HACKETTSTOWN -- A kitten that survived a 28-mile trip under a truck's hood found a new home at an adoption event Sunday.

Fittingly, the cat is named Mars -- because the truck was sitting in the Mars Chocolate North America headquarters parking lot when he was found.

Jennifer Blunts, her boyfriend John Tegethoff and his daughter Kimberly Tegethoff were among the first to contact the Hackettstown Police Department when the story of the cat's unlikely survival hit the news, according to Sgt. Darren Tynan of the Hackettstown Police Department. They'll bring the cat back to their Kunkletown, Pa. home.

The ceremony took place at Common Sense for Animals in New Village.

Mars made the 30-minute trip from East Stroudsburg to the Mars parking lot on July 2, narrowly avoiding injury from the whirring fan blades. Workers walking by noticed a purring noise, and when police responded they found the orange and white kitten.

Mars Petcare, a subsidiary of Mars that produces brands like Iams and Whiskas, paid for the adoption fees and donated a year's worth of food. Blunts and Tegethoff then donated the food, and an additional monetary donation, to the shelter, police said.

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