Cat returns home after 14 years

Fourteen years ago, the Kerger family's three-year-old orange tabby wandered away from their Lockport-area house.

Last week, she arrived at their new home in Winnipeg.

Ingrid Kerger marked the day of the cat's disappearance (Oct. 12, 1996) in her Bible.



She made sure her cat was spayed and had an ear tattoo. The puss was essentially carrying ID.

That didn't help her get reunited with her family, not in 1996 and not after they moved to Winnipeg. The happy ending required the kindness of strangers.

Last week, Kerger got a call from the Oakbank Animal Hospital. They wanted to know if she'd ever lived in Lockport. A staff member had found an elderly tabby and checked her tattoo. That led them to Kerger's old address. They then tracked her down in Winnipeg.

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