A Utah household was reunited with their lacking cat after it was discovered per week later and a whole lot of miles away — inside an Amazon field that had been shipped to California.
Galena the cat disappeared on April 10, confounding her house owners who combed their Utah residence for the beloved pet and plastered flyers all through their neighborhood, to no avail.
“Galena is a huge emotional support to me and has helped me get through many health challenges over the past six years,” proprietor Carrie Clark informed KSL-TV. “The anxiety and stress of not knowing what happened to her was excruciating.”
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Carrie Clark, left, with Brandy, the Amazon worker who discovered her cat. (Courtesy of Carrie Clark)
Per week later got here “the most insanely amazing news,” Clark stated. It was a vet calling to say Galena was 650 miles away, in Riverside, close to Los Angeles.
She didn’t imagine it at first. Then Clark and husband Matt Clark “broke down upon realizing” that the box-loving feline should have jumped into the massive package deal they have been returning a number of pairs of footwear in, she informed KSL.
An Amazon warehouse employee discovered the cat when she opened the field to course of its contents.
A couple of fortunate breaks saved the kitty from cashing in on any of her 9 lives throughout the journey. For one, the field Galena was shipped in cut up down one aspect, permitting her to breathe. Then on the Amazon warehouse the place she ended up, the field was opened by a employee whose interest was rescuing cats. She knew tips on how to handle the fearful feline and acquired her to a vet.
Galena was additionally microchipped, making identification straightforward. The scan generated an instantaneous textual content message to Clark, adopted by a cellphone name from the vet.
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The return field Galena was by accident shipped in. (Courtesy of Carrie Clark)
Clark and her husband flew to Los Angeles the following day to retrieve their furry good friend, who had misplaced some weight and was a bit dehydrated after six days with out meals or water, however was in any other case wonderful. Galena has since recovered.
“We’re in awe of all the tender mercies that have taken place,” Carrie Clark wrote within the Facebook group Utah County Lost & Found PETS. “It’s a total miracle!!”
