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An Orange Tabby Cat Has Survived a Solitary Journey on the New Silk Road An orange tabby cat of around eight months has survived a solitary journey on the New Silk Road, sealed in a freight container from China for over a month without food or drink. An incredulous officer discovered the exhausted animal when the container was opened for inspection at the customs post in Milan suburb Pioltello. “Cina must certainly have found something to eat among the cases in the container,” vet Fabio Maffioletti told media, “otherwise it’s totally inexplicable how he managed to survive.” The ship was bound for the port of Genoa by the Mediterranean. It remains unclear from which port the container had departed, but a typical voyage from China to Milan takes 35 days and the cat would have been stuck for another 10 days during the customs inspection.  A complete health check will have to wait, because that will require full anaesthetic, and Cina isn’t in a state to survive that yet, Maffioletti added.  Meanwhile Cina is being cosseted in a Milan cat sanctuary, well away from other cats for at least 45 days, until he is ready for an anti-rabies shot.