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  • 10 Best Tips for Finding a Lost Cat

    10 Best Tips for Finding a Lost Cat

    Dorian Wagner 8

    Sep 25, 2011 — If you're trying to find a lost cat, putting up a few signs is only the beginning. There are many other things you can do...

  • Cat Returned to Owner 9 Years Later

    Cat Returned to Owner 9 Years Later

    Karen Nichols 4

    Apr 5, 2011 — She thought it was a cruel April Fools joke when she got the call that her cat Rusty had been found. Stephanie Fulkerson had lost...

  • Sparky Quits Pub Cat Job to Return Home after 2-1/2 Years

    Sparky Quits Pub Cat Job to Return Home after 2-1/2 Years

    Karen Nichols 6

    Feb 8, 2011 — Chris Walker of Belper (UK) was surprised and delighted this week to welcome home his cat Sparky, who disappeared in the summer of 2008. Sparky...

  • Liverpool Meezer Home Again after 7 Year Absence

    Liverpool Meezer Home Again after 7 Year Absence

    Karen Nichols 3

    Jan 28, 2011 — Billy the Meezer is finally back in his Liverpool home seven years after he vanished. When he went missing in 2004, his owner, Carol Rogers,...

  • Lucky Black Cat is Home in Time for Christmas -- 4 Years Later

    Lucky Black Cat is Home in Time for Christmas -- 4 Years Later

    Karen Nichols 4

    Dec 24, 2010 — Black cat Colin O'Neill went missing in August 2006 shortly after his family moved from Middlesbrough to Garstang, Lancashire. Four years later he's been reunited...

  • Cat Survives Trash Truck Compactor to Make His Way Home for the Holidays

    Cat Survives Trash Truck Compactor to Make His Way Home for the Holidays

    Karen Nichols 3

    Dec 9, 2010 — When Sue Rosen of Vacaville, CA discovered that her beloved cat, Depot, went missing in October, she pulled out all the stops in trying to...

  • Tabby Tuesday: Meet Harley the Camper Cat

    Tabby Tuesday: Meet Harley the Camper Cat

    Karen Nichols 1

    Oct 18, 2010 — The White family enjoys traveling with Harley, a gregarious five-year-old tabby who has twice traveled cross country in a truck camper. His mom Angela says...

  • New Study Reveals Collars Key to Reunions

    New Study Reveals Collars Key to Reunions

    Karen Nichols 3

    Oct 13, 2010 — There are 88 million cats in the U.S., and when one ends up in a shelter, odds are slim that she'll be reunited with her...

  • Tiger the Bengal Found 2 Years and 170 Miles Later

    Tiger the Bengal Found 2 Years and 170 Miles Later

    Karen Nichols 0

    Sep 29, 2010 — Tiger, a five-year-old Bengal cat in the UK, was found this week after having been missing for almost two years. He was turned in to...

  • Catnapped Blind Kitten Found 3000 Miles Away

    Catnapped Blind Kitten Found 3000 Miles Away

    Karen Nichols 13

    Aug 6, 2010 — A year ago, a three-month old, visually impaired kitten named Jack Daniels was catnapped from the San Francisco SPCA. Extraordinary actions were taken to find...

  • Timothy the Cat is Home after 1-yr 1300km Epic Journey

    Timothy the Cat is Home after 1-yr 1300km Epic Journey

    Karen Nichols 5

    Aug 5, 2010 — An Aussie tom named Timothy has stunned his Brisbane family by turning up a year after he went missing, more than 1300 km from home....

  • Finders, Keepers

    Finders, Keepers

    Karen Nichols 9

    Jul 25, 2010 — It was not uncommon for Gibson the Cat (above), a handsome tuxie, to leave his Annapolis area home for a day or two while out...

  • "Smashing" Spanish Cat Turns up in UK

    Karen Nichols 3

    May 14, 2010 — A feisty tuxie found on a school playing field in Brickhill (north of London) is awaiting a reunion with his owners despite having been microchipped....

  • Time to Review Emergency Pet Preparedness Procedures

    Time to Review Emergency Pet Preparedness Procedures

    Karen Nichols 2

    May 10, 2010 — This weekend we celebrated National Emergency Pet Disaster Preparedness Day, an excellent reminder to form a plan and get everything in order BEFORE disaster strikes....

  • Charles the Cat Home after 1300 Mile Trek

    Charles the Cat Home after 1300 Mile Trek

    Karen Nichols 14

    Apr 20, 2010 — This Tabby Tuesday we're celebrating Charles the Cat, a brown tabby from Albuquerque, NM who went missing and turned up 8 months and 1300 miles...

