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Dec 1, 2005 6:45 am US/Central

Cat Returns To U.S. First Class

(CBS) When Emily the cat went missing a month ago, her owners looked for their wandering pet where she had ended up before — the local animal shelter. They later learned Emily sailed to France.

Today, Emily returns to the United States at Newark, New Jersey, as a first-class traveler, according to Continental Airlines.

Owner Lesley McElhiney figures her cat went prowling around a paper warehouse near home and ended up in a cargo container that went by ship across the Atlantic Ocean. The shipment was then trucked to Nancy, a city in northeastern France near the border with Germany.

Employees at a French lamination company found her in the container, checked her tags and called Emily's veterinarian, John Palarski, in Kimberly, Wis.

Palarski called the McElhineys Monday to tell them their pet was safe, if a little hungry.

"It probably had access to food and water," Palarski said. "I doubt if it went three weeks without it. There must have been a lot of mice on the boat. Even if it was in the cargo department, you would assume there was water down there. She had to have something."

(© 2005 CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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