Bob
15th May 2007, 00:28
When Eric Congdon, the owner of Olympia Moto Sports in North Carolina took delivery of a crate of motorcycle helmets, he received an unexpected cargo – a cat.
Weak, but alive, the cat had survived 35 days in the crate since it shipped from Shanghai.
Congdon immediately took the cat to a local vet, Michelle Misavage who said “Usually we say that animals can only survive a few weeks without food and only a few days without water. The theory is that cats have such good kidneys their bodies adjust to the lack of water and somehow they received small amounts of moisture from condensation."
Another colleague plans to adopt the cat, once it has been vaccinated and quarantined.
Weak, but alive, the cat had survived 35 days in the crate since it shipped from Shanghai.
Congdon immediately took the cat to a local vet, Michelle Misavage who said “Usually we say that animals can only survive a few weeks without food and only a few days without water. The theory is that cats have such good kidneys their bodies adjust to the lack of water and somehow they received small amounts of moisture from condensation."
Another colleague plans to adopt the cat, once it has been vaccinated and quarantined.