WestJet 'loses' cat in Vancouver airport

A Vancouver woman is pleading with WestJetto find one of her two cats, after the animal went missing in Vancouver airport's cargo area.

Kelli Seepaulhad planned to moveto Toronto on Thursday, taking her two cats, Finnegan, a tabby,and Willow, a Siamese, with her.

She was about to board her plane whenthe airline paged herto say both cats had escaped, after ground handlers picked up their kennel and the bottomfell out of it.

Seepaulhelped staff search for the animalsin Vancouver airport's baggage area and Finnegan was found, but after four hours Willowwas still missing and Seepaul had to fly to Toronto.

Both cats were abused beforeSeepaul rescuedthem from the SquamishSPCA in March. Now she'sworried she'll never see Willow again.

"They were just leaving out food, hoping she would come out and they would catch her and I explained that you can't just pick her up and catch her because she's an abused cat," she said.

"I just don't know if they're doing enough. Their priority isn't to find my cats but it's to do other things and I just ... my priority is to find my cat that they lost."

WestJet says it's doing everything it can to recover the animal and called the incident extremely rare.

In the meantime, Seepaul says she's not alone in her distress Finnegan is worried too.

"They're always together so he's walking around the apartment calling for her."