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A U.S. family has been reunited with their pet cat after she was accidentally mailed hundreds of kilometres with a package return.
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Galeana went missing from her Utah home earlier this month, the BBC reported, leading to a widespread series of searches for the beloved moggie.
She was found and rescued by an Amazon worker in California nearly a week later after jumping into one of the family’s packages undetected.
Return to sender, indeed.
The cat was in good health despite going without food or water for days.
“Galeana loves boxes, it’s just part of her personality,” Carrie Clark, the feline’s owner, told NBC’s Utah affiliate, KSL TV.
The large box that cat was rescued from also contained pairs of steel-toed work boots.
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The Amazon worker took her to the vet.
The pet’s microchip was scanned and the owners’ contact details appeared.
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The vet made the call, explaining what happened.
It was the “most amazing, insane news in the entire world,” Clark said. “I didn’t believe (the vet) at first and thought it was a prank.”
She and her husband flew more than 1,600 kilometres to retrieve their pet in California.
“It was an amazing reunion! Galena instantly stopped shaking and relaxed in my arms when I got to hold her again.”
As luck would have it, one of the box’s seams had been open, so there was air to breathe, and the temperate weather conditions ensured the feline did not freeze or suffer from heat.
Clark described the overall experience as “excruciating” and encouraged pet owners to microchip their pets — and to “triple check” their Amazon boxes.
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