Kitty found 760 miles from home

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11-12-2007, 08:11 PM
momcat

Kitty found 760 miles from home

Hi PT friends! There was a great story on our local news tonight. Heathcliff was adopted from a shelter in February and shared a home with a woman in Sicklerville, New Jersey. A few weeks ago Heathcliff got out. His owner couldn't find him and with the Atlantic City Expressway a few blocks away she feared the worst. Well, she got a call from a shelter in Lawrenceville Georgia earlier saying he's there safe and sound! According to the story, this sweet little orangie was microchipped before leaving the shelter with his new Meowmie.

Plans are currently being made to reunite Heathcliff with his Meowmie. The question on everyone's mind is how did he ever wind up in Georgia?!? A special thank you and bless you to those who helped and cared for Heathcliff on his great adventure!
11-12-2007, 09:47 PM
G535

This is the type of news I love to read, glad everything ended happily for kitty and family.
11-12-2007, 10:10 PM
Catty1

WOW! That is wonderful - and a powerful vote for microchipping if one was ever needed! :)

But *sigh*, naming an orange kitty Garfield? That is SO old by now... :p
11-12-2007, 10:44 PM
Laura's Babies

Wonderful story! Thanks for posting!!
11-13-2007, 05:08 PM
catmandu

Thats Great That The Lost One And His Guardians Have Been Reunited. He Probably Some How Got In A Truck Delivering To Georgia, And Was Not Noticed When He Got Out!!
Thank God That Story Has A Happy Ending!!!
11-13-2007, 05:39 PM
momcat

Kitty found 760 miles from home

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catty1

But *sigh*, naming an orange kitty Garfield? That is SO old by now... :p

Sorry for the misunderstanding, Catty1. This little sweetie is named Heathcliff. I'm sure everyone agrees this is the best possible argument in favor of microchipping.
11-13-2007, 08:09 PM
Catty1

MY BAD. And I call English my first language....I didn't read the post thoroughly enough. SORRY! :o
11-13-2007, 08:14 PM
momcat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catty1

MY BAD. And I call English my first language....I didn't read the post thoroughly enough. SORRY! :o

No harm, LOL. Even though I've lived in New Jersey all my life and am a former high school English teacher, I tend to say that I speak English almost fluently.
11-14-2007, 12:25 AM
krazyaboutkatz

What a wonderful heart warming story.:)
11-14-2007, 01:26 AM
BC_MoM

Wow, that's amazing! :D
11-14-2007, 09:59 AM
sandragonfly

Quote:

Originally Posted by G535

This is the type of news I love to read, glad everything ended happily for kitty and family.

me too! do you know how long heathcliff has been gone?

hurrah on reunion!
11-14-2007, 07:32 PM
momcat

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandragonfly

do you know how long heathcliff has been gone?

If I remember correctly, Heathcliff was gone for about 2-3 weeks.
11-14-2007, 10:32 PM
momcat

Kitty found 760 miles from home--UPDATE

Here's the latest on Heathcliff. About 3 weeks ago Heathcliff got out and jumped into the back of a U-Haul truck. The folks in the truck had no idea he was in there until they stopped and heard meows. The woman in the truck decided to keep him as a pet but Heathcliff ran away and was found in someone's garage. The home owner found him in her garage and took him to the shelter. At the shelter Heathcliff was scanned, the microchip was found and his New Jersey meowmie was contacted.

Someone offered to drive Heathcliff back to New Jersey so he'll be home with his meowmie and kitty brother this Friday.

Heathcliff, sweetie, don't do this again!!!
11-15-2007, 02:04 AM
dionne

What an amazing journey! It always amazes me to hear tales of how far cats are capable of traveling, especially the cats that reunite with their owners that are hundreds of miles away.

stay where ya are, Heathcliff! You might have to walk next time!! :D
11-15-2007, 06:08 AM
KittyGurl

Wonderful story. I'm so glad Heathcliff was found safe and sound and was returned to his Meowmie! Hurray for happy endings!!:)
11-15-2007, 08:56 PM
todd

wow great
11-15-2007, 11:00 PM
crow_noir

Here are some articles that i found in case anyone wants to read more...

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www.nbc10.com/news/14598719/detail.html?rss=phi&psp=news

Mystery Of How South Jersey Cat Lands In Georgia Solved

POSTED: 6:37 pm EST November 14, 2007
UPDATED: 6:58 pm EST November 14, 2007

NBC 10 reported about Heathcliff the cat on Monday. He disappeared from South Jersey weeks ago and then turned up down south last week.

The mystery of how Heathcliff made that more than 700-mile journey has been answered.

Heathcliffe's owner, Kristen O'Donnell, told NBC 10 the whole story.

A man, who lived in the same apartment complex in Sicklerville where O'Donnell and Heathcliff lived, passed away about three weeks ago.

That man's mother lives in Georgia. She came to Camden County to clean out his belongings from the apartment. In the process of loading up her truck a cat kept jumping into the truck, and she kept taking the cat out and he kept jumping back in.

The woman thought he was out of the truck so she started the long drive back to Georgia but six hours in she heard a meow. She looked in the back of the truck and didn't see anything so she kept going but when she got to Georgia there was the cat.

She tried to keep the cat but he apparently ran away and a couple in Lawrenceville, Ga., found the cat. They trapped him and brought him to the local animal shelter.

The shelter scanned the cat for a microchip and the microchip revealed that Heathcliff was from New Jersey. The shelter called O'Donnell and told her Heathdliff was down there and she has been trying to make arrangements to bring the cat home.

The woman who brought Heathcliff down to Georgia saw a local news story on the cat that included an interview with a doctor that O'Donnell works with in Sicklerville. It turned out the Georgia woman's granddaughter, who lives in South Jersey, goes to that doctor.

The granddaughter called O'Donnell and that is how the mystery was solved. That was how Heathcliff got to Georgia.

Heathcliff will start his journey back to South Jersey on Thursday, arriving on Friday with a veterinarian making the trip with some other animals.

Previous Stories:

* November 13, 2007: Microchip Identifies N.J. Cat After 700-Mile Trip http://www.nbc10.com/news/14587346/detail.html
* November 12, 2007: South Jersey Cat Turns Up In Deep South http://www.nbc10.com/news/14576684/detail.html

Copyright 2007 by NBC10.com. All rights reserved.

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Other articles on the web...

Wayward Cat
http://www.kwwl.com/News/index.php?ID=17648

Wayward N.J. Cat Ends up in Georgia
www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=106353

Wayward New Jersey Cat Ends Up In Georgia
www.wlbz2.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=74595

Cats Like To Roam, But To Georgia?
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=56151