Stowaway porcupine travels by helicopter, plane, boat and truck on nearly 2,000-km round-trip across B.C.

A Stowaway pork is back in northern BC after a 2,000 -kilometer trip by road, boat and air through the province.

The young female was called “Mackenzie” after the BC community about 100 kilometers north of Prince George, where it is believed that it had been stored in the remains of a small plane crash. The details of the accident have not been published for privacy reasons.

The porcupine was only discovered after the remains were taken to a rescue patio in Kelowna, more than 800 kilometers from Mackenzie, first by helicopter, then on a boat and a flat trailer.

When the porcupine was not willing to leave the pilot’s seat, the workers in the courtyard asked the internal society of wildlife rehabilitation.

“This is definitely the first time,” said the president of society, Eva Hartmann. “Which was transported so far is unusual.”

Hartmann said rescue volunteers had to sedate Mackenzie to get her out of the remains, and then gave her a quick exam.

When he was healthy, they took her back to their facilities in Summerland, where they published online about their difficult situation, including the need to transport it back to Mackenzie, since the rehabilitation centers must release wildlife near their original houses.

They were contacted by the Big To The Rescue group, which offers transportation to needy animals. Mackenzie was taken to the airport in Penticton, BC, and delivered to the pilot Jayson Biggs, who flew her back to Mackenzie, where conservation officers released her in the forest.

“That was probably the longest day to fly,” Biggs said in a publication on social networks, calling the statement a “great success.” The publication included images of Mackenzie walking towards the forest.

Hartmann said that porcospines are generally solitary creatures, so despite having a unique story in life, Mackenzie would probably not tell anyone.