A man says he was on his way home to New Mexico after a special…
Sheriff’s deputies are putting out a warning for residents in …
State Department of Transportation officials say they have met …
_20130519050352_60_45.JPG "$590M-plus Powerball: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla")
Advertisement
When you see it happening - Report It!
When you know it's going on, when you see it happening - Report It!
Cat missing for two years reunited with owner
Updated: Sunday, 06 Jan 2013, 12:22 PM MST
Published : Sunday, 06 Jan 2013, 12:22 PM MST
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - More than two years after Ripley the cat went missing, she's back at home with her original owners in Albuquerque.
Jessi Adkins is happy to have Ripley the cat back home. In October 2010, Ripley wandered out the front door and left a hole in Adkins' life.
"I adopted her right after I moved out on my own," Adkins said. "She was my first kind of companion. I lived with her before I lived with my husband, so she's been with me for a long time."
Adkins and her husband put fliers up in their neighborhood, logged onto pet locator websites religiously, and check with both Animal Welfare and Animal Humane New Mexico.
Then Friday, Adkins got the phone call she'd waited years for.
"The woman on the phone says, 'Is this Jessi?'" Adkins recalled. "I said, yeah. She said, 'Did you adopt a cat named Ripley back about eight years ago?' And my breath caught in my throat."
A man who had found Ripley two years ago recently brought her to Animal Humane New Mexico for a microchipping clinic. But Ripley already had a microchip. Through the information in the chip, Animal Humane tracked down Adkins.
Dawn Glass with Animal Humane New Mexico says two good lessons come from this tale.
"Be sure you always microchip your pets," Glass said. "If your pet gets lost, even if they have a collar and tag, that can often fall off and get lost. If they have a microchip, no matter what happens, if they're taken to a shelter or veterinarian, they can be scanned and returned to you."
And if you find a lost or wandering animal, Glass says have a vet check for a microchip. It can save the owner-- and you-- some heartache.
"I know it must've been hard for them to give up their pet, but i hope that they would recognize for us to get somebody back into our life that was so important is a miracle, it's a huge blessing," Adkins said.
 | With KRQE.com's commenting system, you don't need to register. You can login with an existing Facebook, Yahoo!, Google, or Twitter account and more. |
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Explore Featured Content »
-
What live streaming of KRQE News 13 on any screen - from your smartphone to your desktop …
-
Watch what's on now - streaming from CBS News on the live feed player.
-
Interact & connect with KRQE News 13 - anchors, weather, reporters and sports.
-
American Craft Beer Week is the perfect time to take your beer drinking to the next …
-
Laurel County Sheriff John Root says in a statement that a 47-year-old London woman told …
-
An Albuquerque couple who were burglarized last week said they later found some of the …
-
New Mexico and neighboring states updated road conditions.
-
See where the lowest Metro and N.M. gas prices can be found.
-
Current metro and statewide power outage interactive map; see if your area is listed.
-
When the weather is bad, check for your school and community closures from around the …
-
New Mexico and neighboring states updated road conditions.
-
Latest ski conditions, new snow, base depth, lifts and runs open & live ski webcams.
