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wow kitten survived 45 days on a shipping container :O.

armchair_warrior
armchair_warrior
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
Authorities are still marveling over the incredible case of the cargo kitty which somehow managed to survive a 45 day trip from China to Canada while locked in a shipping container.

Severely malnourished and in extreme distress, the cat was discovered tucked between granite slabs and wood bracing for the entire trip, and “had been meowing for weeks,” according to Amy Bindman an interior designer at ICON Stone and Tile, the company that had imported the shipment from Asia.

"We had to empty the entire container before being able to reach the cat, because (she) jumped and hid in a corner that was unreachable,"

The kitten, named Mandarin is now being cared for at the Calgary Humane Society. Desiree Arsenault, a spokesperson for the shelter stated that she “weighed only half the weight of kittens her age. She was about six months old.”

No one knows how the animal managed to survive so long without food or water, although Arsenault speculated that "There may have been mice or things running round the enclosure.”

http://www.examiner.com/x-54642-Hartford-Pets-Examiner~y2010m7d11-Miracle-kitten-survives-45-day-trip-from-China-to-Canada-locked-in-cargo-container

Comments

  • independent mind
    independent mind
    wow, that kitty can definitely haz cheesburger now....
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    ha
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    .


    just what we need , another illegal immigrant looking to take american jobs.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Hamilton wrote: .


    just what we need , another illegal immigrant looking to take american jobs.
    There was no one qualified who would fill the position that was a citizen.
  • hamilton
    hamilton
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    your overlooking,
    garfield
    felix
    fritz
    sylvester
    morris
    krazy kat
    and socks.

    [ i'm referring to our presidential pet , not spitzer]
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    they applied, but when I told them what we were paying they stormed out of the room and said something about how they were entitled to an insanely high salary and benefit package.

    So, I hired "Mandarin" both because I thought she'd be a superior employee, and I wanted to pre-empt a lawsuit by Armchair Warrior that I was somehow discriminating against Asians.

    I couldn't be more pleased with my decision and its outcomes.
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    well, the rest of the day should be fun, as AW will berate you for hiring an oriental for less pay then an american born, but that may be the least of your problems, wait till MHA finds out you refused to give an opportunity to sylvester, an african american cat, so you could save a few bucks by hiring an illegal.


    you better hope the new black panthers can't locate you address.

    i'm going out to get a few heinikens and then, sit back and enjoy their responses.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    I'll just gonna sit here and pet my new cat.

    I pay her everything I can afford given the world marketplace I compete in.

    It seems that no matter what I do, people protest and sue.
  • homeowner
    homeowner
    Actually you got gyped, because Mumbai the cat would have done it for less and had an advanced degree in engineering and finance.
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    .

    i thought he was doing customer service at chase
  • domino
    domino
    Sylvester was black?????
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    homeowner wrote: Actually you got gyped, because Mumbai the cat would have done it for less and had an advanced degree in engineering and finance.
    I considered Mumbai, but he was over qualified.

    I wanted someone who would not quit as soon as he got a better offer.
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    Domino wrote: Sylvester was black?????


    .


    i was talking about the cat, not stallone.
  • domino
    domino
    I knew that's the cat referred to - so does that make Tweety Asian?
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    Domino wrote: I knew that's the cat referred to - so does that make Tweety Asian?
    .

    naw, he more then likely has a jaundice problem.