# Poor kitty thought she was getting a free meal.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-kitty-thought-she-was-getting-a-free-meal/240382>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 16, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-kitty-thought-she-was-getting-a-free-meal/240382 "2004-04-16T16:30:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-kitty-thought-she-was-getting-a-free-meal/240382/1 "2004-04-16T16:30:13Z")

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This is a happy one!

[**Cat survives 30-day trip in shipping box**](http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/weird_news/8434438.htm)

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> TAMPA, Fla. - A business owner opening a shipment of 400 bird cages sent from China got an additional order he didn’t expect - a severely undernourished cat.

The kitty, named China, is doing just fine and looking for a new home.

Poor thing was probably sitting there thinking: “ok, here’s the container…where’s the food?”

🙂

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-kitty-thought-she-was-getting-a-free-meal/240382/2 "2004-04-16T23:30:53Z")

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Sounds like the cat survived on cardboard? Or at least tried. How on earth did it last that long without water, though? If I were nearby, I’d adopt it (though by now there’s probably a long list of names of potential adoptive parents!) I’m glad she seems ok, and I hope she finds a really good home!

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-kitty-thought-she-was-getting-a-free-meal/240382/3 "2004-04-17T06:46:22Z")

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Thats one of those rare things that happen that make you just think… wow. Just… wow. I’m so happy the cat will have a good home and caring owners after its ordeal.

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-kitty-thought-she-was-getting-a-free-meal/240382/4 "2004-04-17T11:17:58Z")

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If it’s that skinny, I guess it’s really called ‘Bone China’.

🆒