Holly seemed to be an average housecat; her owners, Jacob and Bonnie Richter, say she had an easy temperament and took to traveling well when they decided to include her on family R.V. excursions. But one day, something spooked her, and she took off through an open door 200 miles from home. The Richters posted fliers and organized a search for their pet, but she was nowhere to be found. Heartbroken, they returned home without her.
Two months and many miles later, Holly came back to them.
She’d been living with Barb Mazzola and her family in West Palm Beach for a short time after making the trek from Daytona, where she’d disappeared at the R.V. rally the Richters had brought her to. Mazzola said she found Holly barely able to stand, weakened, and with wounded paws. She cared for her enough to get her back on her feet, then took her to a local vet to be treated.
“I almost didn’t want to ask, because I wanted to keep her, but I said, ‘Just check and make sure she doesn’t have a microchip,’” Mazzola said.
Sure enough, Holly had been implanted with a chip, allowing the vet to find her true owners after a staggering two months. Now, scientists are puzzling over how she made the long journey on her own. While some say it could be that Holly learned to follow her nose–keeping the ocean to one side of her and the interstate on the other–one scientist thinks it could just be that Holly is a natural survivor. After being born inside an air-conditioner, the Richters say, Holly managed to crawl out and adopted them as family, bearing burn marks on her belly as proof of where she’d been.
“You’ve got these real variations in temperament,” Dr. Marc Bekoff, a behavioral ecologist, said. “Fish can by shy or bold; there seem to be shy and bold spiders. This cat, it could be she has the personality of a survivor.”
Whatever the reason, Holly is now safe at home with her family because of it.
Image: Barbara P. Fernandez for The New York Times
http://www.webpronews.com/holly-the-cat-who-traveled-200-miles-to-get-home-2013-01
The Cat Who Traveled 200 Miles To Get Home
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The Cat Who Traveled 200 Miles To Get Home
Lakshmi.Deces said: » Holly seemed to be an average housecat; her owners, Jacob and Bonnie Richter, say she had an easy temperament and took to traveling well when they decided to include her on family R.V. excursions. But one day, something spooked her, and she took off through an open door 200 miles from home. The Richters posted fliers and organized a search for their pet, but she was nowhere to be found. Heartbroken, they returned home without her. Two months and many miles later, Holly came back to them. She’d been living with Barb Mazzola and her family in West Palm Beach for a short time after making the trek from Daytona, where she’d disappeared at the R.V. rally the Richters had brought her to. Mazzola said she found Holly barely able to stand, weakened, and with wounded paws. She cared for her enough to get her back on her feet, then took her to a local vet to be treated. “I almost didn’t want to ask, because I wanted to keep her, but I said, ‘Just check and make sure she doesn’t have a microchip,’” Mazzola said. Sure enough, Holly had been implanted with a chip, allowing the vet to find her true owners after a staggering two months. Now, scientists are puzzling over how she made the long journey on her own. While some say it could be that Holly learned to follow her nose–keeping the ocean to one side of her and the interstate on the other–one scientist thinks it could just be that Holly is a natural survivor. After being born inside an air-conditioner, the Richters say, Holly managed to crawl out and adopted them as family, bearing burn marks on her belly as proof of where she’d been. “You’ve got these real variations in temperament,” Dr. Marc Bekoff, a behavioral ecologist, said. “Fish can by shy or bold; there seem to be shy and bold spiders. This cat, it could be she has the personality of a survivor.” Whatever the reason, Holly is now safe at home with her family because of it. Image: Barbara P. Fernandez for The New York Times http://www.webpronews.com/holly-the-cat-who-traveled-200-miles-to-get-home-2013-01
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Sorry! I'm just having a little fun. I will stop now!
Why is it reported?
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It's not even politics or religion. Is there a cat forum?
Why not let Deces have his fun? It's not like this place isn't already full of silly commentary on ridiculous articles.
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The whole internet is a cat forum.
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Cerberus.Pleebo said: » It's not even politics or religion. Is there a cat forum? Yeah, it's called the internet. *** you Tikal.
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Valefor.Sehachan said: » Why is it reported? The thread itself... Fine. Excessive spam of useless news? Not okay. Though I will say, this is actually a nice story. This is actually a NICE story yet prolly in wrong Forum subsection. Hope this just gets moved.
Ok should be chatterbox, but don't see what is wrong with it anyway.
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Aeyela said: » *** you Tikal. Someone trying to beat a Kawar record?
Carbuncle.Skulloneix said: » This is actually a NICE story yet prolly in wrong Forum subsection. Hope this just gets moved.
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Caitsith.Zahrah said: » Why not let Deces have his fun? It's not like this place isn't already full of silly commentary on ridiculous articles.
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Oh he made 8 threads in a row...
That has to beat Kawar for threads made in one day
Asura.Bluespoons said: » That has to beat Kawar for threads made in one day Kawar's more a man of substance than quantity, so I hear from the Galka in Port Bastok.
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The one decent thread of the day, and someone has to quote it before it gets reported.
Shame on you FFXIAH.
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Shadowe Elrik said: » The one decent thread of the day, and someone has to quote it before it gets reported. Shame on you FFXIAH. Baa baaaaa baaaaaaaaaaaaa baa baa baa. Sorry, I mean, that's sheep mentality for you.
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Shadowe Elrik said: » The one decent thread of the day, and someone has to quote it before it gets reported. Shame on you FFXIAH. They only reported him because he's an outspoken Republican on here. That what got this whole thing rolling. /shrug
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I wouldn't report him over something so trivial, but I don't know if he stopped posting news stories or he was stopped from posting more news stories. /shrug
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Apparently people can't enjoy a *** nice story even if it comes from the mouth of someone who they disagree with. Real mature IMO.
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Cerberus.Tikal said: » I wouldn't report him over something so trivial, but I don't know if he stopped posting news stories or he was stopped from posting more news stories. /shrug I know you wouldn't. I'm sure you saw the catalyst for the OPing spree though. Oh well. Just felt like sharing...
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I reported for spam. I don't give a *** what his views are.
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Is it really worth making a thread over something like this tho? The strippers were a quick laugh at least <,<
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