Cat that went missing 5 years ago finally found

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A Massachusetts family says a pet cat who went missing five years ago has returned home after the feline was unexpectedly found.

Elinore Repucci had let her tabby cat Larry out for a walk in August 2013, but he didn’t come back after walking out the door. Repucci tells the Newburyport Daily News she and her family spent the next few weeks frantically searching for Larry.

Repucci says she eventually resigned herself to thinking an animal killed Larry, as her home was near the woods.

But an animal rescue shelter in Salisbury, Massachusetts, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from her home, called her Thursday and said they found a cat with a microchip registered to her.

Shelter director Britt Fox Hover says Larry is pretty healthy, but is missing part of a paw.

https://www.apnews.com/9573754b06264faaa6e4e854e2dc52e5

[hlthe2b]

1. the power of microchips...

Good on Larry

[montanacowboy]

2. Missing part of a paw

sounds like the poor guy got into some idiot's trap

surprised that it took all this time for his chip to be read

[iscooterliberally]

3. I hope my cat turns up, but I don't think she has 5 years.

She went missing from our backyard a little over a year ago. She does have a microchip. I'm hoping someone in our neighborhood took her in. We did put signs up on some of the stop signs, but on one called. She turned 16 in November if she's still alive so she's definitely a senior. She was in great health when she took off. I have one of those fold up camping chairs on my back porch and it was the perfect hammock for her. We live in South Florida so it's always warm and she did love the heat. This is her with her late side-kick.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. If you don't want your cat to go missing, KEEP IT INSIDE OR KEEP

It under your control outside. Shit happens but routinely letting your cat roam on its own is putting your cat's welfare and even life at risk every time.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Good for microchipping,

but domestic cats should be strictly indoor.

Hope this family learned its lesson and will keep Larry inside from now on.

[Freddie]

6. Once a cat gets a taste of the outdoors

It’s almost impossible to keep them in. My daughter and her husband thought it would be harmless to let their cat out on the deck in the summer. Now the slippery little devil slips out the door no matter what you do. In the winter he’s soon back meowing to be let back in. I tried telling them not to ever let him out but as we all know, kids never listen.
In England they have a different attitude and most people let cats out.