Lost cat makes 900-mile journey back home to California from Yellowstone

A hubby and woman successful California who thought their feline was gone for bully got the daze of a beingness past period erstwhile helium showed up much than 900 miles distant from wherever helium was lost. 

Benny and Susanne Anguiano, and their 2 cats, arrived astatine Yellowstone National Park connected June 4. Although the mates had ever traveled with their pets, thing spooked their Siamese cat, Rayne Beau, and helium ran into the forest.

The mates looked for him for 4 days, said the Associated Press, and tried to tempt him to instrumentality with his favourite treats and toys. 

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Rayne Beau was obscurity to beryllium found. 

Eventually, connected June 8, the Anguianos began their instrumentality travel to their location successful Salinas, California. Salinas is located southbound of San Francisco. 

This photograph provided by Susanne Anguiano shows her feline Rayne Beau looking retired the model of a camper successful July 2023. Rayne Beau ran distant from the camper successful June 2024, and was missing for 2 months earlier being recovered 900 miles away. (Susanne Anguiano via AP)

Susanne told the Associated Press she was "crushed," but remained hopeful that, against each odds, her cat would beryllium recovered safe. 

"We were entering the Nevada godforsaken and each of a abrupt I spot a treble rainbow. And I took a representation of it and I thought, that’s a sign. That’s a motion for our rainbow that he’s going to beryllium okay," she said.

As it turns out, small Rayne Beau was tougher than anyone thought. 

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In August, the Anguianos received connection that Rayne Beau had been recovered – skinny, and with paws that were roughed up – but different okay. 

Rayne Beau was spotted successful Roseville, California, astir 900 miles from wherever helium ran disconnected successful Yellowstone, and astir 200 miles distant from Salinas, said the Associated Press. 

Rayne Beau, above, was spotted successful Roseville, California 2 months aft helium ran distant from his owners successful Yellowstone National Park. He was reunited with his household aft his microchip was scanned.  (Alexandra Betts via AP)

A pistillate noticed the Siamese connected the streets, and provided him with nutrient and h2o earlier she successfully trapped him connected August 3. She past brought him to the section Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, wherever his microchip was scanned. 

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Rayne Beau mislaid six pounds during his two-month travel backmost to California, said the Associated Press. 

The Anguianos judge that Rayne Beau, somehow, was capable to marque the travel backmost to California by himself. 

His paws were truly bushed up. 

"I judge genuinely that helium made that trek mostly connected his own. His paws were truly bushed up. Lost 40% of his assemblage weight, had truly low macromolecule levels due to the fact that of inadequate nutrition. So helium was not cared for," Susanne Anguiano told the Associated Press. 

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The mates person reached retired to the media hoping to spot if anyone had possibly spotted their feline connected his journey. 

For now, the Anguianos person decided to enactment a intermission connected traveling with their cats. 

The Anguianos person since outfitted their cats (Rayne Beau is successful the front) with AirTags and GPS trackers.  (Susanne Anguiano via AP)

"It was a precise disfigured feeling aft we mislaid him," Benny Anguiano told The Associated Press. "We’ll person to signifier camping astatine location and campy successful the driveway to get him utilized to it." 

And – they person taken other steps to guarantee their cats are harmless and sound. 

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While the cats were already microchipped, they person since been fitted with AirTags – and a GPS planetary tracker for Rayne Beau, said the Aguianos. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.