In a story that some may find hard to believe, a domesticated cat reportedly travelled 1,287km kilometres to be reunited with its "hoomans", about two months after getting lost in the wilderness. To put the distance into context, that is 119 kilometres more than the distance from Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh to New Delhi!
The feline went all the way to Roseville in USA's California from Yellowstone National Park located in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho.
The extraordinary story began at Yellowstone National Park in June when California-natives Benny and Susanne Anguiano were camping with their pet cat Rayne Beau. The feline rushed into the trees in the wild after being startled by an unidentified source and didn't return until the couple left the national park. Benny and Susann searched for Rayne Beau every day but finally returned home with heavy hearts. They thought they were never going to see their cat again.
60 days went by. As the couple were starting to get adjusted to the reality, the unimaginable happened. They got a call from an animal welfare group in Roseville, claiming that their cat had managed to travel 1,287km on its own to return home!
The group was able to identify Rayne Beau thanks to the microchip tracker he was wearing, The Guardian said in a report. A woman had discovered Rayne Beau alone in the street and brought him to the shelter, Benny and Susanne Anguiano were told. Naturally, the animal was not in its best physical condition when found.
Nobody knows if the cat travelled the 800 miles journey on its own or was given a "lift" by anyone on the way. No matter how he made it, Rayne Beau had made all house cats proud. Meanwhile, Benny and Susanne urged all pet owners to install trackers to avoid losing their pets under similar circumstances.
