A Utah cat was found in an Amazon warehouse in California after being accidentally sent in a return box by its owners.
Galena went missing on April 10 – leaving her owners perplexed as to her whereabouts after family and friends helped them search her home and neighborhood to no avail.
Owner Carrie Clark told KSL TV – an affiliate of Sky’s U.S. partner NBC News – that she received a text message on April 17 that Galena’s microchip had been scanned.
Immediately afterward she received a call from a veterinarian in California.
“At first I didn’t believe her and thought it was a prank,” she told KSL.
“I ran to tell my husband that Galena had been found and we broke down when I realized that she must have jumped into a huge box that we had shipped the previous Wednesday.
“The box was a ‘try before you buy’ box and was full of steel toe work boots.”
Galena was trapped inside for six days without food or water.
Clark told KSL he was able to speak with the Amazon warehouse worker, Brandy, who found Galena. The Amazon employee told Clark over the phone that she took care of Galena before taking her to the vet the next day.
Upon receiving the call, the couple booked a flight for the next day and was reunited with their family pet.
“Despite being thinner and experiencing some mild dehydration, her blood tests were completely normal and she was completely unharmed,” Clark said.
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The couple updated a Facebook post on the page of a Utah County lost and found pets group and praised Galena’s “survival story.”
They wrote: “We are amazed at all the tender mercies that have taken place. It’s a total miracle!!”
Clark told KSL he wants to encourage all pet owners to microchip their pets and added, “Triple check your Amazon boxes.”
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