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Little Tich

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Sat May 21, 2016, 11:06 PM May 2016

Purr-fect reunion: California veteran is reunited with Mr. Meowgi, the cat he saved in Iraq

Source: Daily Mail

A veteran and the cat he looked after in Iraq had the purr-fect reunion at Los Angeles International Airport.

Navy reservist Brad VanCleave crossed paths with the feline, known as Mr. Meowgi, at the Baghdad International Airport, where VanCleave was a government contractor, CBS Los Angeles reported.

VanCleave told the TV station: 'In July of 2015 I saw a baby kitten and he stuck his head out from one of the shipping containers. And we started feeding it and his mom.'

He said of the furry companion: 'It's kind of a neat little feeling to know that you're arriving at your work site and you're greeting by this meowing little baby, and he's chasing after you.'

VanCleave was set to leave Iraq, explaining: 'I knew if I left him there and didn't bring him back the chances of him being alive when I got back were pretty slim.'


Navy reservist Brad VanCleave crossed paths with the feline, known as Mr. Meowgi at the Baghdad International Airport, where VanCleave was a government contractor


VanCleave (seen with his family and Mr. Meowgi) has said: 'In July of 2015 I saw a baby kitten and he stuck his head out from one of the shipping containers. And we started feeding it and his mom'


VanCleave wrote on Facebook: 'Mr. Meowgi was born on our worksite in Baghdad, Iraq in June 2015, under a shipping container'


VanCleave said he and others who fed the cats constructed 'a shelter made from used aircraft tires and old pallets' for Mr. Meowgi and his mother


The orange-and white tabby will live with the VanCleaves and the family's cat and dog

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3602312/Purr-fect-reunion-California-veteran-reunited-Mr-Meowgi-cat-saved-Iraq.html



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