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ISSUE: 2^nd Quarter 2009

Cat Survives Confinement In Storage Container

During a move from Hawaii, a military couple left without their two-year-old cat who wandered away on moving day. A new couple moved into the same house, but then immediately found out that the husband was going to be deployed. They rented a storage container and packed up their items. The container went into storage at a storage facility.

“I was walking through the warehouse and heard a cat meowing,” says Craig Watson, the operations manager of PODS (Portable On Demand Storage). “I could see the cat was locked inside the POD and the weather strip under the door was eaten. It looks like the cat was trying to get out. We pried the door open and lured the cat out with food and water. The cat was really skinny.”

The Hawaiian Humane Society transferred the cat to the Cat Clinic where it was given an intravenous drip to replace fluids. Blood test results showed no sign of kidney or liver damage.

Dr. Matt Belcher of the Cat Clinic says, “The cat is doing very well. When she came in, she was very thin—just five pounds. Despite what she’s been through, she’s very personable.” Since the cat had a microchip, the humane society was able to make contact with the owner.