Sept. 10 (UPI) — A Florida family’s missing cat turned up weeks later at a North Carolina shelter more than 900 miles from home.
The Currituck Animal Shelter in North Carolina said on social media that an officer responding to a report of an injured cat in Corolla was able to capture the feline and bring it back to the shelter on Aug. 27.
The cat, which was skinny and had an abscess on one foot, was scanned for a microchip, which identified her as Xena, a feline from Boynton Beach, Fla., which is more than 900 miles from Corolla.
Rachael Stone, director of animal services and control for the Currituck Animal Shelter, said Xena’s owners told officials the cat had been missing since she wriggled out of a harness during their visit to Corolla during the Fourth of July weekend…