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The accidental jet set cat and other pawsome pet journeys

Mittens the catImage source, AP

A cat found herself on a surprise flying adventure when baggage handlers left her on a plane which landed in Australia from New Zealand.

Mittens was on a plane from Christchurch in New Zealand to Melbourne in Australia when her family moved house.

But after landing Mittens wasn't taken off the plane and ended up taking off once again on another airborne adventure back to Australia.

After clocking up the extra air miles, in order to be reunited with her family she needed to make yet another journey, back to New Zealand once again.

Back in New Zealand, Mittens was safely put back on a plane and reunited with her family.

In total spending Mittens spent over ten hours in the air.

While Mittens didn't quite plan her trip, she's not the only pet to go on an adventure, here are some other pawsome journeys.

Dog's sea ice adventure

Image source, MANDY IWORRIGAN/ AP

Nanuq, an Australian Shepherd, ended up making an epic 150-mile journey across sea ice after he disappeared when his family were visiting friends.

He was eventually located on Alaska's west coast, 150 miles away from where he had gone missing and across miles of sea ice.

Other than a swollen leg and some bite marks (possibly from a seal) Nanuq was unharmed and delighted to be reunited with his family.

TikTok travelling cats

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These cats have purr-fected travelling

These cats travel all around the world and they do it in style.

Spongecake, Donut and Mocha became popular on TikTok after their owner Dan uploaded videos of their holiday adventures.

From New York they have been as far as Venice, Paris and Brussels.

A-miaowsing!

Beans the cat's 300-mile journey

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Beans the cat with its owner Cara

This adventurous cat travelled a whopping 300 miles from North Lanarkshire in Scotland to Coventry in England.

Luckily Beans had a microchip so when somebody found him, she took her to a cat charity that was able to find his owner, Cara.

"I didn't think to look in England, I didn't imagine he could have gone that far," Cara remarked.