A cat that went missing for seven years reunites with her owners
@Deepizzaguy (103969)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
February 22, 2022 4:55pm CST
Thanks to a Good Samaritan who found a female cat on the streets of Riverside California last month who took the cat to the Riverside County Animal Service where an employee at the center was able to scan the cat and find a microchip which led to the owner of the female cat Joe Drbec who used to live in Riverside but he lives in West Knoxville Tennessee.
When Joe received the good news from the animal shelter in Riverside yesterday, he was happy to learn that his cat named Ebi who got lost seven years ago after she left her home one day and never returned, he was happy as he can be.
The best part of this story is that Josh Welsh who is the director of the Riverside County Animal Service will be with Ebi on a cross country flight from Ontario California airport to the airport in Nashville where they would take an auto to Knoxville to reunite Ebi with the Drbec family.
Josh paid for the expenses of the long distance flight from California to Tennessee out of his pocket with help from a local charity to make the dreams of the Drbec family reunite with their cat come true.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
25 Feb 22
Wow that is a nice, uplifting story
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 22
@FayeHazel Thank you for the kind words. My older sister recommended to me to write good news stories instead of crime stories,
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Feb 22
My pleasure to share it here.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
28 Feb 22
@Deepizzaguy You have a gift for sharing the lovely and uplifting that the world very much needs right now
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@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
22 Feb 22
That is cool, a lot of people wouldn't have even taken the time to take the cat a center I think it's great that everyone took the exta steps to help the cat (Ebi) find her owner.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Feb 22
I agree with you since reunions of cats and their owners after a long time apart is priceless.
@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
23 Feb 22
@Deepizzaguy I have known people that have dropped a cat off way away from their home, (this was before they had microchips ) and the cat would show back up about a week later. I always thought that that cat wanted to be there and was meant to be there, if they made it back home.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Feb 22
@sweetashoney That does happen in some cases. In the cases of my cats, they stay outside for hours throughout the day before coming home hiding underneath a blanket outside which is their hideout outside.
@kareng (61153)
• United States
25 Feb 22
@Deepizzaguy Exactly! They are blessed indeed!
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Feb 22
That is true since the owners of the cat thought that the cat was lost forever.
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 22
@Deepizzaguy - Cats are curious and often get lost.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Feb 22
@LadyDuck You are right.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Feb 22
The microchips are useful in locating lost pets to their owners.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22 Feb 22
I agree with you that the microchip did assist Joe Drbec get the good news that his cat would reunite with him and his relatives after seven years apart.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Feb 22
@CarolDM I agree with you.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Feb 22
@Deepizzaguy Such a happy ending.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Feb 22
My pleasure to share this story that has a happy ending.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Feb 22
@Faster16 You are welcome.
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
28 Feb 22
Seven years, the cat and the owner must have been very happy to be together again. What a nice gesture from the animal service director and local charity helping to make this happen
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Mar 22
I agree with you that the animal service director did the owner of the cat a huge favor by taking a plane ride from California to Tennessee to personally deliver the missing cat to the owner.
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
23 Feb 22
7 years is a long time. Glad they were reunited.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Feb 22
I agree with you that the reunion of the cat and her owner was happy for all parties involved.
@celticeagle (168126)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Feb 22
I bet he was happy to get his cat back. Clear from Nashville to California? Wonder how the cat go so far away from its home.
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@celticeagle (168126)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Feb 22
@Deepizzaguy .......Oh, I see. So nice they got back together.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Feb 22
The owners of the cat moved from California to Tennessee without their cat since they could not locate her.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Feb 22
I agree with you since reunions with cats and their owners are priceless.
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@RasmaSandra (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Feb 22
That is wonderful news and I am glad the cat is home again,
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Feb 22
My pleasure to share these good news stories on this site.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Feb 22
I agree with you since reunions of cats and their owners are priceless.
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@LindaOHio (181227)
• United States
23 Feb 22
Wow! What a great story. I'm just sorry that it took 7 years for the reunion.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Feb 22
I know that feels since seven years apart if a long time.
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@ElicBxn (63638)
• United States
24 Feb 22
I have found very few adult cats, most of the adults I've taken in have had long histories of being strays/ferals in the neighborhood. I can't say that Elizabeth, my oldest cat, is microchipped, but if she ever got out nobody would ever catch her. I will say that my youngest cats are chipped...
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
22 Feb 22
That´s a loved cat! Did she recognise her owner? I know that dogs do.
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@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22 Feb 22
Ebi did recognize her owner when she came home.
