Cat lost because of Katrina, Found
Five years after one hot, muggy, post-Katrina, a gray and white cat has been reunited with its family in Mississippi. A seven-year-old Russian blue and tabby cat has found his way back to his loved ones after Hurricane Katrina separated them. Scrub was about two years old when he disappeared, he got away because they had taken to leaving the doors and windows open because it was hot and there was no electricity after the hurricane. Scrub started going outside but one day didn't come back.
Jennifer Noble Scrub's owner, received a message from Humane Society of South Mississippi. She thought that the shelter had the wrong cat as she listened last week to a message left on her husband’s office answering machine.
The Humane Society of South Mississippi says Scrub was identified by an implanted microchip. It's the power of microchipping that made the cat return, there is no other way that cat would have found its family. A microchip is literally a computer chip the size of a grain of rice, designed to be safely kept under an animal’s skin. Each chip has a unique ID number on it, and is easily injected between the pet’s shoulder blades.
The cat has returned with good health, only a few scars and a slightly feral side. He still has his moments where he gets a little jumpy, but not as docile as he used to be. He also got a little bit of wild in him. After Scrub settled in with the family a bit, Noble said she knew for sure it was the same cat.
Jennifer Noble Scrub's owner, received a message from Humane Society of South Mississippi. She thought that the shelter had the wrong cat as she listened last week to a message left on her husband’s office answering machine.
The Humane Society of South Mississippi says Scrub was identified by an implanted microchip. It's the power of microchipping that made the cat return, there is no other way that cat would have found its family. A microchip is literally a computer chip the size of a grain of rice, designed to be safely kept under an animal’s skin. Each chip has a unique ID number on it, and is easily injected between the pet’s shoulder blades.
The cat has returned with good health, only a few scars and a slightly feral side. He still has his moments where he gets a little jumpy, but not as docile as he used to be. He also got a little bit of wild in him. After Scrub settled in with the family a bit, Noble said she knew for sure it was the same cat.
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