Galena, a 6- yr- older cat, was found in an Amazon inventory a month after she climbed into a 3- by- 3- foot cardboard box at her owner’s home.
Her first reaction was disbelief when a veterinarian in California called her on April 17 to let her know that her pet had vanished from her Utah home a week earlier and had been discovered some 500 miles ( 804 kilometers ) away. In an interview on Sunday evening, Clark said,” I could not believe that it was true. ” I told her: I think this is a prank”.
It was n’t. Galena, her 6- year- ancient American shorthair, had sneaked inside a 3- by- 3- base paper Amazon returns package alongside five pairs of steel- crested boots. Then the cat was transported two says away to one of the company’s warehouses, where it was discovered by Google people.
Galena, according to Clark, made it on the impromptu voyage without any food or water. Despite her suffering, Galena was in relatively good health with no problems aside from minor thirst, Clark said. Two elements had helped: One hole on the field had come unglued, allowing air to travel, and mild temperature kept Galena from overheating or freezing. Clarke claimed that she thought Galena had entered the field as her father was packing it by sneaking inside to get some tape to cover it up. ” She does n’t meow a lot and she loves boxes, so for her, she was really happy in that moment. Although I’m sure that was n’t the case later on”.
Clark and her husband did n’t notice the addition of a stowaway when they mailed the box on April 10 because it already weighed more than 30 pounds, she said. But they were able to identify their nervous, inside cat as missing that day. Worst-case cases started running through her mind after days of searching the home and the neighborhood turned up everything, Clark said. Had Galena darted outside? Had she been snatched up by a prey?
” We had completely no idea what had happened”, Clark said. Finally she received the call from a dermatologist in Riverside, Calif. An Amazon staff, Brandy Hunter, had brought Galena in, and the vet identified her through her chip and contacted Clark. Hunter wrote on Instagram. We have experienced some very bizarre issues in my lifetime, but never anything like this! Amazon did not respond to e-mails for reply right away.
She and her father immediately booked a trip to California so that she and Galena could see each other again when Clark received the call. ” It was like a wonderful time”.
