A Florida Cat Walked 200 Miles Back Home

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Pam Belluck, A Cat’s 200-Mile Trek Home Leaves Scientists Guessing; A tale of survival instincts and a mictochip. New York Times, Jan 20, 2013.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/20 ... incredible-journey/

Excerpt in the window of print: Cats are not migratory, yt they sometimes show navigatioal ability

My comment:
(a) Since how athe cat achieved the feat is unknown and unknownable, skip the speculations in the report. Read only those paragraphs that are facts.
(b) Bonnie Richter
(i) Bonnie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie
(ii) The German surname Richter is "judge, Middle High German rihtære (from rihten ‘to make right’)."
(c) The English surname Bradshaw is from "Old English brad ‘broad’ + sceaga ‘thicket.’"
(d) The protagnist is "Holly, a 4-year-old tortoiseshell [with] distinctive black-and-brown harlequin patterns on her fur."
(i) tortoiseshell cat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoiseshell_cat
(a coat coloring found almost exclusively in female cats; orange and black; are not specific breeds of cat)
(ii) harlequin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin

Pay attention to the photo in lower left corner.
(e) RV = recreational vehicle
(f)
(i) Daytona Beach, Florida
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytona_Beach,_Florida
(In 1871, Mathias Day Jr bought a tract of land; in 1872 residents decide to name the city Daytona in honor of Day as its founder)

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Dayton, Ohio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio
("The city was incorporated in 1805 and was named after Jonathan Dayton, who owned the land. Dayton had been a captain in the American Revolutionary War and was a signer of the US Constitution")
(ii) West Palm Beach, Florida
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Palm_Beach,_Florida

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Palm Beach, Florida
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Beach,_Florida
(located on a 16-mile (26 km) long barrier island)