One fortunate cat is beginning over in Miami after being smuggled onto a global cruise and going through the potential of euthanasia.
Ovie, an unsuspecting cat, was discovered onboard Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas on Nov. 18 after reportedly being smuggled onboard the cruise ship by a visitor.
Michael Bayley, the CEO of Royal Caribbean International, famous in a Facebook put up on Friday that the cat was “smuggled” onto the cruise, which made stops in Australia and New Zealand.
“We consider that it was within the visitor’s sweatshirt, and we assume he will need to have been sedated or one thing,” Bayley added of Ovie on social media.
The cat got here to the eye of Royal Caribbean after the feline was noticed by a crew member and “reported to New Zealand authorities per their bio-security protocols,” Royal Caribbean shared in a press release with PEOPLE on Thursday.
“Royal Caribbean labored with native authorities and the visitor to see if the cat might be legally introduced into the nation,” the assertion continued. “Unfortunately, as a consequence of federal rules, this was not potential.”
Bayley wrote on Facebook that the cat was in the end “not allowed off the ship in Australia or New Zealand by authorities and was speculated to be euthanized.”
Still, Royal Caribbean labored with authorities “to see what was potential” for Ovie, per the corporate’s assertion. “And after following native quarantine protocols, the cat was flown again to the United States the place we have been capable of finding it a ceaselessly home.”
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“Our visitor service staff stepped as much as the plate and after a number of weeks and far forwards and backwards safely introduced Ovie midway all over the world to be adopted by one of many visitor service staff members in Miami,” Bayley wrote.
“Ovie is now fortunately dwelling in Miami.”
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Royal Caribbean International notes on its web site that service dogs are welcome aboard its ships, however the firm does “not settle for pets” on board.
