Feline and family reunited
Photos by Molly Geiger. Mother and daughter, Sandra and Kalyn Boggio were reunited with their cat Frank, in Kellogg, nearly a year after his disappearance from their Hayden home.
Photo by Molly Geiger Silver Valley Cat Wrangler, Linda Langer, happily reunites Frank the cat with his rightful family, Sandra and Kalyn Boggio, nearly a year after the disappearance from their home in Hayden.
It is no understatement to say that we as Americans love our pets. We often consider them members of the family, and take great pleasure in spoiling them with treats and toys. Our affection for our four legged companions has even gone so far as to change the English Language, by adding the phrases, “furban babies,” “fat cat,” and of course, “crazy cat lady.”
However, not all cats have it so easy. In the United States, more than 3.4 million cats enter animal shelters each year, hoping for a forever home, and sadly, nearly 1.4 million are euthanized. However, on the bright side, some cats get lucky and are adopted into loving families.
Frank, the big orange tabby was one of those lucky cats. He was spotted at Kootenai Humane Society, where mother and daughter Sandra and Kalyn Boggio fell in love with his big purr and sweet personality. Before bringing Frank home to their house in Hayden, Sandra wanted to be prepared, so she purchased the “kitten package” from the shelter, which included the “home again” micro chip which was about the size of a grain of rice, and almost painlessly implanted beneath Frank’s skin between his shoulders.
Frank enjoyed his life with the Boggios, and grew into a big healthy cat who truly had life by the tail; until one day, when he went missing. His family waited, and worried, but time passed and Frank never returned. Although life went on, they missed him and always wondered about his sudden disappearance.
Little did they know that nearly a year later they would receive a call stating that Frank had been found (a tad shaken up, but alive and well) nearly 40 miles away in Kellogg! Who knows the story that Frank could tell, but, it is certain that without the tiny microchip, and the detective work of both the Silver Valley Cat Wranglers and the Kootenai Humane society, his outcome may have been very different.
Luckily, Frank was reunited with his loving family at the home of Linda Langer, a Silver Valley Cat Wrangler Foster Mom, this week. Without a doubt, Frank is one lucky cat and quite a testimony as to the importance of microchipping our furry friends.