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Five Kittens with only 8 Lives Left
"Brandy Alexandre" wrote in message ... I bet there's one upset momma cat out there. _____________________________ 5 Kittens Accidentally Shipped to Vermont VERGENNES, Vt. - A worker in the returns department at Country Home Products got a return and a surprise when he opened a brush trimmer sent back from South Carolina. Inside the box was the trimmer - and five kittens. snip Awww... poor kittens, and poor momma cat out there looking for them Just goes to show you should always check boxes before sealing them. There was a story a while back about a cat getting stuck in a dresser during a move. I'm glad the kittens are doing fine and they found a surrogate mother for them. -Kelly |
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in article , CatNipped at
wrote on 7/30/05 11:00 PM: "Karen" wrote in message ... in article , Brandy Alexandre at wrote on 7/30/05 8:16 PM: I bet there's one upset momma cat out there. _____________________________ 5 Kittens Accidentally Shipped to Vermont VERGENNES, Vt. - A worker in the returns department at Country Home Products got a return and a surprise when he opened a brush trimmer sent back from South Carolina. Inside the box was the trimmer - and five kittens. The kittens survived the bumpy and hot two-day trip to Vermont and are doing fine. The South Carolina customers returned the trimmer, a gas-powered contraption on wheels that cuts grass, weeds and brush, because they wanted a field and brush mower instead, said Deb Peters, who works in the Country Home Products returns department. The box had been stored in a barn a mile from the South Carolinians' home, and they apparently sealed the box without looking inside, Peters said. FedEx shipped the box containing the trimmer and the kittens from South Carolina, and it arrived in Vergennes about noon Wednesday. "My co-worker Alan Bean opened the box. Something moved. He jumped; and he looked in again and there was five kittens," Peters said. "Three black ones, a gray one and one that looked like a Siamese." Country Home employees dashed to the nearby Vergennes Animal Hospital and returned with bottles of kitten formula, which the kittens devoured. The 3-week-old kittens were taken to Addison County Humane Society in Middlebury, where they met Hazel, a black domestic cat whose kittens had just been weaned. Hazel is a now a surrogate mother to the kittens, providing a steady diet until they can eat solid food, said Jill Tucker, executive director of the Humane Society. I saw this on the news this morning. THey are adorable. I can't believe they survived. I just saw a picture of one he http://www.wtvynews4.com/news/headlines/1751277.html Do you have a link to the picture of all 5? Hugs, CatNipped I couldn't find one, but I found this story! http://www.globegazette.com/articles...c42ea7c68d3b64 698965290.txt Ohhhh. Poor little kitten. I hope whoever took it gets it help. It's adorable. I guess it was wanted but...yeesh!! |
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If you hurry, it's the free video on cnn.com by offbeat news. Oh they are
soooooooo adorable! |
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"Karen" wrote I couldn't find one, but I found this story! http://www.globegazette.com/articles...c42ea7c68d3b64 698965290.txt Ohhhh. Poor little kitten. I hope whoever took it gets it help. It's adorable. I guess it was wanted but...yeesh!! Poor thing!! I hope someone has the common sense to return Pinky to the shelter or at least take her to the vet. This happened at our shelter too, although we are pretty sure it was a disgruntled volunteer who did it. One of the kittens in the kitten room went missing, and at first we thought she got out of the room somehow and tore the place apart. Then it was clear she was just gone. It was on a day we were not open to the public, and no one let any strangers in. The volunteer had quit but not turned in her key. Luckily, she seemed to really care about the animals but didn't like being told to follow procedure at the shelter. So we can only hope this kitten is OK. It made me sick to think about that kitten being missing. -Kelly |
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Brandy Alexandre wrote:
