Stowaway kitten healthy, adopted
When she was found in a shipping container, Mandarin was dehydrated and weighed less than a kilogram.
Last Updated: Monday, October 4, 2010 | 2:11 PM MT
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Mandarin, a calico cat discovered in a shipping container in July, is healthy again and has been adopted. (Calgary Humane Society/Facebook)
More than four months and thousands of kilometres later, a stowaway kitten from China has found a new home in Calgary.
Mandarin, as the calico cat has been christened, was discovered scared and dehydrated in a steel shipping container in July.
Employees of ICON Stone and Tile rescued her after she had spent more than six weeks among their order of stone slabs.
The Calgary Humane Society, which has been taking care of the kitten for the last three months, believed she survived by eating mice and drinking condensation dripping from a roof.
Six-month-old Mandarin weighed less than a kilogram when she arrived at the Humane Society, but now weighs in at close to four kilograms — actually a little bit on the plump side.
The cat is going home with an employee of the tile company.
Her care at the shelter was covered by more than $1,000 in donations.
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