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This reminded me of a recent story that I posted about on a different forum:

Purr-fect homecoming for elusive cat

WINNIPEG - A Selkirk woman is celebrating the return of her lost cat – 18 years after the pet first disappeared.

Leslie Dumas was puzzled when her father told her the Winnipeg Humane Society had called, asking her to get in touch with them.

"I phoned them, and they said, 'We have your cat,'" she says.

"I said, 'What cat?'"

Dumas had to think back almost 20 years to 1986, when she was 22 years old. "We had a house fire, and we had moved, and somebody let the cats out and both cats went missing," she recalls.

Just recently, a dehydrated and malnourished black cat was found wandering around the East Kildonan area of Winnipeg. A kind stranger brought him to the Winnipeg Humane Society.

The identification tattoo in the cat's ear was still legible enough for the society to find the Dumas family.

"I said to the vet, 'This can't be. He looks like Seagull, but how can this be?' He just said it has to be, because of the tags."

Seagull is going on 20. He has cataracts and can't see much – but he's a living example of the value of getting a pet tattooed.

"It's a miracle. There's no words to describe it," says Dumas. "It's just … I needed him and he needed me."

Seagull will be the guest of honour at a benefit for the Winnipeg Humane Society on Friday. Anyone who wants to see him can drop by 543 Main Street in Selkirk – and bring a can of pet food.

And, the interview with Leslie Dumas
This is from the show As it Happens on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Wireless Talking Thingie. It was originally aired 10-Aug-2004.