New home for 'stowaway' cat Ziggy

Ziggy was so-called as he has differently coloured eyes

A cat who turned up in a Lancashire warehouse after a 2,000-mile sea voyage has been given a new home.

Warehouse workers named the cat Ziggy after David Bowie's fictional alter-ego Ziggy Stardust, as he has one blue eye and one green eye.

He was transported in a crate from Afula in Israel and ended up in Whitworth, Lancashire, last November.

Ziggy spent six months in quarantine but is now living with Sheila and Joseph Bujak, of Over Wyre.

The cat survived the 10-day journey in the crate by licking the moisture from the walls.

He was rescued by the RSPCA and Lancashire County Council and the costs of his quarantine were paid for by Cats Protection.

The feline charity's St Helen's adoption centre found him his new home near Blackpool.