There has been a fairytale ending to a household’s three-year seek for their long-lost pet cat.
Key factors:
- Chloe the cat went lacking from her home in north-west Victoria in 2020
- She was discovered by a stranger three years later over the border in New South Wales
- Chloe’s house owners are delighted by the return of their pet
The white home short-hair named Chloe was reunited with its house owners final week after going lacking from Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2020.
The cat’s keeper Hayley Dale mentioned the household final noticed Chloe earlier than a visit to Melbourne and was devastated to seek out she had gone whereas they have been away.
“My son has autism so when he got here home and his first pet was lacking it was fairly tragic for him,” Ms Dale mentioned.
“He did not perceive, and he was very younger.”
Ms Dale mentioned the curious feline had gone astray earlier than however had at all times returned after a number of days.
She mentioned on this event the household feared Chloe might have been taken.
“We put flyers up across the place,” Ms Dale mentioned.
“I posted throughout social media searching for her and there was simply nothing.
“After about two years, we ended up marking her as deceased as a result of she had by no means come home, and nobody had ever contacted us.”
Crossing the border
Last week, a lot to the household’s shock, Chloe was discovered over the border in southern New South Wales, about 12 kilometres from the place she disappeared.
A stranger handed her to an area vet who occurred to know the Dale household and was in a position to ship the excellent news.
“In the start, I believed it will need to have been a mistake as a result of she’d been gone for therefore lengthy,” Ms Dale mentioned.
“We could not imagine it.”
Ms Dale mentioned Chloe’s actions throughout her lengthy absence would possible stay a thriller however there have been indicators she had been taken care of and was glad to be home.
“She’s doing effectively and he or she’s consuming very well,” she mentioned. “She will make a gradual however good restoration.”
Ms Dale’s son was additionally thrilled to be reunited with the cat.
“He thought that it was pretend,” she mentioned.
