Cat that cost £6k to rescue from Arab Spring runs away from new UK owners

the Sun ^ | October 4, 2011 | ELLIE ROSS

[Daffynition]

A COUPLE who spent £6,000 rescuing a cat from Arab Spring violence have been left devastated – after the moggy ran away.

Railton and Dawn Elliott fell in love with “Omar” while on holiday in Egypt and decided to save him from the trouble sweeping the country by bringing him home to the UK.

They shelled out a fortune in quarantine and vets’ bills and the lucky cat settled into his new life at their home in rural Oxfordshire.

But Omar vanished two weeks ago – almost a year to the day after he left quarantine.

Dawn, 46, who runs a confectionary company with her husband, said: “We’re absolutely heartbroken.

[Cicero]

I’ll be they neglected to provide him with a harem.

[SkyDancer]

But then there's USA cats

[Chode]

a fool and their money, er cat...

[Daffynition]

>:-)

[Bigg Red]

...if you let a cat run around outside, you’re taking a gamble.

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Agree.

[Daffynition]

Not so easy to do when you are ...erm...tied up. :)>

[SkyDancer]

[Daffynition]

Wow! That's the look of a moggy who never forgot his roots as being treated like a god.

[Twinkie]

Ma’am; our cat, Brutus, WILL NOT stay indoors. She loves the outdoors; is afraid of NOTHING out there. When inside, she absolutely wrecks the house upstairs and down - indoors is not big enough to contain her wildcat self. Hyper; no settling down; bites my legs (playfully, but it hurts!). Kicks her cat litter out of the big litter box by the cupfuls. - She has her own heated room on the side porch with a little cat door with water and feeder. I feed her extra salmon, chicken, beef; and she catches bugs and things for herself.

It is a nightmare. Tonight, a bobcat has been howling down the hill behind our house; when I called Brutus, she was well on her way down to see about that other cat. She came back up to get her food; but I can’t control her. She’s sweet and cute as a button; but I suspect she’s a slasher and can be mean as a snake. - We got her as a kitten at a Walmart parking lot; she had been with a mess of kittens in a houseful of kids. - You have no idea. I have never seen anything like it, and I’ve had cats of all kinds over the years. (Her real name is Zippy, but she mostly answers to Brutus.)

[SkyDancer]

That's it - my mind is off drinking and I'm going to join them.

[dragonblustar]

I love that pic!

[Slings and Arrows]

[a fool in paradise]

He wanted to see if he could find Cat Stevens.

[Sunshine Sister]

Good one! Laughed out loud!