I bet there's one upset momma cat out there. _____________________________ 5 Kittens Accidentally Shipped to Vermont VERGENNES, Vt. - A worker in the returns department at Country Home Products got a return and a surprise when he opened a brush trimmer sent back from South Carolina. Inside the box was the trimmer - and five kittens. The kittens survived the bumpy and hot two-day trip to Vermont and are doing fine. The South Carolina customers returned the trimmer, a gas-powered contraption on wheels that cuts grass, weeds and brush, because they wanted a field and brush mower instead, said Deb Peters, who works in the Country Home Products returns department. The box had been stored in a barn a mile from the South Carolinians' home, and they apparently sealed the box without looking inside, Peters said. FedEx shipped the box containing the trimmer and the kittens from South Carolina, and it arrived in Vergennes about noon Wednesday. "My co-worker Alan Bean opened the box. Something moved. He jumped; and he looked in again and there was five kittens," Peters said. "Three black ones, a gray one and one that looked like a Siamese." Country Home employees dashed to the nearby Vergennes Animal Hospital and returned with bottles of kitten formula, which the kittens devoured. The 3-week-old kittens were taken to Addison County Humane Society in Middlebury, where they met Hazel, a black domestic cat whose kittens had just been weaned. Hazel is a now a surrogate mother to the kittens, providing a steady diet until they can eat solid food, said Jill Tucker, executive director of the Humane Society. Thank you for the story I am so glad the kitties survived and a new Momma is taking care of them! Poor Momma left behind and it makes you feel badly for the people who obviously did not mean to seal the babies up and send them off like that! |
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On 31 Jul 2005 14:09:30 GMT, "Brandy**Alexandre"
wrote: Hailey wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: Thank you for the story I am so glad the kitties survived and a new Momma is taking care of them! Poor Momma left behind and it makes you feel badly for the people who obviously did not mean to seal the babies up and send them off like that! It's just so surprising that they ALL survived. You'd think one of the five, or four of the five. They're so fragile at that age. But ALL of them survived. Maybe a couple of them have only one or two lives left instead of eight. Maybe I am cynical but I wonder if it was a mistake, one or even two I could find it easier to believe, I know how they can become invisible at times and sneak through an open door or the like without being seen but five kittens I hope I"m wrong but I would think that the shipper of the product would have figured out that the cats had to have been in the box when they couldn't find her. Ms Brandy are you talking about paying for the actual feed of usenet or a reader? Brad Lifes journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting......." HOLY @#$%... WHAT A RIDE!" |
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On 31 Jul 2005 05:13:18 GMT, "Brandy**Alexandre"
wrote: Karen wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: If you hurry, it's the free video on cnn.com by offbeat news. Oh they are soooooooo adorable! Awwwwww!!! They're so cute! Funny that the reporter said the same thing I did. "Eight lives left." Maybe you missed your calling Ms Brandy....... With the state of legal insanity in the USA these days you should be able to find something to sue the network about?? Maybe they will just look at your suit as one of those nuisance cases and just dangle $10,000 at you to make you go away.......don't laugh I have seen lawsuits more wacky than yours would be :-) Brad Lifes journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting......." HOLY @#$%... WHAT A RIDE!" |
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in article , Brad at
wrote on 8/2/05 10:41 PM: On 31 Jul 2005 14:09:30 GMT, "Brandy**Alexandre" wrote: Hailey wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: Thank you for the story I am so glad the kitties survived and a new Momma is taking care of them! Poor Momma left behind and it makes you feel badly for the people who obviously did not mean to seal the babies up and send them off like that! It's just so surprising that they ALL survived. You'd think one of the five, or four of the five. They're so fragile at that age. But ALL of them survived. Maybe a couple of them have only one or two lives left instead of eight. Maybe I am cynical but I wonder if it was a mistake, one or even two I could find it easier to believe, I know how they can become invisible at times and sneak through an open door or the like without being seen but five kittens I hope I"m wrong but I would think that the shipper of the product would have figured out that the cats had to have been in the box when they couldn't find her. Ms Brandy are you talking about paying for the actual feed of usenet or a reader? Brad Lifes journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting......." HOLY @#$%... WHAT A RIDE!" I think it was just out in an outbuilding or barn. The people didn't have a cat. They figure a stray got in and had them. The people just closed up the box and shipped it. |
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