Cat lost for a year returned to owners
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When a family moved from Hawaii to Detroit, Michigan, more than a year ago, they thought they had lost their cat forever.
Bogie, a Siamese cat, was supposed to move with the family, but he escaped his kennel on a United Cargo flight, nonprofit Hawaii CatFriends told KHON-TV.
Bogie was missing for 19 months before he was reconnected with the family in Michigan.
鈥淚 found Bogie about six or eight months ago,鈥 said Hawaii resident Bill Antilla, who feeds a colony of stray cats near the Honolulu airport. 鈥淏ogie started showing up periodically.鈥
Antilla is a volunteer for CatFriends, a nonprofit that spays and neuters feral cats on Oahu.
Bogie was friendlier than most feral cats and caught Antilla鈥檚 eye because he looked like a purebred Siamese.
He discovered that the cat was microchipped and the Hawaiian Humane Society was able to trace it back to the family in Detroit. 鈥淧robably about 30 minutes later, I received a call from the daughter. She was just ecstatic we found Bogie,鈥 Antilla said.
United Airlines spokesman Charles Hobart told KHON-TV how Bogie escaped.
鈥淥ur agents were working to secure the door of the kennel with plastic ties to ensure Bogie鈥檚 safety throughout the flight,鈥 Hobart wrote in a message. 鈥淒uring this process the cat escaped from his kennel. Our teams searched for the cat and put up posters in the surrounding areas. We are overjoyed that Bogie has been reunited with his owner.鈥
CatFriends shipped Bogie on United Cargo on Thursday. He was reunited with the family in Detroit on Friday morning.
鈥淭hey said now when they brought him home, they have carpeting, and he鈥檚 thrilled to roll around on carpeting and not on the street anymore,鈥 CatFriends President Jennifer Kishimori said.
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