  • Every Day Is Tag Day™

    Every Day Is Tag Day™

    Karen Nichols 0

    Apr 5, 2010 — Every day animal shelters across the U.S. hear the same story from distraught pet owners: My pet lives indoors. I never thought he would run...

  • Kansas Cat, Missing for 15 Months, Will be Heading Home from Illinois

    Kansas Cat, Missing for 15 Months, Will be Heading Home from Illinois

    Karen Nichols 11

    Apr 4, 2010 — On Dec. 13, 2008, Graham Murdock's nephew, Matt Murdock, was coming through Springfield, IL with his family along with their dog and a cat named...

  • Cat, Lost for a Year, Found in Foreclosed Home

    Cat, Lost for a Year, Found in Foreclosed Home

    Karen Nichols 9

    Mar 14, 2010 — Sparky the Cat was a mere 7 months old when he went missing in Boston. His owner, 19-year-old Addie Mathews of Lexington, was devastated and...

  • Troy the Cat is Reunited with Owner Two Years Later

    Troy the Cat is Reunited with Owner Two Years Later

    Karen Nichols 2

    Mar 6, 2010 — In Omaha this week, a wee black cat named Troy was reunited with this owner after havig been missing for two years. Where's he beeen...

  • Austin Cat Missing for 3 Years Found in California

    Karen Nichols 9

    Feb 13, 2010 — In a reader? Click here. tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.catster.com/the-cats-meow-a-cat-and-kitten-blog/austin-cat-missing-for-3-years-found-in-california/2010/02/13/'; Mary Ann Thomas has been lavishing her orange tabby, Chester, with three years worth of love and...

  • Cat Takes Bus to Village Pub for Some R&R

    Cat Takes Bus to Village Pub for Some R&R

    Karen Nichols 2

    Jan 21, 2010 — Oddball, an adventurous UK cat who was missing for two months has been reunited with her owner, Clayre Milton. Oddball had snuck a ride on...

  • Missing British Cat Found Days Later in Spain

    Missing British Cat Found Days Later in Spain

    Karen Nichols 9

    Jan 4, 2010 — When Sandi, an orange tabby, failed to return home last Friday, owners Tim and Patricia Austin scoured the streets near Portsmouth in the UK hoping...

  • Study Finds that Microchips Reunite Owners with 3 of 4 Lost Pets

    Study Finds that Microchips Reunite Owners with 3 of 4 Lost Pets

    Karen Nichols 7

    Dec 13, 2009 — A recent study by Ohio State University has found that microchipped pets who made it to shelters were reunited with their owners in almost three...

  • Wylie the Cat Returns from the Dead

    Karen Nichols 6

    Dec 11, 2009 — Lisa Powers-Severson last saw her cat Wylie a year-and-a-half ago. At the time, a scarcely recognizable black and white cat had been found run over,...

  • Bilbo Baggins Believed Shot, but Found via Microchip

    Karen Nichols 5

    Oct 28, 2009 — Pete and Caroline Hunt assumed that their 7-yar-old Bengal cat, Bilbo Baggins (pictured above), had been shot by a farmer. Bilbo went missing while the...

  • Max the Cat, Lost in Colorado, Reunited with Family in Germany

    Max the Cat, Lost in Colorado, Reunited with Family in Germany

    Karen Nichols 4

    Oct 19, 2009 — Max the lucky black cat, is heading home to be reunited with his family in Germany, thanks to the kindness of a pair of animal...

  • Sampson the Cat is on His Way Home after 18-month Walkabout

    Sampson the Cat is on His Way Home after 18-month Walkabout

    Karen Nichols 6

    Sep 26, 2009 — Linda Jansen of Penicuik, Midlothian in Scotland had long given up hope of ever again seeing her cat Sampson (pictured above) who went missing a...

  • Microchip Warning: Are You Registered?

    Microchip Warning: Are You Registered?

    Karen Nichols 1

    Aug 29, 2009 — Imagine this scenario. As a responsible cat owner, you've taken care to tag, bell and chip your cat. One day, your cat goes missing. She's...

  • Allsort the Cat is Back in Amy's Arms Six Years Later

    Allsort the Cat is Back in Amy's Arms Six Years Later

    Karen Nichols 6

    Jul 18, 2009 — In the UK this week, Amy Turnbull was reunited with her cherished cat, Allsort after six years. When Allsort disappeared in 2003, she was devastated,...

  • Dopey Back Home with Family after 6 Years on the Lam

    Dopey Back Home with Family after 6 Years on the Lam

    Karen Nichols 7

    Jun 27, 2009 — Dopey the Cat, a big orange tabby, is back with his family near Sacramento six years after he disappeared. His owner, Donna Lane-Mills, thought he'd...

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