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LiqwedHitman wrote on 2011-09-16 13:56
New York (CNN) -- A furry feline named Willow, who was last seen five years ago in Colorado, was found this week roaming the streets of New York.
Country kitty turned metropolitan cat, Willow was discovered by a pedestrian on East 20th Street in Manhattan over the weekend and brought to Animal Care and Control of NYC, according to Julie Bank, the animal shelter's executive director.
Willow tested positive for a microchip, and her Colorado owners, Chris and Jamie Squires, were later contacted, according to Bank.
"Willow is in good health, kind of chunky," Bank said. "Clearly she has been taken care of or enjoying the New York City food."
How Willow traveled from Broomfield, Colorado, a suburb of Denver, to New York -- a distance of more than 1,600 miles -- over a span of five years is a mystery.
"Someone maybe picked her up in Colorado and brought her here; sometimes animals get here oddly, like on the back of a truck," Bank said. "Some people are joking that she is a city girl and wanted to see the sights."
Calls to the Squires were not immediately returned.
As for Willow, plans are being made for her to reunite with the Squires, Bank said.
For now, she will stay with a foster family until health certificates are filed and she can make the journey back home, though perhaps not as memorable as her travels to the Big Apple.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/15/us/new-york-wayward-cat/index.html?iref=allsearch
Hooray! :ran_kero:
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Mjoshua wrote on 2011-09-16 13:58
Score one for cats :smoke2:
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Strawberry wrote on 2011-09-16 13:59
Awh, that's so cute.
Hopefully she gets the arrangements done well. It might be sad to part with something that anyone would've taken care of for a while, though. Hope it goes well with them.
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Kenny? wrote on 2011-09-16 14:04
I'm in awe of how the cat ended up being so far away... But the owners must be so happy :)
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Skye wrote on 2011-09-16 14:20
That's a cultured kitty.
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cupid wrote on 2011-09-16 14:27
Beware the CIA. Cat's Investigation Agency. They're coming for you.
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Nintega wrote on 2011-09-16 14:38
What sort of feline witchery did that thing use to get there?... :pissedoff:
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Skye wrote on 2011-09-16 14:40
Quote from Nintega;589040:
What sort of feline witchery did that thing use to get there?... :pissedoff:
Feet.
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Chiyuri wrote on 2011-09-16 15:08
Cats can be weird sometimes.
I've been living in my house for many many years but the owner before us had a cat.
They moved to montreal when we cam in (a few cities south of where I live)
One week after they moved, their cat was back behind our house, asking to be let inside.
I have no idea how the cat somehow found it's way back here...
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Bride wrote on 2011-09-16 15:17
Quote from Nintega;589040:
What sort of feline witchery did that thing use to get there?... :pissedoff:
who knows, it could've been picked up by a family who moved across the country or something. i'm thinking that's what it is, because the idea of a cat trekking across the country managing to live, even if it's over the span of 5 years, is pretty surprising/hard to believe
but d'awww i'm happy the cat is being returned to its home :D
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Taycat wrote on 2011-09-17 07:32
Happy ending.
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2011-09-18 05:47
Cats are such awesome creatures. They amaze me sometimes. Reminds me of that story of the cat who traveled from the east coast to the west coast in the back of a truck