Egypt Then and Now » Port Said http://allaboutegypt.org Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:04:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Cat survives two-week voyage to Britain from Egypt http://allaboutegypt.org/2009/11/cat-survives-two-week-voyage-to-britain-from-egypt/ http://allaboutegypt.org/2009/11/cat-survives-two-week-voyage-to-britain-from-egypt/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:02:24 +0000 Ben Morales-Correa http://allaboutegypt.org/?p=1976

Pharoah the cat has survived after stowing away in a container on a merchant ship that arrived at the British port of Felixstowe after a 3,000 mile journey from Egypt.

The hungry animal was found in a container after two weeks on board the MV Maersk Batam which travelled from the Port Said in Egypt to the Suffolk port.

Two RSPCA officers collected Pharaoh and he is now being looked after a quarantine cattery near Colchester, Essex.

Pharaoh will be kept at the cattery for five and a half months because of rabies quarantine regulations.

A Suffolk County Council spokeswoman said it had been “touch and go” for the cat when it was found two weeks ago.

Telegraph.co.uk

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