Cat sent by mail survives 8 days in box
Monday, March 28, 2016
LONDON -- A Siamese cat named Cupcake survived eight days in a box after accidentally being sent through the mail by her owners. Cupcake was in a box with an order of DVDs sent from southwestern England to south-central England. The recipient found a dehydrated Cupcake in the box with the DVDs and contacted the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for help, which traced the owners through the cat's microchip. Vets said Cupcake should recover.
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