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Florida family looking for hairless cat lost at Atlanta airport

June 7, 2015

Employees at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport are on the lookout for a missing family pet - an exotic hairless cat.

A Florida family says their cat Rudy was lost while being transported on a Delta Airlines flight.

The family, who lives near Sarasota, according to mysuncoast.com, bought the hairless peterbald kitten from a breeder in Canada. The kitten was being transported to its new family for the first time.

Rudy's cage broke open, and the kitten escaped into the cargo area around 7 a.m. Thursday.

A Delta Airlines spokesperson said a search is underway and the airline is looking into what went wrong.

The family started a Facebook page "Help us find Rudy." They are offering a $2,000 cash reward for the cat's recovery, according to a post on the page.

We are officially increasing our reward to $2000 cash to the person who gets our little boy back and safely in our arms!...

Posted by Help us find Rudy on Sunday, June 7, 2015

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