Lucky black cat survived for two weeks trapped in owner's car engine

A bedraggled and emaciated cat was pulled from a car engine after being stuck inside for two weeks. Julie Tansley has been driving around searching for her missing cat, Princess, oblivious to her plight until a dashboard warning light came on.


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She lifted her BMW’s bonnet to investigate and was amazed to find Princess, who had triggered the alert by chewing through the coolant hose. Mother-of-three Julie, 40, said: “I have absolutely no idea how she managed to get there.



“It’s just ­unbelievable – I mean we’ve driven to and from school, work, even through the jet wash with her in there. If the warning light hadn’t come on I dread to think what could have happened.” It took a mechanic friend 45 minutes to free the six-year-old cat, which had lost weight and was covered in coolant fluid but otherwise unharmed.


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Julie, from Kinoulton, near Nottingham, said she had been left with a hefty repair bill. She added: “It has cost just over £300 to replace that hose, so it’s an expensive way to travel having your cat with you.”