A wonderful reunion!

We had a wonderful reunion last week here at the shelter and I wanted to share it with all of you. I know that I've mentioned about microchipping before and why it's so important...but I want to tell you this story so you can understand just what an amazing tool a microchip can be to reunite animals with their families.

Peaches is a little black and white kitty who was adopted from our shelter just over a year ago. She lived with a wonderful family who loved her SO much. They kept her indoors, spoiled her, and made sure she had an amazing life. But in April, when a door was accidently left open, Peaches got outside and disappeared.

Peaches' mom and dad looked everywhere for her. But no luck. For months they didn't give up...but as time went one...their hope started to fade.

And then last week...someone found a little black and white cat hanging around their house. They called the Oromocto Animal Control officer and he went and picked her up to make sure that she was safe. Luckily, we had given him a microchip scanner so that he could check all the animals in his care. When he realized that the scanner was picking up a chip...he called to let us know that the cat he had found was named Peaches. The girls immediately called Peaches' mom and dad to let them know that she had been found!!!

You can imagine how excited they were to be reunited with their kitty who had been missing for just over 5 months!! Thankfully, Peaches is in good shape. She is VERY VERY happy to be home and safe.

So..I guess the moral of the story is to never give up....and have your pets microchipped. You never know when it might be your pet that is lost.

~Hissy.E~