上時，裡面跳出一隻貓來，竄到床底。嚇得我驚叫起來，跳到半空中。」

卡特說，他最終讓貓從床底出來，「看到貓脖子的標牌上有牠的名字和電話，於是就找到了正在哭泣的女主人」。

卡特承認，他在與貓的主人取得聯絡之前，曾考慮收養牠，「準備為牠取名『行李箱』」。

http://www.worldjournal.com/wj-us-news.php?nt_seq_id=1659974

貓咪總是令人感到驚喜,完全難以捉摸下一步牠的行動,

這也是養貓的另一種情趣.

還好最後回家哩！想想有幾次以為蕾蕾不見時！真的是嚇死了！還好後來都有找到！

貓咪不見真的會讓人嚇死啊|||||

昨天才剛剛經歷過　幸好有找�了
不然肯定是會像那主人一樣痛哭流涕囧