Check your suitcase first, you may carry a cat inside! by Milota Sidorova

Sounds unbelievable, but that is a story of Gracie Mae, little cat from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, that has been accidentally packed by her owner, Seth Levy. The large black Samsonite suitcase with his 10 months old cat inside passed the X-rays control, flew almost four hours on the plane leading to Texas, where it has been grabbed by another rushing passenger by a mistake. When Kelly Levy, a wife of Seth Levy realized that their beloved cat was missing, she searched thorough all the house and spent evening wandering around calling for Gracie Mae. At that time, Rob Carter opened the suitcase on the bed at his home, Fort Worth, Texas. "I went to unpack and saw some of the clothes and saw it wasn't my suitcase," said Rob adding that he was about to close it, when a kitten jumped out and ran under the bed. He was so shocked that he screamed like a little girl. In the morning he was able to touch scarred Gracie, who spent a night hiding under his bed. " I got close enough to see its collar and the phone number on it," he said. Then he called back the family Levy. According to various U. S. Government Agencies have rules for pet transports, especially the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and units of USDA, requires a health certificate, and a proof of Rabies Vaccination. Gracie breaking all those regulations took a trip in a suitcase by just in front of the eyes of baggage inspectors. After a call from Texas, Gracie was luckily sent back home. In a case, Mr. Carter couldn't find good home for her, he would keep her. He would give her a new name, simply & Suitcase!

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by Milota Sidorova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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