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Cat, Lost in Colorado, Found in Manhattan

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Willow went missing five years ago.

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Willow the cat disappeared from her Rocky Mountain home five years ago and hadn’t been seen since—until she was found Wednesday on a Manhattan street. The calico cat, who escaped when a door was left open, was picked up in New York and identified by her microchip. "If I could microchip my kids, I would,” said Jamie Squires, her original owner. Willow will be returned to the Squires family but will find things different from when she left them: since her departure, the family has had another child and added a second dog.

Read it at New York Post