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Feline Follies

I've had to take our bunnies and cat to the vets a number of times the past year. They usually just picked up from the car and returned. We to put Puzzle the cat to sleep a month ago and they did allow me in after they had prepped him.

I did see where they had to show another pet parent how to give their pet some meds and they opened a dutch door and demonstrated that way, maintaining social distance.
I’m sorry about Puzzle. It’s hard to lose a friend
 
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Yeah, me too. The fact that he pet it the way he did right before he started and you couldn't see the back half of the cat, makes me think he was probably squeezing or poking it in the leg or hip.
I remember seeing a clip like that on AFV and you could see the girl who was filming's arm tense up when she squeezed the cat's foot off camera.
I assumed there was a transparent barrier there (glass, plexi, whatever), but then that darn lizard thrust its head far past where the material should have been! I did NOT expect that!
Yeah, when I first saw it, I expected the cat to hit the glass and fall, or something like that.
 
By Mike Wehner @MikeWehner
March 3rd, 2021 at 9:10 PM

Plane travel might be a bit less popular these days, what with a global pandemic still raging across most countries, but that didn’t stop one frisky feline from feeling the need to jet set. The cat, which was apparently a feral or stray, managed to sneak aboard a Tarco Airlines Boeing 737 in Sudan. The flight, which was bound for Qatar, had to be aborted after the kitty decided it would make its presence known by attacking the occupants in the cockpit.

This is a seriously bizarre story, but it also makes perfect sense if you know anything about cats. The animal somehow found its way onto the plane and hid in a dark area in the cockpit, which is a very cat thing to do. The flight departed and, for a time, the cat remained hidden, likely scared for its life due to the noise and rumblings of the plane. After about a half-hour, the feline felt comfortable enough to reveal itself, only to find a very confused pilot.

According to Sudan’s Al-Sundai news agency, the flight was supposed to land in the capital city of Doha in Qatar. Unfortunately, when the cat popped up in the cockpit, it was frightened enough by the situation to begin attacking the pilot. When staff attempted to catch the cat and contain it, it escaped. Cats are basically furry water, so this isn’t surprising.

The pilot had no choice but to perform a mid-air about-face and head back to the departing airport to have the cat removed. The plane was reportedly stored in a hangar recently while it awaited cleaning, so it’s possible that the cat managed to climb aboard during that bit of downtime, but nobody can say for certain.

Despite the reports that the pilot was attacked by the cat, there are no mentions of any injuries suffered by anyone, including the feline. The cat, of course, had no idea what it was doing when it snuck aboard the plane, and it’s unclear what the staff did with the cat once they managed to land the plane again. Being a feral cat, it may not have been a good candidate to be fostered or adopted, so let’s hope it didn’t suffer a grim fate.

It does seem a little bit troubling that an animal like a cat could find its way aboard a commercial airliner without being seen. With air travel safety a top priority for regulatory agencies and other watchdog groups, you have to wonder how easy it might have been for a person to sneak aboard the plane — perhaps to plant something or sabotage the vehicle in some other way — if circumstances were the same.

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https://bgr.com/2021/03/03/cat-airplane-attacks-pilot/

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By Mike Wehner @MikeWehner
March 3rd, 2021 at 9:10 PM

Plane travel might be a bit less popular these days, what with a global pandemic still raging across most countries, but that didn’t stop one frisky feline from feeling the need to jet set. The cat, which was apparently a feral or stray, managed to sneak aboard a Tarco Airlines Boeing 737 in Sudan. The flight, which was bound for Qatar, had to be aborted after the kitty decided it would make its presence known by attacking the occupants in the cockpit.

This is a seriously bizarre story, but it also makes perfect sense if you know anything about cats. The animal somehow found its way onto the plane and hid in a dark area in the cockpit, which is a very cat thing to do. The flight departed and, for a time, the cat remained hidden, likely scared for its life due to the noise and rumblings of the plane. After about a half-hour, the feline felt comfortable enough to reveal itself, only to find a very confused pilot.

According to Sudan’s Al-Sundai news agency, the flight was supposed to land in the capital city of Doha in Qatar. Unfortunately, when the cat popped up in the cockpit, it was frightened enough by the situation to begin attacking the pilot. When staff attempted to catch the cat and contain it, it escaped. Cats are basically furry water, so this isn’t surprising.

The pilot had no choice but to perform a mid-air about-face and head back to the departing airport to have the cat removed. The plane was reportedly stored in a hangar recently while it awaited cleaning, so it’s possible that the cat managed to climb aboard during that bit of downtime, but nobody can say for certain.

Despite the reports that the pilot was attacked by the cat, there are no mentions of any injuries suffered by anyone, including the feline. The cat, of course, had no idea what it was doing when it snuck aboard the plane, and it’s unclear what the staff did with the cat once they managed to land the plane again. Being a feral cat, it may not have been a good candidate to be fostered or adopted, so let’s hope it didn’t suffer a grim fate.

It does seem a little bit troubling that an animal like a cat could find its way aboard a commercial airliner without being seen. With air travel safety a top priority for regulatory agencies and other watchdog groups, you have to wonder how easy it might have been for a person to sneak aboard the plane — perhaps to plant something or sabotage the vehicle in some other way — if circumstances were the same.

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https://bgr.com/2021/03/03/cat-airplane-attacks-pilot/

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“Cats are basically furry water-“

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[Wilhelmina Packard]Who writes this?!?![Wilhelmina Packard]
 
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