Ashes the cat and Matthew the human
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Ashes used to travel with his human who is a truck driver until the day he went missing at a truck stop. That happened last July in Ohio where a kind woman named Kimberley T. had taken him to an animal welfare organisation in Newport, NY. Since Ashes was fitted with a microchip, the organisation was able to figure out the cat's identity and locate the owner, Matthew B. Hence the emotional reunion you see above.
Our family had gone through a similar experience when our cat, Basya, had gone missing. She just disappeared - and then came home again, in good health though quite skinny, a few weeks later.
Basya
14 March 2011
We had asked where she was but all she said in response was 'meow!' So the exact timeline of her adventures remains a mystery to this day. Regardless of that, we were very happy to have her back. And I am certainly happy to Matthew B. Hopefully Ashes will be more careful going forward and will stay in the truck at truck stops.
References
Truck Driver Breaks Down In Tears After Meeting His Lost Travel Buddy-Cat After 5 Months Of Searching
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