Brave Bella Kitty Survives 70-Mile Trip Under Truck

She stayed calm knowing soon she would get some help, she stayed put and now has a wild ride memory! Good Kitty! Glad you waiting and didn't jump because now you are safe!

Bella the cat went for a 70-mile ride, precariously perched on the spare tire under owner Gil Smith's truck. Smith drove for 2 1/2 hours before he stopped and heard her frantic meows. Bella was shaky and tired, but otherwise fine.
Near cat-astrophe costs Gilbert pet a few lives
GILBERT, Ariz. - A cat survived a 2 1/2-hour trip on a spare tire under her owner's truck. Gil Smith recently drove from his Gilbert home 70 miles away for a business meeting in Kearny. When he got out of the truck, he heard a cat in distress and realized it was his.
Smith said the cat, Bella, was hysterical, shaky and tired, but was smart enough to know not to jump off the tire as the truck was moving.

Bella the cat went for a 70-mile ride, precariously perched on the spare tire under owner Gil Smith's truck. Smith drove for 2 1/2 hours before he stopped and heard her frantic meows. Bella was shaky and tired, but otherwise fine.

Smith and his wife have adopted three indoor cats, three goats and three chickens. But Smith said Bella, an outdoor cat the couple adopted years ago, has a special place in his wife's heart.

Smith said he canceled his meeting with a state Department of Economic Security official who had driven 50 miles to get to Kearny so he could get Bella home.
It was either that, or, he jokes, get a divorce.

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