“It is a miracle that he walked up to these two women who were in rescue,” said owner Cindy Hall
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A Nevada couple has called the discovery of their cat in Arkansas “a miracle” — five years after the feline first went missing.
Cindy and Jeff Hall received a phone call in March that their Russian Blue cat Sam was discovered at a gas station in Arkansas, Cindy told local NBC affiliate KARK.
Two women found Sam at the location and brought him to Jacksonville Animal Hospital. Using the information from Sam’s microchip, the women contacted the animal rescue where the Halls initially adopted him when he was just 12 weeks old, PAWSitively Cats.
The women, according to a post from the rescue on Facebook, were part of the Alone 2 Home pet transport crew and were transporting two dogs at the time of Sam’s discovery.
“We had him for seven years and then one day he got out,” Cindy informed the outlet of her household’s pet. “It is a miracle that he walked up to these two women who were in rescue.”
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Cindy also told KARK that PAWSitively Cats then called her and Jeff directly. She described the moment as a “beautiful story” and added that reuniting with her cat — whom they had owned for seven years before his disappearance — was “surreal.”
“This story just can’t underestimate the power of a microchip,” she said. “We are so grateful for everyone that was involved.”
The cat, now 12 years old and weighing 21 lbs., had his journey documented by PAWSitively Cats on Facebook, the place the organization first posted about Sam (who beforehand glided by the title Luke) earlier this month. The rescue wrote that when Sam first escaped from the Hall residence, “somebody picked him up and did not search for his home.”
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PAWSitively Cats then bought a message on March 22 that the microchipped cat had been present in Brinkley, Ark., earlier than contacting the household. The feline acquired “the royal therapy on the Jacksonville Animal Hospital in Little Rock” within the meantime. Alone 2 Home then once more assisted with Sam’s travels again home, because the Halls departed from Nevada to fulfill up with him.
“Once once more, we’ll do every little thing potential to make certain our cats are secure and might get again home if that’s what is finest for them,” the rescue wrote on Facebook.
“They are secure for all times with us, a technique or one other so long as PAWSitively Cats can proceed. You make that potential by donating and sharing our cats’ tales. It actually does take an entire neighborhood to avoid wasting lives,” it added.
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The Alone 2 Home pet transport crew additionally posed for images and offered further updates with PAWSitively Cats, earlier than the shelter up to date followers on Sam’s secure return home.
“Sam was joyfully reunited along with his household this morning,” the organization wrote in a later put up. “They are on their method home to Nevada now the place Sam will be part of the remainder of the household: cats, dogs and human sisters.”
Speaking to KARK, Cindy famous that “having [Sam] home makes our household really feel full.”
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