A stray cat, hidden at the bottom of a cargo container in darkness for at least three weeks, traveled across the ocean from China to the United States. How she survived this long journey remains a mystery.
The female kitten, after her perilous transoceanic journey to Minnesota, was discovered on June 4 by an employee at a distribution center in Oakdale, California, and then sent to Companion Animal and Control (CAC).
Harmon assumed that the cat probably survived by drinking condensation from the shipping container's walls or possibly by catching rats.
“Either that or she was overweight before she went on her venture and she had a reserve to survive,” Harmon said.
According to Harmon, the cat likely endured nearly four weeks—at least three weeks at sea before reaching New York, followed by four days in a train yard before arriving in Oakdale.
She was then transferred to the care of Northwoods Humane Society. After the long travel, she is starting to rehydrate and gain weight.
KARE, a Minnesota media outlet, reported that she is making significant progress in recovery.
Harmon told NTD in an email that the cat had been transfered to Pet Haven in St. Paul Minnesota.
The post is asking for the “most creative, globe-trotting, container-traveling” name for the cat from the public.
One commentator said, “Fortune cookie. 'Cookie' for short.”
Another one said, “(Plum) Blossom or Mei, it's a flower that symbolizes perseverance in the Chinese culture.”
Someone wants to name the cat after his late wife: “If I adopted the cat I would name her 'Fan' in memory of my wife, who passed away in November. She told me that her father named her that for good luck because Fan meant 'sail' in Cantonese and that she would sail smoothly through life. The cat's female, Chinese, is lucky to be alive, and sailed here from China so the name seems appropriate.”