Is this cat yours? Cat accidentally shipped from the Netherlands to Curaçao

Quite the cat-venture 🐱

Cats love to wander around and get themselves into extraordinary situations, but this Dutch cat took that hobby to the next level. He was accidentally sent on a four-week journey from the Netherlands to Curaçao.

While this sounds like a nice holiday to many, it has been a traumatic experience for the male cat, who had to survive without food in a dark shipping container.

Luckily, as Omroep Brabant writes, he lived to meow the tale.

‘Emaciated and very scared’

The kitty was accidentally locked up in a container headed to the Caribbean island of Curaçao from the Dutch town of Moerdijk. On January 11, the container was sealed and put on a ship.

It wasn’t opened until it arrived at its final destination four weeks later, on February 9. Much to the shock of the logistics workers who opened it, a furry surprise was waiting for them.

They immediately called the local cat rescue foundation, which described the cat as “emaciated and extremely afraid but otherwise doing well.”

It’s a miracle the cat survived, and so the foundation lovingly named him Wonder (Miracle). 🐈‍⬛

The search for the owner continues

After a week of staying at the shelter, Wonder has slowly begun to come out of his shell, as the foundation writes on Facebook.

He is an unneutered male cat with no (readable) chip, and he’s now getting the space he needs to process his big journey.

Meanwhile, the local rescue foundation continues to search for Wonder’s owner in the Netherlands.

Do you know anything about this adventurous guy? Anyone with information about him can email in**@ki*****************.com.

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Lyna Meyrer 🇱🇺
Lyna Meyrer 🇱🇺
Say 'hoi' to Lyna, our Senior Writer at DutchReview! Fueled by a love for writing, social media, and all things Dutch, she joined the DR family in 2022. Since making the Netherlands her home in 2018, she has collected a BA in English Literature & Society (Hons.) and an RMA in Arts, Literature and Media (Hons.). Even though she grew up just a few hours away from the Netherlands, Lyna remains captivated by the guttural language, quirky culture, and questionable foods that make the Netherlands so wonderfully Dutch.

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