‘We just assumed that she was gone for good’ proprietor stated
La Plata County Humane Society volunteer Cathy Roberts with Sarin, the cat discovered Aug. 29 that went lacking in Topeka, Kansas three years in the past. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Jerry McBride
When Jeni Owens’ cat, Sarin, went lacking from her home in Topeka, Kansas, three years in the past, her children shed “a lot of tears.”
“Mom, why can’t we find her,” Owens’ daughter, then 6, bemoaned.
They by no means did discover Sarin, and finally changed her with one other cat, Amelia.
So it was a lot to the household’s shock when Owens acquired a name earlier this month that Sarin had been discovered and was in good well being. And it was a fair greater shock to study that the feline was found close to Kline, a rural neighborhood west of Durango, some 793 miles from Topeka.
“I’ve never been to Colorado – ever – so I don’t know how she got there,” Owens stated.
The household will seemingly by no means know the main points of their pet’s unlikely journey, however Owens and her children are trying ahead to their reunion with Sarin Thursday. The cat shall be flown, freed from cost, to Topeka because of American Airlines and the work of La Plata County Humane Society volunteer Cathy Roberts.
Sarin went lacking from the home of Jeni Owens in Topeka, Kansas in October 2020. “I assumed that either a fox got her or somebody else picked her up,” Owens stated. The cat shall be returned home on Thursday. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Jerry McBride
Sarin was the Owens household’s first pet and lived with them for a few 12 months and a half earlier than she disappeared. Although she lived indoors, Sarin was recognized to flee occasionally. Owens stated Sarin all the time returned home – till she didn’t sooner or later in October 2020.
“I assumed that either a fox got her or somebody else picked her up,” Owens stated.
Nearly three years handed earlier than the cat was discovered on County Road 136 and introduced into the LPCHS on Aug. 29 as a stray. The volunteers there scanned her for a microchip, and had been capable of contact Owens.
“That’s why you microchip your pets,” Roberts stated. “Not only do you microchip them, but you keep the information up to date.”
“We’re all ready for her to come home,” Jeni Owens stated of Sarin, her cat that went lacking from her home in Topeka, Kansas three years in the past. Sarin was present in western La Plata County on Aug. 29. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Jerry McBride
Owens was in disbelief when Roberts referred to as to inform her that LPCHS had Sarin.
“What cat?” Owens requested.
Once the preliminary shock wore off, Owens realized she confronted one other drawback: Topeka is a 13-hour drive from Durango. She would wish to take day without work work and get a resort room if she wished to return choose up Sarin.
Roberts jumped into motion. She contacted Durango-La Plata County Airport Director Tony Vicari, who reached out to United and American Airlines. American Airlines agreed to fly Sarin again to Kansas.
Owens and her daughter, now age 9, are ecstatic to be reunited with Sarin at Kansas City International Airport Thursday afternoon.
“We’re all ready for her to come home,” Owens stated.
After three years away, Sarin will catch a trip again to Kansas on Thursday, courtesy of American Airlines. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Jerry McBride
Sarin has been lacking from its proprietor in Kansas for the previous three years and was discovered not too long ago close to Kline, west of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Jerry McBride
