Last week, California resident Susan Moore received a crazy phone call. “We found your cat,” the caller said. “We found Harriet.” After talking with the caller, an employee at an Idaho animal shelter Companions Animal Center, for a bit longer, things clicked for Moore. Harriet was hers — but she went missing nine years ago from her California ranch. Over a decade ago, when Harriet was just a kitten, Moore rescued her from a shelter. She and her family had just moved to the country and wanted a “good barn cat.” While she turned out to be a loyal barn cat — and excellent rodent killer — two years after being adopted Harriet disappeared. Moore said she tried everything to find her cat, searching around their country home, contacting shelters and checking lost pet websites. Her husband believed coyotes had killed Harriet. It’s unclear where Harriet has been for the past decade, but she was found in Hayden, Idaho on Sept. 19 by a passerby, who then brought the stray kitty to Companions Animal Center. Luckily, Harriet was microchipped. Moore is curious about the cat ended up two states over. She thinks it might be possible that Harriet either sneaked aboard her husband’s horse trailer or a neighbor found her and then moved to Idaho. Though Moore thinks that Harriet likely had another owner in the nine years she’s been missing, she’s happy to take her back. Unless someone steps forward to claim Harriet, she’ll be reunited with Moore and her family.
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