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A kitten who travelled 6,500 miles on a boat with no food or water is currently recovering in California.
Ni Hao, an orange and white cat, was trapped in a shipping container for the entirety of the two-week trip, AFP reports.
The 3-month-old cat was only discovered when the container was opened upon the ship’s arrival from Shanghai.
Members of the Los Angeles Medical Department of Animal Control are currently looking after the kitten, who is still regaining strength after the ordeal.
Head of the department Marcia Mayeda said yesterday: “Ni Hao greeted the medical team with his first meows this morning and is attempting to stand.”
Officials are now looking for a local cat lover to adopt Ni Hao, whose name means ‘hello’ in Mandarin.
Although animals must usually remain in quarantine for 60 days upon arriving in the US, Ni Hao may be looked after by a foster family during this time.
This is one well-travelled kitten! what a cute stowaway to have, I’m glad he survived..though I can’t help thinking this has an air of Schrödinger’s cat theory. The one where a cat is in a box and it can be both dead or alive because you wont know untill the box has been opened, therefor meaning the cat is theoretically both dead and alive at the same time.