Galena’s owners say she must have jumped into a large box of Amazon returns that they shipped without warning. She was trapped in the pack without food or water for six days before being found.
Monday 29 April 2024 08:02, UK
A cat from Utah has been found in a Californian Amazon warehouse after being accidentally shipped in a return box by its owners.
Galena vanished on April 10 – leaving her owners puzzled as to her whereabouts after family and friends helped her search her home and neighborhood without success.
Owner Carrie Clark told KSL TV – an affiliate of Sky’s US partner NBC News – that she received a text message on April 17 informing her that Galena’s microchip had been scanned.
Immediately afterward he received a call from a veterinarian in California.
“I didn’t believe it at first and thought it was a prank,” he told KSL.
“I ran to tell my husband that Galena was found and we left after realizing that it must have jumped in a big box that we shipped the previous Wednesday.
“The box was a ‘try before you buy’ and full of steel-toed work boots.”
Galena had been trapped for six days without food or water.
Ms. Clark told KSL that she was able to speak with the Amazon warehouse worker, Brandy, who found Galena. The Amazon employee told Clark over the phone that he took care of Galena before taking her to the vet the next day.
After receiving the call, the couple booked a flight for the next day and were reunited with the family pet.
“Despite being thinner and slightly dehydrated, her blood was completely normal and she was completely unharmed,” Ms Clark said.
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The couple updated a Facebook post on a Utah County lost and found pet group page and hailed Galena’s “story of survival.”
They wrote: “We are amazed at all the tender thanks they have given. It is a total miracle!!”
Ms Clark told KSL she wants to encourage all pet owners to microchip their pets, adding: “Triple check your Amazon boxes.”
