Casper (cat)

Casper (c. 1997 † 14 January 2010) was a living in the United Kingdom cat who gained worldwide attention through his journeys by bus.

Life

Casper was brokered in December 2002 by an animal rescue center in Dorchester in the southwestern English county of Dorset on the nurse Susan Find. At this time the black and white cat was five to ten years old and had previously lived for ten months in the station. His previous owners are not known.

Casper first lived in a villa in Weymouth with Susan Finding, her second husband and six other cats. Find had named him after the ghost from the film, as he disappeared so often. He left despite countermeasures again the house, withdrew far and showed no fear of traffic and strangers. After the family had moved to Frome in Somerset, he became a regular visitor to the local doctor 's surgery and pharmacy, where he got his own chair in the waiting area after some time.

2006 went to St Budeaux Find with Casper in Plymouth. They moved into a house near a bus stop in order to easily reach their work in a nursing home can. Only after three years, she learned that Casper was on the road every day as a passenger on the bus. He ascended every morning at 10 clock bus line 3, sat down on a seat and drove out of the house of its owner in St Budeaux back to the terminus and again until he after about 11 miles (18 km ) got out again in front of his home. He was supported often. From the bus drivers who made ​​sure that he did not got out too early After finding had learned it, she turned to the Plymouth regional newspaper The Herald, which first reported by Casper in 2009. Other newspapers and websites picked up the story and BBC News aired a report about him. Internationally, Casper became known.

On the morning of January 14, 2010 Casper died at the home of his owner, shortly after he had been hit on the way to the bus by a taxi driver. His death again triggered extensive media coverage, which was complained that the driver had his vehicle away from the accident and not taken care of the injured animal.

In August 2010, Susan published Find the book Casper the commuting cat ( Casper the commuter cat ) published by Simon & Schuster. It was translated into several languages, including German, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian and Chinese.