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Cat Comes Back After 13 Years
This is from an MSNBC article…
SANTA ROSA, Calif. – A couple recently had an unexpected reunion with an old housemate: their pet cat who went missing more than 13 years ago. George, who was last seen by Melinda Merman and Frank Walburg in 1995, was turned into an animal hospital after the manager of a mobile home park trapped the sickly feline.
A microchip implanted in George allowed him to be traced back to his owners.
Merman said after George went missing she visited animal shelters and wrote to veterinarians in search of the gray, yellow-eyed cat, who now weighs less than half what he used to.
But Merman and Walburg said the cat is now eating well and displaying some of his old behavior, like jumping at flickering light on the wall the way he used to.
Thank goodness for microchips! This story had a happy ending!
This is one reason why I’m trying to get the county to institute an automatic scan for every animal going into the shelter. The idiot running it has a scanner (not a universal) but “doesn’t have the time” to scan. He does, however, have time to euthanize. So I went over his head and it will be discussed at a county work session soon.
Hooray for George! That’s awesome that he was reunited with his family after all that time. Harley and I got got microchipped this year.
What a great story! the obvious question is just why it took 13 years for someone to scan the cat. I had my dog chipped and although it was never used to locate him ( he was never out of our sight for 15 years)
we just adopted a precious 4 year old Brusells Griffon last month and will have a chip placed in him next week.
A testament to the importance of microchips for sure. But I agree with Rocky, why in the heck did it take 13 years for someone to scan the cat?
A true miracle!
I wonder how old he is now!
Ive just set up a pet loss blog at http://www.forpetmenot.co.uk/blog – check it out!