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douglas9

(4,358 posts)
Fri Dec 16, 2022, 07:28 AM Dec 2022

A cat named Mimi went missing in 2012. She just turned up at a shelter.

When Richard and Maria Price got a call from a New York area code last week, the couple — who now live in Spain — figured it was just another spam call.

But then the phone ran again, the same number popping up on the screen.

“Did you used to own a black-and-white cat?” the person on the other end asked them.

They had — a fluffy, skittish cat named Mimi. But they hadn’t seen her in a decade.

Mimi went missing in 2012 after fleeing through an open door, two years after the Price family had adopted her. They’d spent more than a year searching around New York, but to no avail, and had lost hope that they’d ever reunite with her. Last year, the couple moved to Valencia, Spain after Richard Price retired. They brought along three cats they’d adopted since losing Mimi: Patch, Tiny and Groot.

But on Dec. 5, someone from Miller Place, N.Y., where Mimi had gone missing a decade ago, brought her to the Brookhaven Animal Shelter and Adoption Center. Workers there found the cat had a microchip, which identified her owners. They called the Price family that day at the same phone number they had when they lived in New York.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/16/missing-cat-reunited-with-owners/



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A cat named Mimi went missing in 2012. She just turned up at a shelter. (Original Post) douglas9 Dec 2022 OP
Is that cat going to move to Spain Dr. Shepper Dec 2022 #1
Yes, the former owner is flying back next month to pick her up and intheflow Dec 2022 #4
I hope not. Anyone that would name their cat, Groot, doesn't deserve.... 3Hotdogs Dec 2022 #2
Wut?? secondwind Dec 2022 #3
Why? Groot is adorable, and also a hero in the MCU obamanut2012 Dec 2022 #6
Wonderful story, proving it pays to have pets microchipped. Duppers Dec 2022 #5

Dr. Shepper

(3,014 posts)
1. Is that cat going to move to Spain
Fri Dec 16, 2022, 07:47 AM
Dec 2022

To be with them? I don’t have WAPO subscription but I would love to know that outcome.

intheflow

(28,476 posts)
4. Yes, the former owner is flying back next month to pick her up and
Fri Dec 16, 2022, 09:56 AM
Dec 2022

bring her to Spain. Mimi is living with his sister until then.

Duppers

(28,120 posts)
5. Wonderful story, proving it pays to have pets microchipped.
Fri Dec 16, 2022, 11:30 AM
Dec 2022

We have our little sweet but bratty kitty microchipped.

And when we get our next dog, we'll have her microchipped too.

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