In a return package destined for Amazon, she survived a journey of six days.
Sunday 5 May at 10:35
The short version
- Galena the cat disappeared from her home in Utah, USA earlier in April
- Six days later, the cat was found 800 km away in California
- The cat survived the trip without food or water thanks to an air hole in the cardboard box she was in and mild weather
- The owner, Carrie Clark, traveled to California to retrieve the unharmed cat and calls the incident a miracle
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– I can’t believe it, says the owner of the six-year-old cat Galena to KSL TV.
Earlier in April, her cat, Galena, mysteriously disappeared from their home in Utah, USA.
But after six days the owner got a reply.
On April 17, a veterinarian called in California who had found the cat – about 800 kilometers from Utah.
Galena had managed to sneak in a cardboard box, which basically contained shoe boxes to be returned to the Amazon website.
Owner Carrie Clark tells the channel KSL that she almost couldn’t understand what she was told:
– I told the vet that I thought it was a joke.
Let’s rewind a bit. It was on April 10 that Clark first expressed concern to friends and family when the cat went missing. Several people contributed to the work, and cleaned the house and the neighborhood, according to KSL TV.
– The anxiety I get from not knowing what has happened to her is unbearable, she told the channel.
– A miracle
The cat’s owner told the New York Times that she thinks Galena jumped into the box while the man fetched more tape to close it.
The four-legged one is very fond of boxes and does not make much noise. The owners did not notice that she was there when they delivered the package in the post, according to the newspaper.
But when the happy news that the cat had been found, she and her husband jumped straight on the plane to California, writes Clark in a post on Facebook.
– And despite the fact that she has become thinner, she was completely unharmed, Clark writes in the post.
– It is a total miracle, she continues.
Survived without food and water
The cat has survived the journey completely without water and food, according to the newspaper.
But to Galena’s, and her owner’s, happiness, two things reportedly saved her life: An air hole in the box and mild weather.
– It really is a miracle that she managed to survive, says Clark.
