A lost cat from Victoria was reunited with its owner in Nanaimo after an absence of close to four months and a long journey.
Kevanna Mirau, animal care attendant with the Nanaimo and District B.C. SPCA, said a cat named Hobbes was brought in as a stray into the Nanaimo community animal centre on Saturday, Oct. 29 after wandering into a house in Nanaimo.
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After tracing, the owner was found in the computer system and he was contacted.
B次元官网网址淗e ended up calling back the next morning and we chatted and indeed found out that it was his cat, so he made the trip here from Victoria,B次元官网网址� said Mirau. B次元官网网址淗e was here probably within two hours B次元官网网址� we brought him in to see his cat and there was Hobbes.B次元官网网址�
The cat was lost at a boat launch at Kennedy Lake near the IslandB次元官网网址檚 west coast in June after being scared by a dog, and could not be located despite a week-long search by the owner.
Wendy Kotorynski, Nanaimo B.C. SPCA senior manager, said this is a good example of the benefits of registering pets.
B次元官网网址淩ight now over one million pets get lost in Canada ever year,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淩egistering your pet with the B.C. Pet Registry B次元官网网址� getting the microchip either at vet clinics or the microchip clinics that the SPCA sometimes does B次元官网网址� is really important because you can take your pet to the SPCA or vet and can be reunited very fast with it.B次元官网网址�
Kotorynski is curious as to how the cat managed to make it to Nanaimo.
B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e thrilled with this happy ending and if Hobbes the cat could talk, we would love to know how he got from Kennedy Lake and what happened in betweenB次元官网网址次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淲e would love to know his story.B次元官网网址�
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