Missing Kansas cat found in Colorado and reunited with owners after 3 years

A Kansas household has been reunited with their misplaced cat three years after it went lacking. 

The unlikely reunion occurred when an animal shelter in Durango, Colorado, labored to trace down the microchipped cat’s proprietor after discovering her on a street in a close-by city, the Durango Herald first reported. 

The journey again residence for Sarin the cat began on Aug. 29 when she was introduced into La Plata County Humane Society, animal shelter consultant Cassidy Crisp informed CBS Information.

When her microchip confirmed her deal with was in Kansas, shelter employees initially assumed Sarin’s homeowners hadn’t up to date their deal with, Crisp stated. 

Longtime shelter volunteer Cathy Roberts referred to as proprietor Jeni Owens to inform her the cat had been discovered, however an incredulous Owens responded: “What cat are you speaking about?”

Sarin had gone lacking from Owen’s Topeka, Kansas, residence so way back, the household had already mourned the lack of their beloved feline. They’d even gotten one other cat a 12 months after shedding Sarin.

The household, which has two youngsters, was excited to get her again.

“They have been shocked to listen to the cat reappeared,” Crisp stated. 

Shelter employees at first weren’t positive get the 5-year-old cat again to Kansas. Crisp reached out to American Airways, which fortunately agreed to move the cat again to Kansas freed from cost. 

On Thursday, Sarin was reunited along with her household, bringing the family to tears, Crisp stated. 

There are nonetheless questions on how Sarin ended up nearly 700 miles away from residence, with Crisp theorizing that she presumably hopped on vans, or hid within the axis of wheels of vehicles. Alongside the best way, somebody might have saved her and moved along with her to Durango earlier than she ran away. 

“It is a great distance,” Crisp stated. 

However the reunion wouldn’t have been attainable with out the cat’s microchip.

Whereas microchips can’t observe a pet’s location, they’re helpful identifiers.

“That is the very first thing we examine,” Crisp stated. “…That is why it is so vital.”

Crisp additionally careworn the significance of pet homeowners ensuring the telephone quantity linked to the microchip is all the time updated. She stated if it is not, shelters cannot get in contact with an animal’s correct homeowners, and so they choose to start the adoption course of.