Cat Survives 3 Weeks Crossing Ocean

[Slacker]

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A cat whose owners thought was lost spent nearly three weeks crossing the Pacific Ocean in a shipping container with no food or water _ and appears to be just fine.

The voyage began after Pamela Escamilla lost sight of her 3-year-old calico, Spice, while packing a huge container with household goods in Waikoloa Village, Hawaii.

The container was shipped June 15 to Southern California. Escamilla, 39, and her husband couldn't find the cat before taking their flight and asked neighbors in Hawaii to call if Spice returned.


While the Escamillas feared the worst, Spice spent 18 days in the pitch-black container without food or water as it crossed the Pacific before arriving at the San Bernardino home of Escamilla's parents on Tuesday.
"We really thought that cat was going to be dead," said Edward Gardner, Escamilla's father.


When Escamilla opened the container, she and family members huddled around her noticed fluffs of cat hair on the floor.

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[Naomi]

Cats are the best, see if a dog would make it

[Slacker]

I thought of you when I posted this.

Cats are the best, see if a dog would make it

[rstonecousley]

Hmm....Further evidence that cats are not of this Earth. Anything that can survive without food or water for that long (and not be in hibernation) scares me.