<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of the <i>Telegraph</i> (London, England) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11511284/Sinbad-the-cats-3000-mile-journey-from-Egypt-to-Hereford-in-shipping-container.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11511284/Sinbad-the-cats-3000-mile-journey-from-Egypt-to-Hereford-in-shipping-container.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div class="firstPar"><h1 itemprop="headline name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.16em; font-size: 2.4em; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; color: rgb(30, 30, 30);">Sinbad the cat's 3,000-mile journey from Egypt to Hereford in shipping container</h1><h2 itemprop="alternativeHeadline description" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 1.6em; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">Stowaway ginger tom sneaks onto back of lorry at Alexandria port before travelling in sealed container across Mediterranean Sea and through Europe to Moreton-on-Lugg</h2><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A cat is recovering after surviving without food and water for 17 days in a shipping container during a 3,000 mile journey to Britain - from Egypt. </span></p></div><div class="secondPar"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The stowaway ginger tom, who has since been named Sinbad, managed to sneak onto the back of a lorry at Alexandria port in the north of the African country on March 8. </span></p></div><div class="thirdPar"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The cat then travelled in the sealed container across the Mediterranean Sea on a ferry before embarking on a road trip through Central Europe. </span></p></div><div class="fourthPar"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sinbad was finally found when the lorry arrived at the warehouse of Mediterranean Linen in Moreton-on-Lugg, Hereford, and its cargo was unloaded on March 25. </span></p></div><div class="fifthPar"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Staff had heard desperate meows coming from inside the vehicle and found the cat had made itself a bed in one of the container boxes of laundry linen. They cornered the eight-month-old animal and gave it food and water before contacting the RSPCA.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Graham Monteath, managing director at Mediterranean Linens, said staff could not work out what the noise was when the shipping container arrived at their depot. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 56-year-old added: "We heard this screeching noise. I have never heard a cat make that noise before. One of the lads thought it was a baby. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I thought it could have been a buzzard trying to get into the warehouse because we do get lots of them around here. I just turned round and thought 'good God', what is that?' Then this cat's head popped out of the door. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We checked the seal and it had not been tampered with. It was very odd. The RSPCA woman said that she was very surprised how well the cat looked. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"It had scratched open one of the boxes. There was not much of a mess but we did not use any of the linen by that. I gave him the beef which was for my lunch. He scoffed it. So he got some good British food for his first meal on English soil." </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">• <a id="9828605" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9828605/Holly-the-cat-A-Florida-felines-200-mile-two-month-journey-home-baffles-scientists.html" style="outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px;">Florida feline's 200-mile two-month journey home baffles scientists</a><br>• <a id="9912059" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9912059/One-cats-3400-mile-accidental-journey-from-Egypt-to-Nottinghamshire.html" style="outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px;">Cat's 3,400 mile accidental journey from Egypt to Nottinghamshire</a></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">RSPCA inspector Pippa Boyd said she had not seen anything like it in her eight-year career. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She added: "They showed me the paperwork. They have to seal the container and put a tag on it there, which they did when the container left. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"They showed me the paperwork and the tag, and it did all match up. We thought maybe at customs someone might have opened it up, but they didn't. He such a curious cat. He just seems to be wanting to be everywhere and see everything. I imagine they were loading and he just sneaked in." P</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sinbad will now spend four months in quarantine, which will cost the RSPCA £2,000 so an <strong><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/sinbadthekitten" target="_blank" style="outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px;">appeal webpage has been created to cover costs</a></strong>. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ms Boyd added: "For us, it is a lot of money for one cat. But he has had such a plight and got all of this way so the only thing we can do is get him through it. He is a very affectionate cat and once he has finished his quarantine he will be looking for a loving home."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="caption" style="margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">Sinbad travelled in a container across the Mediterranean Sea before embarking on a road trip through Central Europe.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><img src="cid:1237BF78-B429-4575-8FE9-FE266F45F5B6" alt="image1.jpeg" id="1237BF78-B429-4575-8FE9-FE266F45F5B6"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040415_01.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040415_01.jpg</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="credit">--------------------</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sinbad with Trainee Veterinary Nurse Amy Wheeler and RSPCA Inspector Pippa Boyd </span></p></div></div><div><img src="cid:D99C8391-CFC2-47EE-B349-440A9C4A3BBA" alt="image2.jpeg" id="D99C8391-CFC2-47EE-B349-440A9C4A3BBA"></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040415_02.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040415_02.jpg</a></div><div> </div><div>--------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>