Five years after she went missing from her Colorado home, Willow the cat has been reunited with her owners in New York City.
How the calico cat ended up on a Manhattan street remains a mystery. But three children and their parents are certainly glad that she'll be headed home with them.
"Hey, kitty cat!" squealed three-year-old Lauren "Lola" Squires, as she greeted the cat for the first time at the Hilton New York hotel on Thursday evening.
Lola hadn't been born when Willow went missing from the family's home near the Rocky Mountains. But since the cat popped up more than 1,600 miles away, she has captured the little girl's imagination. Mom Jamie Squires now hopes to parlay the cat's adventures into a children's book.
Willow disappeared when a contractor left the front door ajar during a home renovation project five years ago in Broomfield. The family assumed the petite 2-year-old had been eaten by a coyote. But it turns out Willow was never on the menu.
On Sept. 14, a man brought her to Animal Care & Control in New York, saying he had found her on East 20th Street. She seemed to be well-cared for, with a shiny coat and tipping the scale at a healthy seven pounds when she was found. A quick scan identified a microchip implanted when she was a kitten, which led to the Squires, who had moved from Broomfield to Boulder.
Willow is set to fly back to Boulder on Sunday. She will join her former housemate, a yellow Labrador named Roscoe, and a new one: an English mastiff named Zoe.
-- Associated Press
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