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Untraceable for 7 months, a cat surprises his family by resurfacing 80 kilometers from his home





They hadn’t heard from their cat since January. Its owners therefore did not expect the call received from a veterinary clinic located tens of kilometers from their home and announcing that their pet was waiting for them there.











A family of Crieff, in Scotland, found his cat who disappeared 7 months earlier thanks to his identification chip and the man who, believing him to be wandering, had been taking care of him and feeding him for weeks. A story told by Daily Record.

It’s at Kenmore80 kilometers from the home of its masters, that the feline with the red dress had landed in circumstances that everyone is still unaware of.

He was wandering around the hotel parking lot Kenmore Club when a maintenance worker at the facility noticed him. Mike Gracie59, had taken a liking to this cat which he describes as ” very friendly ».

The man had got into the habit of feeding him every time he came to work, but found that the animal was losing weight despite everything. He was also covered in ticks.

Illustration of the article: Not found for 7 months, a cat surprises his family by resurfacing 80 kilometers from his home

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The reunion, 7 months later

After a few weeks, worried about his health and considering adopting him, he asked for help from Dave, a colleague, to capture him. Both have installed a cage-trap, in which the cat ended up entering and being locked up.

Mike Gracie then took him to the veterinary clinic Heartland Vet Services. This is where the quadruped’s chip spoke and revealed the identity of its owners, who had been desperately looking for it since January.

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Both surprised and delighted, they came to pick him up on the morning of July 27 to bring him home.

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