{"id":21324,"date":"2018-12-14T15:36:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T20:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/?p=21324"},"modified":"2019-02-11T16:10:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T21:10:13","slug":"baloo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/baloo\/","title":{"rendered":"Baloo to Be Reunited with His Family for the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 7th, the Montreal SPCA received a call from Purolator: a cat had been discovered in Montreal inside a package originating in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Yes, you read that correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Baloo, a one-year-old cat, traveled over 1,200 kilometers before arriving safely in Montreal. Following this 17-hour journey, our team welcomed him with open arms and provided him with all the care he required. We\u2019re relieved he made it to the end of his ordeal safe and sound, as this story could have had a tragic ending. How did Baloo get into this situation in the first place? It appears he sneaked into a box being prepared for shipment to catch a catnap.<\/p>\n<p>Our research allowed us to quickly trace Baloo&#8217;s family, who were desperately searching for him. After putting up notices in her neighborhood and posting about him on social media, Baloo&#8217;s mother cried with relief when she learned that her cat was in Montreal, and was doing well.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the invaluable help of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomdriversanimaltransport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom Drivers<\/a>, a group of volunteers that transport shelter animals, Baloo will be reunited with his loving family for the holidays!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-21324 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/baloo\/baloo2-2\/'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloo2-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloo2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloo2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloo2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/?attachment_id=21311'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloo1-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloo1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloo1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloo1-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/love-story\/baloo_technicienne_animale-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloo_Technicienne_animale-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloo_Technicienne_animale-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloo_Technicienne_animale-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloo_Technicienne_animale-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 7th, the Montreal SPCA received a call from Purolator: a cat had been discovered in Montreal inside a package originating in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Yes, you read that correctly. Baloo, a one-year-old cat, traveled over 1,200 kilometers before arriving safely in Montreal. Following this 17-hour journey, our team welcomed him with open arms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Baloo to Be Reunited with His Family for the Holidays - SPCA de Montr\u00e9al<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/baloo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baloo to Be Reunited with His Family for the Holidays\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On December 7th, the Montreal SPCA received a call from Purolator: a cat had been discovered in Montreal inside a package originating in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. 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