Wilbur, the lucky cat

But it seems that Wilbur’s safe return to his owner, after 16 days away from home, owes an awful lot to good luck. As reported by the New Zealand Herald:

[the owner] first became aware that he might be in the city after noticing a post on a Lost and Found pet’s page on Facebook saying there was a “friendly ginger Tom hanging around the ED, does anybody want him”.

The Herald doesn’t say whether the helpful staff at Waikato Hospital had Wilbur scanned for a microchip (or whether Wilbur was chipped).

But too often we hear of free-roaming cats who don’t make it home safely.

Please keep your cat safe from harm, by keeping your cat at home.

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Ollie was found 30km from home.

Ollie the cat was one of the lucky ones. He was found in Takapuna, Auckland after disappearing five months earlier from Botany.

Somehow, this one-year-old cat had made it across the Waitemata Harbour, travelling about 30km from his home.

An Oscillot system could have kept him safe.

Read the story on stuff.co.nz

[18 Nov 2017]

18 Nov 2017

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Ashleigh Hicks’ cat Moses has been missing since the end of January. After posting his disappearance on Facebook, Ms Hicks found that up to 50 cats have disappeared in Timaru in the past few months. She’s asking the Police to investigate.

We don’t know the circumstances, but “disappearance” is certainly a risk with roaming cats – whether they get lost, are stolen or die in a road far from home.

We hope all these cats are OK and will eventually find their way home – and that their owners will take measures to keep them safe at home.

Read the story on theguardian.com.

13 July 2016

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