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	Cat gets high on drugs left over from dinner party

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9-1-2007 9:01 PM

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                        SYDNEY (AFP) - 
An agitated pet cat left in a cupboard overnight turned out to be high on cocaine and benzodiazepines left over from a wild weekend dinner party, a report said Saturday.                        
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The eight-month-old Himalayan cat arrived at a veterinary clinic with dilated pupils and a racing heart, while the owner said it had trouble walking and was easily startled, The Sydney <SPAN id="lw_1188630577_0">Morning Herald</SPAN> reported.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/od_afp/australiaanimalscatoffbeat_070901070800"><P>
Vets Dominic Barfield and Richard Malik, who run a clinic in the <SPAN id="lw_1188630577_1">Sydney suburb</SPAN> of <SPAN id="lw_1188630577_2">Double Bay</SPAN>, were unable to take blood or use a thermometer to take the cat's temperature as it was pacing incessantly around its cage.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/od_afp/australiaanimalscatoffbeat_070901070800"><P>
While the owner was adamant the cat had not been exposed to toxic plants, mouldy foods or drugs, when contacted by telephone the owner's wife admitted the cat could have licked "plates of cocaine" which had been served at a dinner party two days earlier.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/od_afp/australiaanimalscatoffbeat_070901070800"><P>
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