A tabby cat from Nova Scotia climbed into a cardboard box and was posted 700 miles across Canada, ending up in Montreal.

Bizarre on Female First

Bizarre on Female First

Jacqueline Lake - who is the owner of Baloo - told CTV: ''We knocked door-to-door, we searched the woods, we searched under decks, in garages, under steps ... he was gone.

''I was really starting to lose hope he was going to come back. He's a very docile kitty, but he's very curious and gets into things.''

The stowaway was discovered when he went to the toilet, and the driver taking the parcel wondered why there was urine in his truck.

Seventeen hours into the journey - which began on December 6 - he found the cat tucked inside the box and contacted the local SPCA animal shelter.

The cat is now back home safe and has been returned to Jacqueline.