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Please excuse rubbishy news site - but what an amazing story!
Miracles can happen!
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Yes, I saw that in the paper. It is a lovely story, miracles DO happen.
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Incredible
Just think how much quicker they would have got him back had he been chipped though
Just think how much quicker they would have got him back had he been chipped though
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That's what I can't understand, Mark - apparently he WAS microchipped - but they moved house and obviously, sadly, didn't update the record as they thought he'd vanished. Just goes to show it's best to do that, no matter how long a cat's been missing.
The alleged words about 'he's been so well looked after we can welcome him back' jar a bit too (surely they wouldn't have rejected him if he'd turned up thin and ill) but you have to make allowances for journalese I suppose grrrrr!
The alleged words about 'he's been so well looked after we can welcome him back' jar a bit too (surely they wouldn't have rejected him if he'd turned up thin and ill) but you have to make allowances for journalese I suppose grrrrr!
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It's a lovely story, but I wondered about the chip too. I find it hard to understand not updating the detaisl when you move in the first place, but to not update the details when you've LOST a cat and supposedly want it home safe ..... ???????
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I'm presuming they probably thought he'd been run over or similar which is why they didn't update the chip. A little notice to owners with lost cats There is always hope!
I wouldn't judge the family on that too harshly though. I mean, when a cat disappears sometimes you never find them. If 6 months pass, it's quite reasonable to give up and move on.
I wouldn't judge the family on that too harshly though. I mean, when a cat disappears sometimes you never find them. If 6 months pass, it's quite reasonable to give up and move on.