Cat stuck in water drain gets released in Reunion

The miraculous rescue of a cat caught in a pipe for 72 hours

A cat got stuck three feet underground at a construction site. She spent three days in the water drain. This is the story of Catoune, the cat whose rescue made the inhabitants of Reunion Island hold their breath.  One morning in August, the inhabitants of Hauts des Camélias, rue des Marquis, were startled by repeated … Read more

Sailor adrift with cat for months

 A Polish sailor was rescued after drifting for seven months with his cat for only company

The following tale seems to be taken straight from Jules Verne’s novels. A sailor adrift in the middle of the Indian Ocean was rescued close to the island of Reunion. On board his boat, Zbigniew Reket had his pet cat the whole trip. This Polish man stated that he had been sailing across the Indian … Read more