{"id":118189,"date":"2014-08-27T18:09:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T00:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cat-travels-16-miles-to-get-back-home\/"},"modified":"2014-08-27T18:09:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T00:09:18","slug":"cat-travels-16-miles-to-get-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cat-travels-16-miles-to-get-back-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat travels 16 miles to get back home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Veterinarian
Veterinarian Kris Muscari holds Mamma Kitty, who recently completed an incredible journey from Dolores to Lewis Arriola.<\/span>Sam Green\/Cortez Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

If Mamma Kitty could talk, she\u2019d have a story to tell.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a story that has Dolores Veterinarian Kris Muscari and owner Nedra Wilson scratching their heads.<\/p>\n

The story started on Friday, Aug. 15, when Wilson, who lives south of Arriola, loaded up her 4-year-old barn cat named Mamma Kitty. The cat had never been off the property since showing up there four years ago as a kitten. Wilson was taking Mamma Kitty to be spayed. Mamma Kitty\u2019s kittens at these point were having kittens, so Wilson started trapping the mamas so she could have them spayed.<\/p>\n

Mamma Kitty was trapped and loaded into a carrier and driven to Dolores to see Muscari, who offers a free spay program through the Aspen Animal Shelter.<\/p>\n

But as Wilson took the cat carrier and headed toward the front doors of the Dolores Animal Hospital, Mamma Kitty broke free.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cage was broken,\u201d Muscari said.<\/p>\n

And out ran the cat. Everyone tried to catch the cat, to no avail.<\/p>\n

Wilson even returned to Dolores at 11 p.m. that night and called for Mamma Kitty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I called her, all the dogs in the neighborhood started barking, and I knew there was no way she was going to come to me,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

So Wilson gave up and drove 16 miles to her home.<\/p>\n

Muscari and staff left out traps in hopes of catching the wayward cat. Which by the way, they did catch a cat, but it wasn\u2019t Mamma Kitty.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat cat was twice the size of Mamma Kitty,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cAnd she had already been fixed.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Wilson figured she wouldn\u2019t see Mamma Kitty again.<\/p>\n

But on Wednesday, five days later, Wilson walked outside and was surprised.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went out to feed one morning and there she was sitting up in the hayloft just looking at me,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

The cat had never been off the farm before or traveled in a car.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing, they must have a natural GPS,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

Wilson just wishes her cat was wearing a camera.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow did she cross the river or the highway?\u201d she wondered.<\/p>\n

Mamma Kitty would have had to cross the Dolores River, possibly over the Colorado 145 Bridge, and also had to cross U.S. 491.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a cool cat,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

Mamma Kitty was back at the Dolores Animal Hospital on Friday recovering from surgery. Muscari said she recovered nicely from the surgery and was a sweet cat.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so amazing she would go so far. How in the world would she find her way home?\u201d Muscari pondered while petting the friendly cat. \u201cIt\u2019s really, really bizarre.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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