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发帖数: 180 | 1 JIM FITZGERALD 09/14/11 09:21 PM ET
NEW YORK — 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.
"To be honest, there are tons of coyotes around here, and owls," said Jamie
Squires, of Boulder. "She was just a little thing, five and a half pounds.
We put out the `Lost Cat' posters and the Craigslist thing, but we actually
thought she'd been eaten by coyotes."
Squires and her husband, Chris, were "shocked and astounded" when they got a
call Wednesday from Animal Care & Control, which runs New York City's
animal rescue and shelter system.
Willow had been found on East 20th Street by a man who took her to a shelter.
"My husband said, `Don't say anything to the kids yet. We have to make sure,
'" Squires said. "But then we saw the picture, and it was Willow. It's been
so long."
ACC Executive Director Julie Bank said a scanner found the microchip that
led to the Squires family.
"All our pets are microchipped," Squires said. "If I could microchip my kids
, I would."
The children are 17, 10 and 3 years old, so the older two remember Willow,
Squires said. As for the 3-year-old, "She saw the photo and said, `She's a
pretty cat.'"
The Squireses also have a yellow Labrador named Roscoe, who knew Willow, and
an English mastiff named Zoe.
"We had another dog back then, too, and I remember that Willow would lie
with them as they all waited to be fed," Squires said. "She thought she was
a dog."
Squires said Willow escaped in late 2006 or early 2007 when contractors left
a door open during a home renovation.
Since then, the family had moved about 10 miles from Broomfield to Boulder,
but it kept its address current with the microchip company.
Bank recommended that all pet owners use microchips.
She said Willow, who now weighs 7 pounds, is healthy and well-mannered and
probably has not spent her life on the mean streets of Manhattan. But there
are no clues about her trip east or anything else in the five years she's
been missing.
Squires seemed a bit worried about a possible New York state of mind.
"I don't know what kind of life she's had, so I don't know what her
personality will be like," she said. When Willow disappeared, she said, "She
was a really cool cat, really sweet."
The ACC and the Squireses were trying to arrange for transportation back to
Colorado and health certificates and said it might be two weeks before the
reunion. Willow may spend some time with a foster family in New York.
"The kids can't wait to see her," Squires said. "And we still have her
little Christmas stocking." | F*******4
发帖数: 2874 | | C**********y
发帖数: 3348 | 3 好厉害的猫猫，可以团聚了真好
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【在 B********t 的大作中提到】
: JIM FITZGERALD 09/14/11 09:21 PM ET
: NEW YORK — 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.
: "To be honest, there are tons of coyotes around here, and owls," said Jamie
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发帖数: 14561 | 4 不幸又幸运的猫咪，可见microchips的重要性呀! | m**u
发帖数: 6829 | 5 但是，我总觉得种个芯片在猫猫皮肤里，很不舒服吧？
【在 y*********u 的大作中提到】
: 不幸又幸运的猫咪，可见microchips的重要性呀!
| y*********u
发帖数: 14561 | 6 芯片超级超级小的，皮下注射，注射的时候猫基本上感觉不到，偶尔有三花感觉的到，
所以轮到三花的时候，我们都多个人抱一下。汗，三花的名声真臭呀。不过是不是完全
没有副作用，我就不知道了，至少没有明显不好吧。上次版面有谁说会跑到地方，皮下
游荡到后背还是哪里了，我觉得是个别的案例吧！
【在 m**u 的大作中提到】
: 但是，我总觉得种个芯片在猫猫皮肤里，很不舒服吧？
| m**u
发帖数: 6829 | 7 我一直就在犹豫，要不要去种一个。米线实在很敏感，打个针都要病一周。看到上次有
人说会游荡到其它部位，更吓倒了。
【在 y*********u 的大作中提到】
: 芯片超级超级小的，皮下注射，注射的时候猫基本上感觉不到，偶尔有三花感觉的到，
: 所以轮到三花的时候，我们都多个人抱一下。汗，三花的名声真臭呀。不过是不是完全
: 没有副作用，我就不知道了，至少没有明显不好吧。上次版面有谁说会跑到地方，皮下
: 游荡到后背还是哪里了，我觉得是个别的案例吧！
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发帖数: 7949 | | c*******m
发帖数: 589 | 9 嗯支持microchip!
【在 y*********u 的大作中提到】
: 不幸又幸运的猫咪，可见microchips的重要性呀!
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