(OT) Missing Oregon cat turns up in New Mexico after 5 years

[agate]

This story is almost unbelievable but apparently those microchips can be handy in identifying a missing cat:

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What good news ….. my two cats never go outside but they still have the microchips in their ears.

[agate]

My last couple of cats were microchipped too. I think the chip was on the top of their backs, between the shoulder blades?

[Howie]

I never wonder where Sam is. I just look down, and there she is, sleeping on my lap!

[agate]

I never wonder where Sam is. I just look down, and there she is, sleeping on my lap!

But Howie, didn't you just mention that she goes out sometimes? Hope she's microchipped in case she decides to venture on to New Mexico or somewhere.

If she turns up on my doorstep, I'll know where to send her.

[Howie]

Just point her in the right direction, and tell her daddy has some cheese and turkey for her. She will make a beeline home!

[funnylegs4]

Wow!!! I have heard stories like this before on "Animal Planet" channel and will be sure to have a chip made for my pets when I have pets again. Thanks so much for sharing!

[agate]

The chipping process was surprisingly easy--nothing to it at all.

[Virginia]

What an amazing story. I wonder where that cat has been.

[agate]

It might be better not to know. I keep wondering if it stowed away on some vehicle or plane--to have traveled that far! Beautiful cat.

[nuthatch]

Who writes these stories? Entertainment writers for Animal Planet? Howie?
I would guess that Sasha , being the friendly cat she was, adopted or was adopted by another human, who moved from Portland to New Mexico and took the cat with them. The article doesn't state how the shelter in New Mexico got the cat. It says they "found" the cat, who was healthy and well fed. As far as I know, animal shelters do not go out looking for healthy, well fed cats. Someone probably complained about the cat or surrendered the cat. The shelter checked to see if he/she? was chipped and were most likely surprised to find the "previous" owner in Oregon. Happy ending.

I tend to be a realist, and am pretty sure most cats are terrified traveling by train, plane, boat, car or u-haul. I once drove across the U.S. with a cat when we moved back to CA from Wisconsin. Three days of howling, and trying to escape at every opportunity . . . not fun! And I'm positive cats don't care about national monuments or parks.

One other thing . . . acupuncture on a cat . . . a sick cat, at that? I'd like to see how that procedure went!

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Military moves for 24 years --- always with cats, always horrible. Poor cats

[agate]

Who writes these stories? Entertainment writers for Animal Planet? Howie?
I would guess that Sasha , being the friendly cat she was, adopted or was adopted by another human, who moved from Portland to New Mexico and took the cat with them. The article doesn't state how the shelter in New Mexico got the cat. It says they "found" the cat, who was healthy and well fed. As far as I know, animal shelters do not go out looking for healthy, well fed cats. Someone probably complained about the cat or surrendered the cat. The shelter checked to see if he/she? was chipped and were most likely surprised to find the "previous" owner in Oregon. Happy ending.

I tend to be a realist, and am pretty sure most cats are terrified traveling by train, plane, boat, car or u-haul. I once drove across the U.S. with a cat when we moved back to CA from Wisconsin. Three days of howling, and trying to escape at every opportunity . . . not fun! And I'm positive cats don't care about national monuments or parks.

One other thing . . . acupuncture on a cat . . . a sick cat, at that? I'd like to see how that procedure went!

I was wondering about acupuncture too.

I've often heard of cats turning up on trains and planes, and the shelter that had this cat had this to say (in the article):

“Cats are notorious for jumping U-Hauls, trains and cars. Somehow it hitched a ride and ended up here,” Murad Kirdar, a spokesman for the shelter, told the Sante Fe Reporter.

I don't think it can be assumed that the cat hitched a ride but it does happen. They jump into these U-hauls, trains, cars, etc., and then they're not at all happy once they realize how confined they are.