‘How could this happen?’: Mittens the cat’s owner describes feline frequent flyer’s ordeal

A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia. Her owner Margo Neas said she waited for Mittens to be unloaded from the plane’s freight area in Melbourne for three hours, before being told the cat was on her way back to New Zealand.