Well hello! Ni Hao survives epic trip
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July 21, 2012, Saturday
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A CHINESE kitten may be living proof of the old adage that cats have nine lives after it survived a 21-day trip from Shanghai to Los Angeles in a shipping container without food or water.
The male kitten was named "Ni Hao" by Los Angeles County's Carson Animal Care Center staff who received it on July 11 after it was discovered when the container was delivered to a business in Compton in Los Angeles County.
Ni Hao shot to stardom when the US media published his photo and the story on how he survived the 10,460-kilometer trip from China.
"He is absolutely a pet star since his arrival," Sam Ghobrial, an animal care assistant, said.
"He is receiving special care in our animal care center," he said.
While the other cats are kept in small cages, Ni Hao has the luxury of a single room with a spacious cage, which animal workers have furnished with a bed and a toy, he said.
"He needs special treatment. We gave him fluid shots and other medical care to save him," said Ghobrial.
The cat was unconscious when it was first rushed to the center, but can now eat cat food and drink water by itself after eight days of special care.
Ghobrial said Ni Hao was adored by everyone. All the animal control officers and staff had come to visit the animal, and after the news spread, about 150 visitors had come to see the kitten.
The orange-and-white short-haired feline will have to undergo 60 days of quarantine at the center, Ghobrial said.
"There is a line of people waiting to adopt Ni Hao since he is famous now," said Ghobrial.
How the cat survived the trip is anyone's guess. Aaron Reyes from the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care told reporters he did not think Ni Hao would have survived for a month at sea with no food and water if he was an adult.
"In my 22 years at the department, this is the first time I have ever encountered something like this," Reyes said.
Ghobrial said it was the first time he had seen an animal at the center become so popular.
Many Americans have sent their best wishes over the Internet. "We would love to adopt him," wrote Los Angeles residents David Avalis and Trish Kennedy.
"I am not local but I'd take him in a heartbeat! Do you think he'd like a plane ride east?" wrote Beverly Williams.
The male kitten was named "Ni Hao" by Los Angeles County's Carson Animal Care Center staff who received it on July 11 after it was discovered when the container was delivered to a business in Compton in Los Angeles County.
Ni Hao shot to stardom when the US media published his photo and the story on how he survived the 10,460-kilometer trip from China.
"He is absolutely a pet star since his arrival," Sam Ghobrial, an animal care assistant, said.
"He is receiving special care in our animal care center," he said.
While the other cats are kept in small cages, Ni Hao has the luxury of a single room with a spacious cage, which animal workers have furnished with a bed and a toy, he said.
"He needs special treatment. We gave him fluid shots and other medical care to save him," said Ghobrial.
The cat was unconscious when it was first rushed to the center, but can now eat cat food and drink water by itself after eight days of special care.
Ghobrial said Ni Hao was adored by everyone. All the animal control officers and staff had come to visit the animal, and after the news spread, about 150 visitors had come to see the kitten.
The orange-and-white short-haired feline will have to undergo 60 days of quarantine at the center, Ghobrial said.
"There is a line of people waiting to adopt Ni Hao since he is famous now," said Ghobrial.
How the cat survived the trip is anyone's guess. Aaron Reyes from the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care told reporters he did not think Ni Hao would have survived for a month at sea with no food and water if he was an adult.
"In my 22 years at the department, this is the first time I have ever encountered something like this," Reyes said.
Ghobrial said it was the first time he had seen an animal at the center become so popular.
Many Americans have sent their best wishes over the Internet. "We would love to adopt him," wrote Los Angeles residents David Avalis and Trish Kennedy.
"I am not local but I'd take him in a heartbeat! Do you think he'd like a plane ride east?" wrote Beverly Williams.
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