Colo. cat, missing 5 years, is found on NYC street

[Seedersandleechers]

A calico cat named Willow, who disappeared from a home near the Rocky Mountains five years ago, was found Wednesday on a Manhattan street and will soon be returned to a family in which two of the three kids and one of the two dogs may remember her.

How she got to New York, more than 1,600 miles away, and the kind of life she lived in the city are mysteries.

But thanks to a microchip implanted when she was a kitten, Willow will be reunited in Colorado with her owners, who had long ago given up hope.


http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/14/3142937/colo-cat-missing-5-years-is-found.html




Must have been one really long lost weekend.

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Imagine the Homecoming

[Seedersandleechers]

2. I want pictures!

[WinkyDink]

8. At OP's link.

[Seedersandleechers]

11. I was referring to the homecoming.

[InvisibleTouch]

3. Wonderful! n/t

[kwolf68]

4. Unreal

A very nice story. The domestic house cat is still an amazingly instinctive creature, so this is really an incredible story, but also very believable.

[KansDem]

5. Maybe his little town blues were melting away...

... and he wanted to make a brand new start of it in New York?

Maybe he wanted to wake up in a city that never sleeps? And find he’s king of the hill? Top of the heap?

Just my observations. :shrug:

[grasswire]

6. they still had her little Christmas stocking

Now, that is heart-wrenching.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

7. What a beauty!

"Willow, a 6-year calico cat that went missing from her Colorado home during a renovation 5 years ago, sits in a cage at her temporary home on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, in New York's Animal Care and Control (ACC) facility. Willow, found as a stray in Manhattan and brought to ACC, had been tagged with an identification microchip and will soon be reunited with her owners."

Thanks to the man who took her to the shelter.

[Seedersandleechers]

9. And needless to say

that cat looks really healthy and well fed. Doesn't look like Willow lost too many meals.

[LisaL]

15. No way was this cat living on the street for five years.

Somebody must have taken her in.

[MilesColtrane]

17. Have you seen the size of the rats in New York?

Three-footer killed in Brooklyn

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/08/25/2011-08-25_giant_rat_killed_by_pitchfork_in_marcy_houses_is_believed_to_be_.html

[MrsBrady]

19. I was in NYC

when a rat crawled out of some trash next to a building and ran towards the street and into a gutter.
It was the biggest thing I had ever seen.
I had seen plenty of nasty rats when I lived in east Dallas, but nothing like that.

It caught me by ssurprise and ran right in front of me, nearly walking over me.

I screamed, for some reason, I guess at being surprised.

A guy in a car was waiting at the light. He had his window down. He just laughed.

[shanti]

12. sure is!

i have a soft spot for calicos. my mia (profile pic) is a dilute calico.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

16. And Mia too! (n/t)

[chollybocker]

10. Aww. She thinks she's Show People.

;)

She heard of Cats on Broadway and off she went....

[KittyWampus]

14. Awwwww

[KittyWampus]

13. Cats have a bad habit of crawling into cars, vans and the back of pickups.

[intheflow]

21. That's what I thought, too. n/t

[hugo_from_TN]

22. Most likely is she was adopted in Colorado and that person later moved to NYC.

Hopefully the NYC owner will see the story and claim her.

[elocs]

18. Here's a kick for the earlier story. Thanks for the happy story.

It happens in real life too.

[ceile]

20. Aww... great story

[Yavin4]

24. Yeah...Unless You're Willow

The cat was living the life in NYC. Going to shows. Eating from the best restaurants. Hanging around museums. Getting all that culture.

Now, it's back to Colo. Where she will live with two dogs and screaming kids. Oy!

[Octafish]

23. seff deflete

sorry. moment of weakness.